Calculate How Many Calories You Burn at Rest

Calculating Calories Burned at Rest

To find how many calories you burn in a 24-hour period at a resting state (without moving/activity) you will need to know your exact bodyweight in kilograms.

1 kg = 2.2 lbs

1 lb= 454g

To find calories burned per day, the formula is as follows; 

Body-weight in kilograms (KG) multiplied by 24 = total calories burned per day.

Therefore, a 180lb individual would burn 1,963 calories per day.

Example: 180 / 2.2 = 81.81 x 24 = 1,963 calories per day.

Knowing calorie expenditure per day can help when determining how to cut calories from a diet if the primarily goal is weight loss. 

One Simple Tip For Sustainable, Long Term Fat Loss.

THE ONE-PERCENT RULE

With the coming of a new month, comes  reflections of distant and well meaning new years' resolutions for many people. For the majority, just four of 52 weeks into a new resolution, changing dietary habits has proved troublesome but very rewarding. As a source for all things weight-loss with my friends and wider social circle, Facebook posts have proved to be a very valuable method for insight into [insert name here] journey with weight loss. However, I fear that the continued progress pictures and corresponding  substantial number of 'likes' will soon dry up for most. and here's why;


- Sustainable long-term healthy weight loss should be exactly as it reads. SUSTAINABLE and LONG-TERM. Yet, dieters often lose 10 lbs in week one, 6 lbs in week three and 3 lbs in week 4. This method and amount of weight loss is not sustainable over time. However, pop-culture magazines would argue with this belief. This is what [again, insert name here] did when they lost 40-50 lbs by using Herbalife supplements or by following a weight watchers program, etc. We all know that person. Fast forward a couple of months later, and not only have they re-gained all the weight they initially lost, they've also gained a couple more. But, here's what you can do to avoid the same trap.

- Lose 1% of body-weight per week, 2% at a maximum.

Example: Sarah's body-weight is 300lbs (136.3kg/21st 4lbs) and she wishes to lose a lot of weight for an upcoming wedding in June. At most, Sarah should lose:

weeks until June: 17
Percentage of weight loss: 17-34%
Weight loss per week = 300/1 = 3 or 300/2 = 6

So... Sarah could lose 3-6lbs per week (sustainable) over a 17 week period.
Total possible weight loss calculation = 3 x 17 = 51 or 6 x 17 =102

Total weight loss over 17 week period: 51-102lbs. 

This method of weight loss must be thought of as a long-term process but is absolutely crucial if weight-loss is expected to be a long term sustainable goal.

In part two, find out how much work it takes to burn 1lb of fat, that and a host of other questions, answered here.