
What is a Basal Metabolic Rate or BMR? These are calories simply burned by sitting on the couch, at your computer, breathing, repairing cells, heart pumping, sleeping and just… living. This is what you burn to survive. “The amount of fuel used to run the body varies from person to person as does the resting heart rate. The BMR is the amount of energy required by the resting body to stay alive.” (quoted from The Eat Clean Diet by Tosca Reno www.eatcleandiet.com )

Want to figure out your BMR? Follow the calculator below (taken from the book Making The Cut by Jillian Michaels www.crownpublishing.com .
Women: 655+(4.35xweight in pounds) + (4.7xheight in inches) – (4.7 x age in years) = _______.
Men: 66+(6.23xweight in pounds) + (12.7xheight in inches) – (6.8 x age in years) = _______.
This is what you need to eat daily to MAINTAIN the body weight you are currently. To lose weight, you will need to cut this number and add exercise.
Suggested calorie for weight loss Women: non-active between 1000-1200; active 1000-1500. Men: non-active between 1200-1500 and active 1200-1800 and Teenagers 1200-1800. (Taken from Calorie King 2008 edition, highly recommend to keep yourself on track) www.calorieking.com
Caloric intake over your BMR, is storing fat, thus gaining weight every day. So make sure to add that exercise and lower your caloric intake to fit your personal BMR numbers. Suggestion: Follow the suggested calories listed above for a few weeks as a test. If no difference is seen you may need to adjust your numbers. Please feel free to contact me directly at taylorhappyheart(@)gmail(dot)com so I can help you with your numbers. Let me know what your height, weight, age is and we can go from there.
Another aspect of unhealthy eating is not eating enough. Your body goes into starvation mode and stores extra fat. This could even be you simply skipping meals all day long and getting your caloric intake in for the day in your last meal. You can't just count calories, but must learn to balance them throughout your day.
Watch your calorie intake for one week and remember to keep journaling. Since we are all creatures of habit, we tend to eat the same foods. Keeping track of calories should not be difficult. After a while you just know what the caloric intake is of the foods you eat. This will come easier to you the more you do it, like anything in life. It takes time and practice.
Let me know what you think of the BMR calculator by leaving your comments below. I love to hear from you.
PS. Thanks for all the prayers on the diagnosis of scoliosis that I received a few months back. As of this week, I have permission to start working out again. I got a "Hmmm....I have never seen this before" from my chiropractor. Who doesn't want to hear that? Praise God! He does things that man will never understand. And I am 100% willing to be on this ride.
So let's get working out together. Keep motivated anyway you can. I am here to help you as much as you are here for me.
Be Blessed.








