Wednesday, April 28, 2010

I wish I had a moment to find it....

Trainer Momma did a great post a while back that answers Mindy's question about how many calories you should eat to loose or maintain your weight. Most often, the online calorie totals are a little to generous. I've been a follower of Trainer Momma since it started, and I wish I had a moment now to find the post that gives a formula for how many calories you should eat. If you have a moment, skim through her posts to see if you can find it. I know it was last year. Let me know if you find it, otherwise I will see if I can find it later. (Just in case you wanted an answer now, it's there).

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  1. Ooh, I will look too. It seems like it is such a tricky balance between eating too much, and not eating enough...and it is so different from person to person. I would love to read that post. By the way Alicia, how are you?

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  2. Here it is:
    http://trainermomma.blogspot.com/2010/01/figuring-out-your-daily-calories.html

    This one is also great:
    http://trainermomma.blogspot.com/2010/02/ive-got-some-explaining-to-do.html

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  3. I love the equation!! It has made it so simple. Thank you Marci and Trainer Momma!!

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  4. Way to go Sue! How did you find it. Did you have to skim through all her posts, or have you found an easier way to look up the info?

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  5. Over on the right side where you see "Find It" there is a Google search engine that will search the blog for whatever subject you enter. I spent WAY too much time on her site tonight! But now I know that if I really want to drop a pound a week I need to cut back to 1700 calories instead of the 1800-2000 I've been doing.

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  6. Sue, you are my new best friend! I've been trying to figure out forever how to search things easier on her blog. You just made my day, or night.

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  7. Wow! Why did I come up with 1,460? That makes me kinda sad. hehe.

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  8. Mine was 1,446 which is 130 more calories than I've been eating...nice!

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  9. Thanks Sue and Alicia! I put my numbers in and came up with 1592 if I want to lose a pound a week. But that's my average calorie intake and I haven't lost any weight in a while. I talked to smarty pants Audrey about it and she said that part of it may be because my body isn't as efficient as it should be yet. As I gain more muscle, my body will start burning calories better. This makes sense to me, since I'm still relatively new at being a "moderately active" person. Until then, I'm shooting for 1400-1550.

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