My BMR is 1,121.3 What's Yours?

Burn, Baby, Burn How hot do you burn?

The number of calories you burn in a day is known as your total energy expenditure (TEE). Rates vary from person to person, so it's crucial that you take the time to learn yours. Once you know your TEE, you will be able to balance your caloric intake and expenditure in a totally efficient way as you work toward your weight loss goal.

Your TEE takes into account three factors, so be prepared to do three calculations to get your final number. Today we'll focus on the first one — your basal metabolic rate (BMR).

Your BMR is the number of calories your body burns in a day when operating at absolute minimum capacity. Basically, imagine sitting on the couch all day. (Is this a little too easy for you to imagine? Don't worry — we'll fix that!) Your BMR, then, is the number of calories your body burns just to maintain your heartbeat, digestion, respiration, tissue repair and other organ functions. That's it.

BMR is influenced by a number of factors, including age, weight, height, gender, environmental temperature, and diet and exercise habits. Because of these varying factors, it's hard to pin down your BMR to the precise calorie, but we can get pretty close. Here are some formulas for figuring out your BMR. Get out your calculator and plug your numbers into whichever formula applies to you.

MALE: 66 + (6.3 × body weight in pounds) + (12.9 × height in inches) − (6.8 × age in years)

FEMALE: 655 + (4.3 × weight in pounds) + (4.7 × height in inches) − (4.7 × age in years)

Keep that calculator handy. Your basal metabolic rate accounts for only about 75 percent of your total daily caloric expenditure.

Mine is 1,121.3. This is cool! I can see what I really need to be doing to burn enough to make it count!

I got this from Jillian from Biggest Loser. She sends out daily emails! There are some good articles.

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