Posts Tagged ‘Body weight’

For a diet is balanced and allows us to lose weight is necessary to know the calories our body uses during the course of the day. This depends greatly on the level of physical activity we do, if our work requires physical exertion will be burning more calories than if you have a job such as a clerk.

A calorie calculator shows how many calories we eat each day to take cover the energy demand of our body, some also report the amount of calories recommended for weight loss , and what are the limits which must not exceed.

Knowing the amount of calories your body burns per day can develop a diet that meets energy needs without compromising our health. Calories should meet the demands of the body but a deficiency and an excessive amount of calories is detrimental. Read the rest of this entry »

BMI (Body Mass Index) is not effective for bodybuilders, pregnant women and athletes, since it is based on the weight / height in the population previously named a deviation that does not correspond with reality.

The percentage of body fat is an assessment of the amount of fat in your body, being a reliable measure in weight reduction programs, especially when combined with body weight.

Since it may be the case that thin people, checking on measurements of body fat and yet, the weight remains the same or higher.

This is because if you were doing exercise, the muscle that has developed weighs more than fat.

Anyway, it is important to have a rough idea of the percentage of fat, to be able to design a fitness program. Read the rest of this entry »