How many calories should I eat:

The first step is to determine your BMR. BMR is short for basal metabolic rate and refers to the base rate at which your body burn calories a day. There are various BMR calculators and tools that you can use to determine the average BMR of your body. The results are quite accurate and will give you a good idea for planning your diet and activities to build your body to the level that you want. The problem with many people is that they do not have a proper diet planned around their BMR. They either consume too much calories, do not go through the proper exercises to burn enough calories, or consuming it during the wrong time of the day. You can follow the equation below in order to calculate your BMR:

BMR for men = (13.75 x weight in kg) + (5 x height in cm) – (6.76 x age) + 66
BMR for women = (9.56 x weight in kg) + (1.85 x height in cm) – (4.68 x age) + 655
Once you have identified you body’s BMR, it is now time to create a calorie deficit. If your goal is to lose more weight, you will try to consume foods with fewer calories than your body’s metabolism can burn. This will allow your body to burn the stored fat in your body as a result of consuming fewer calories. The other way would be to engage in activities that will allow you to burn more calories. This can help increase your body’s metabolism rate which in turn will cause your body to burn more calories than it otherwise would. From this calculation, you will be able to answer the question to

How Many Calories Should I Eat
This calculator will calculate your BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate). Your BMR, is the energy (measured in calories) expended by the body at rest to maintain normal bodily functions. If your are going for a diet to lose weight then you can start here.

We are what we eat. Be healthy

 

 
Being overweight, eating poorly, and being physically inactive all increase your risk for high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and some forms of cancer. Other factors affecting your disease risk include your family and medical history, and lifestyle factors such as whether you smoke or drink too much alcohol.

You need to start calculating how much calories your taking in, so keep a diary of what you eat over a week. Write down the amount of calories your eating at the end of the 7 day week and look at what types of foods you are consuming. If you have too many junk foods in there then its time to cut it out and get eating some whole foods full of healthy nutrition.