Basal Metabolic Rate ChartThis Basal Metabolic Rate Chart information was found in The Complete Idiot's Guide to Healthy Weight Loss, 2nd Edition 
(See the ad at the bottom of this page.) The first chart
shows what factors affect the Balsal
Metabolic Rate (BMR). In general if you want to lose weight you would
want to increase your BMR. Do not forget that the basal metabolic rate
only tells you how many calories you are burning when at rest. If you
are moving and thinking and doing stuff your metabolic rate will go up,
and in the final analysis it is the metabolic rate that makes a
difference.
As you look over the above basal metabolic rate chart, you will notice that many of the factors can be improved. This second chart is not a basal metabolic rate chart, but rather it is a metabolic rate chart.
Get started counting how many calories you burn with: calories burned in 30 minutes (multiply results by 2 to get calories per hour) and calories burned exercise chart. The following two charts show how what you choose to do all day makes a difference in how many calories you burn.
Bottom line, John can eat 1,100 more calories than Jim without gaining weight. Related Resources at Ideal-Weight-Charts.com Because so many factors (age, sex, height, activity and weight) are needed to determine your Basal Metabolic Rate, a calculator makes more sense than a chart. Try a Basal Metabolic Rate Calculator. New! CommentsHave your say about what you just read! Leave me a comment in the box below. |
