The bottom line to losing weight is this: You must burn more calories than you take in. Your calories come from every little thing you put in your mouth. Your meals, your snacks, your drinks, and yes, even the little nibbles of your kid's lunch. Every single little thing you put in your mouth counts! As far as burning calories goes, you use up a certain amount of calories each day just by existing. This is called your basal metabolic rate. On average this amount is somewhere in the 1200-1400 range. The rest of your calorie-burnage comes from your activity throughout the day! Running, lifting weights, kickboxing, spin...these all burn a good amount of calories, but the little things add up too! Walking around your house to pick up baby's toys, walking around the grocery store, cleaning your bathroom, painting that cool desk you found @ Goodwill...each of these things adds to your caloric expenditure and helps to reach your calorie-burning goals each day!
DID YOU KNOW??
3500 calories = 1 pound. Yes, you read that correctly. In order to lose 1 lb/week, you must burn 3500 MORE calories than you consume in a 7-day period. Let THAT be your motivation to GET ACTIVE and make good food choices!!
--Peace. Health. RoxyB!!
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