Losing Amber - A Weight Loss Journal

I'm a 28 year old Mommy to two boys. I recently had my 2nd baby November 2006 and now I'm ready to battle the pounds and reach my goals. I plan to use this journal to post my successes and moans on the battle to a happier, healthy body.

Tuesday, December 14, 2004

BMR Formula and results

I got this out of Oxygen magazine. The formula is 655+(9.6xweight in kilograms) + (1.8x height in centimeters) - (4.7x age in years)

1 inch = 2.54 centimeters
1 pound = .454 kilograms

So since I'm 25, 5'2 and weigh 163 it broke down like this...

655+691.20+283.46-177.50 = 1512.16

Sedentary people (couch potato, no exercise, desk job) BMR X1.2

Lightly active (light exercise, sports 1-3 days a week) BMR X 1.375

Moderate exercise or sports 3-5 days a week - BMR X 1.55

Very Active, hard exercise, sports or physical job - BMR X 1.725

Extra Active, marathon, body sculpting contest - BMR X 1.9

So for me to be conservative I would take 1512.16X1.2 = 1814

The number of calores to maintain my weight daily.

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