• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Global Diet

How to boost energy and vitality naturally

  • Home
  • Web Health News
  • Health and Wellness
  • Recipes
    • Baking
    • Gluten-free
    • Low-Carb
    • SkinnyMeals
  • Shop iHerb
  • Contact
  • About

Understanding calories

by Leave a Comment

The term ‘Calories’ are used in many places, such as in food labels and restaurant menus.  You can even see the number of calories burned as you get on your treadmill.  So what exactly do we mean by the word calories?

The word ‘calorie’ refers to a specific unit of measurement.  It is used to measure the amount of energy found in a particular food or the amount of energy burnt by your body.

How many calories are needed by your body?

The answer to this question depends on the following factors:

  • Physical Activity – The amount of energy that you use depends on your daily physical activities.
  • BMR or Basal Metabolic Rate – This refers to the amount of energy that is needed by your body when at rest to be able to continue performing vital functions (i.e. for breathing, heart beating, etc.).

Calories are fuel 

Your body needs fuel, and this fuel refers to calories that you obtain from food. As mentioned earlier, calories are required in order to keep your vital organs working.   You also need calories when your tissues are growing and repairing. The more active you are, the more calories you will burn.   Lesser movement means the fewer amount of fuel consumed by the body. Therefore, those who are living a sedentary lifestyle and who sit for long periods of time should limit their calorie intake. If they do not, weight gain is inevitable.

If your body is burning more calories than what you take in, you are allowing your body to burn your energy reserves. Your body has stored these reserves in the form of fats.  As you allow your body to burn more of your fat reserves, the more likely you will lose weight. Complete awareness of your calorie intake and expenditure is considered an integral part of every weight loss program.

A healthy diet and a successful weight loss program require you to track not just your calorie intake. You should also track the number of fats, proteins and nutrients you are consuming daily.

It is very important to understand your own calorie requirements. I have heard many times that on average a female needs to consume around 2000 calories per day for weight maintenance. I never bothered checking my personalized calories requirement. To be honest with you, I was stunned to see that I should not go beyond 1600 calories per day to maintain the same weight. To start losing weight, my calories intake per day were not supposed to exceed 12oo.

No wonder I have been accumulating and storing unnecessary ‘energy reserves’. My approach to the diet has changed since then.

The number of calories consumed per day for weight loss or weight maintenance is highly personalised. If you are interested in checking your personal calories requirements, you can click here.

If you are not into calorie counting (yes, I tried doing that but later have given up on that), start managing weight by managing your body insulin levels. I am sure you heard about intermittent fasting. The book by Dr.Fung, “The Obesity Code”, is such an eye-opener. I think I read it in a couple of days. He masterfully explains why diets fail and how to stop dieting and lose weight by creating ‘fasting’ and ‘eating’ windows around your schedule.

Filed Under: Health and Wellness

Next Post: Healthy Eating Habits »

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Primary Sidebar

NEVER MISS A POST!

Please enter your name.
Please enter a valid email address.
Subscribe!

Thanks for subscribing! Please check your email for further instructions.

Something went wrong. Please check your entries and try again.

Let’s connect!

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest

Looking for something?

Membership Badge

Membership Badge

Buy best vitamins and supplements online:

Buy best vitamins and supplements online:

Top Posts & Pages

Understanding calories

Healthy Eating Habits

Apple Cider Vinegar for Health

Insomnia and Weight Loss

Natural Weight Loss Tips

Green Tea Benefits

Why do we overeat?

Best multivitamin supplements

Easy Banana Muffins

Flavorful mashed potatoes

Recent Posts

Fried Rice in less than 5 minutes

Bok Choy Stir-Fry

how to cook leeks

Sauteed Mushrooms and Leeks

cheese spinach egg casserole

Cheesy Spinach and Egg Bake

gluten free, healthy meal

Vinaigrette

healthy meals, diet plan, keto, low-carb, gluten-free, healthy recipes

Asian-Inspired Chicken with Veggies

Spring Roll Cabbage by globaldiet.net

Spring Roll Style Cabbage

onion cilantro eggs, best breakfast, flavorful eggs

Onion Cilantro Eggs

Onion cilantro beef

Curried Chicken with Cauliflower

Footer

Copyright © 2023 · Foodie Pro Theme by Shay Bocks · Built on the Genesis Framework · Powered by WordPress

This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. Cookie settingsACCEPT
Privacy & Cookies Policy

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Non-necessary
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
SAVE & ACCEPT