Is the calorie intake relative to your weight? Let's say that you're 90 pounds and you eat 5000 calories, you'll gain 3 pounds. What if you're 500 pounds and you eat 5000 calories? Do you still gain 3 pounds or do you actually lose weight? Cheers! Hope this isn't too confusing.
tennislover - i think it works more so by then perons lifestyle
ReplyDeleteand the persons metabolism...
it really depends on the individuals body
Srimathi - You cannot calculate calorie like that ,normal person needs 2000to 2500 calories per day, if you take more calories sure you will gain weight.You visit this site it will give you correct information.
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vocalchord - Good question.
ReplyDeleteTo calculate someone's suggested calorie intake, you have to multiply the weight by 12. For example, someone who is 90 lb should be eating a minimum of 1080 calories every day to keep them healthy and their metabolism up. This keeps them at their same weight.
But by your question, it is more likely that a 500 pounder eating 5000 calories would still gain weight, if they had the same lifestyle as the 90 pounder.
Calories aren't the only factor to losing weight. You also have to take into consideration unhealthy fats in the food. There are lots of high calorie foods that are actually good for you and on the long run help you lose weight.
Not sure if I actually answered your question, but I hope this helps.
izzy - It's related to weight, height, age and activity level...
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About 3,500 calories adds up to about 1 pound. This applies whether they are food calories coming in, or calories (burned by exercise) going out.
If you eat 3,500 calories more than your body needs, you will put on about 1 pound. If you use up 3,500 calories more than you eat, you will lose about 1 pound in weight.
Burning calories...
http://www.healthstatus.com/calculate/cbc
Hope that simplifies it.
DistantTraces - It's partly related to weight, but not so much as a couple of pounds difference would mean two different people burn completely different calories.
ReplyDeleteThe things that affect how many calories our bodies require are:
- Genetics
- Gender
- Size (height, weight, body surface area, etc.)
- Body Composition (how much of your body is fat, muscle, organ, etc.)
- Activity Level/Lifestyle (how much exercise you do, how active your occupation is, etc.)
- Illnesses/Medical Conditions
Sometimes, people naturally burn off more energy simply because they get a fast metabolism due to genes passed down from their family.
Males tend to require more energy than females.
The bigger you are, the more energy your body will require to maintain yourself, so obviously, with two people with exactly the same lifestyles, the bigger one would probably burn more calories.
Usually, muscle requires more energy than fat does. It also appears leaner. Someone more muscular would burn off more calories (providing they did exactly the same thing for the day) than someone the same weight as them who had a higher body fat percentage.
Activity level probably affects the calories someone requires a lot more than most other things. For example, someone who was stuck in bed all day would only require between 1,000-1,500 calories. However, most of us require around 1,800-2,500 because of our daily lives.
People with medical conditions, or who have just had operations or experienced trauma, often require more energy as their bodies are in repair.
Going back to your original question, it doesn't matter whether you're 90lbs or 500lbs, you would only gain slightly more than a pound is you ate 5,000 calories EXCESS to what you required in a day. It takes 3,500 calories over the amount someone requires to gain a single pound no matter what their weight. It's just that heavier people have higher BMRs than lighter people because there's more of them (BMR = Basal Metabolic Rate = Amount of energy your body requires to function without any physical activity or movement).