How Many Calories Should I Eat?
Here are some general guidelines for daily calorie consumption. Your daily caloric intake will depend on your goals:
Weight Loss:
10-12 calories per pound of body weight (this represents a modest calorie deficit of 20-25%).
Maintenance:
14-16 calories per pound of body weight. This would be around 3,000 calories for me (200 lb).
Mass Gain:
17-19 calories per pound of body weight.
Keep in mind these are general guidelines. Extreme cases (morbid obesity, extremely high levels of exercise activity, etc) would require more tweaking. You can find more complicated ways to figure out caloric needs (calculators, etc), but I'm willing to bet you'll end up with something close to these numbers.
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3 comments:
Good, sound advice.
Any suggestions for a Type 1 diabetic with Celiac Disease? :) Eating and exercising and balance is always a challenge.
DogsDeserveFreedom
Sorry, I'm not very familiar with that condition.
I think this is where so many people get into trouble because they really don't know the correct amount of calories to consume to loose weight. It all depends o the individual.
Great post!
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