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Old 06-10-2005, 12:13 AM   #5 (permalink)
Ian
 
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Hi Marsoopial, here's some info about how many calories you should
consume, and the percentage your should burn:

http://www.weightlossresources.co.uk...e_calories.htm

I found this section of the article to be particularly heplful:

This is the amount of calories you burn just by being alive – even when you are lying down, doing nothing. BMR accounts for approximately 60% of the calories burned for an average person.

Although the average person burns around 30% of calories through daily activity, many sedentary people only use around 15%. Simply being aware of this fact – and taking every opportunity to move can make quite a dramatic difference to the amount of calories you burn.

I hope this helps. :grin:

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