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Originally Posted by Artemis A lot of it has to do with caloric intake. For those who are really active, consume 2200 calories, for less active 1700, and for the total couch potato should cut theirs down to 1500. Any less than 1500 and you'll end up hurting your body. |
Those are approximate numbers though, and dont apply to everyone. Your BMR will be more accurate.
(I forgot to explain this part for some reason
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Your BMR is the amount of calories your body needs a day
just to function (breathe, move, talk, etc)...From there you should go by portions..I suck at explaining things this late lol..but the last paragraph on this site does a pretty good job:
http://www.hussman.org/fitness/bmrcalc.htm
Just click cancel to skip the BMR auto-calculator.