Do you have Diet Debt?

When you decide to save money, do you decide to save so much that you can't even pay your bills?

That's dumb. That's more debt.

Bodily speaking, you need enough calories to pay those hot muscles for working for you today.

All 5 feet 7 inches and 140 pounds of me needs at least 1,400 calories to pay back those sweet resting muscles.

Welcome to a basal metabolic rate (BMR). This is the calories you need to pay your brain, your muscles, your heart, your lungs, your tummy...  for the calories they burned today while RESTING.

If you gip these muscles of payment they will come for you!

They come in the form of 

Sleepiness

Cramps

Exhaustion

Starvation

Dizziness

= x + Quick Math Lesson + = x

If you go to this website and click in your numbers it will calculate your BMR.

Calculate your wight from pounds to kg by dividing lbs by 2.2.

Calculate your height from inches to cm by multiplying inches by 2.54.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AjeOyihzDlUldFAtSXV4TTg0VndPV25DV0RxMS1OU3c&hl=en#gid=0

A 5'7", 140 pound person example

140lbs/2.2= 63.6 kg

5ft x 12 inches + 7 inches= 67in. x 2.54= 170 cm

This calculates out to 1408 calories for a daily BMR (not taking into account lean muscle mass which DOES burn more).

Say that 140 lb, 5'7" person wants to be 130 lbs. Plug the weight in that you want to weigh, with the same height, unless you are planning on stretching yourself, and that will be your calorie needs at that weight. I would use that amount of calories to safely heads towards that weight. 

Remember to eat more as you exercise more.

There are tons of BMR calculators out there that will give you a little bit different results suggesting that none of them are exact but a close estimate based on research.

 

*If you use the food journal apps, they will usually calculate this for you.

When you exercise you are going over your data plan on your cell phone and you will have to pay for those. Every penny. 

Your muscles need to be refueled.

You may have your own idea of beauty.

If you are making yourself sicker or weaker the lines of beauty are blurred.

It is possible to lose weight without exercise. 

Keep in mind, exercise will lower your risk of high blood sugar, clogged veins, and breathing problems.

Quick shout out to all those people I see making the same 1.5 hour commute to work each way!

On that commute I love listening to the Doctor Radio.

Today they were talking about how studies showed that a sedentary life led to heart failure, which is your heart not pumping efficiently.

With exercise you are working out your heart and keeping that loving muscle strong.

30 Minute Workout Challenge

Turn on your Hip Hop Music and dance with vigor for 30 minutes. Include lots of Jumping. No stopping.

HAVE FUN!

Stay warm!