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July 19, 2012 in Features, Health

Anthony L. Komaroff Universal Uclick

DEAR DOCTOR K: Im trying to lose weight. How can I figure out how many calories I should be eating everyday?

DEAR READER: Since your weight is influenced both by the number of calories you eat and by the number of calories you burn during your daily activities, lets assume that your daily activities wontchange.

To figure out how many calories you should consume each day to lose weight, you first need to know how many calories you need to maintain your current weight. The math issimple.

First, multiply your current weight by 15. This calculation tells you the number of calories per day you need to maintain your current weight (weight-maintenancecalories).

Lets say you weigh 155 pounds. If you multiply 155 by 15, you get 2,325, which is your weight-maintenance calorie total. To lose weight, youll need to reduce your daily calories belowthat.

To lose 1 to 2 pounds a week a rate that experts consider safe you should consume 500 to 1,000 fewer calories per day than your total weight-maintenance calories. That means you need to eat between 1,325 calories per day (2,325 less 1,000) to 1,825 calories per day (2,325 less500).

However, dont consume fewer than 1,200 calories per day if youre a woman or fewer than 1,500 calories per day if youre a man, except under the supervision of your doctor. Eating too few calories can endanger your health by depriving you of needednutrients.

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