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It depends upon the individual, their weight, Body Mass Index (BMI), metabolic rate, calories expended per day, and calories consumed per day; and even the type of calories consumed. Consumption of complex carbohydrates, fats, and proteins are all necessary for the body to utilize calories efficiently, and calories not utilized are converted to body fat. Sugars give energy immediately, but if the energy provided is not used, sugars are the first thing converted into fat.
A good diet for weight loss will be composed of foods with a low glycemic load (not the same as the glycemic index; watermelon has a high glycemic index, but a low glycemic load), vegetables that are loaded with vitamins, whole grains and legumes, and small amounts of monounsaturated fats (olive oil, nuts, etc.) and proteins. So, if you typically expend 1,900 calories per day, a reasonable diet would restrict your calories to 1,500 calories per day, allowing you to lose about 1 lb. per week without additional exercise. There are 3,500 calories in a pound. Exercise increases the metabolic rate, making sure that calories are burned efficiently.
However, calorie deficit diets must be kept short; do not use them as a long term plan. If you follow a calorie deficit plan for too long, your metabolism with slow down and it's very difficult and discouraging to successfully speed it up again.
Here are some very useful links:
http://www.healthstatus.com/calculate/cbc
http://www.mendosa.com/gilists.htm
http://www.mendosa.com/common_foods.htm
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Where are calories stored in the body?
If you eat too many calories, instead of using them for energy your body stores the energy as fat to use at a later time. It is stored in your liver, muscles and fat cells.
Extra calories that your body doesn't use are stored as?
Fat
Are calories in fiber stored as fat in the body?
Your body does not digest fiber
Are the calories in fiber stored as fat in the body?
Your body does not digest fiber
Exercise burns extra calories Extra calories that your body doesn't used are stored as?
Fat
What happens to calories that don't burn?
They are stored as fat in the body.
Calories can be stored in unlimited amounts in the body as what?
Fat cells.
What happens when calories occur in excess in the body?
excess calories are stored as fat. smile* wiink*
Why do you have to burn calories?
Excess calories are stored in the body as fat cells. If too many of these acquire, a person gains weight as the fat builds up. Excess fat can cause health and body damage, so it is important to limit these excess calories by exercising and burning off some of them.
What will happen if someone eats more calories than their body needs?
Access calories will be stored in fat cells
Why must you burn calories?
Excess calories are stored in the body as fat cells. If too many of these acquire, a person gains weight as the fat builds up. Excess fat can cause health and body damage, so it is important to limit these excess calories by exercising and burning off some of them.
What can be obtained from stored body fat and is needed to keep the body alive?
Energy (i.e calories). This stored fat can be converted easily into energy that your body can use - useful if there is no food available for a long time.
