When it comes to weight maintenance, the amount of calories you require daily should
equal your calorie expenditure.
If you're at a healthy weight, your calorie intake should
equal your calorie expenditure.
Not exact matches
«Unfortunately, the energy balance equation [you know,
calories in have to
equal calories out] suggests that energy intake and energy
expenditure occupy equivalent roles in determining energy balance, when in fact the factors governing energy intakes influence the energy balance far more powerfully than the factors determining resting energy
expenditure.»
Time under contraction
equals growth is the mantra for gaining lean muscle mass (something you want in order to jack up your metabolic rate), and it's also the formula for maximum
calorie expenditure during the workout itself.
There is no question that a reduction of
calorie intake coupled with high - level energy
expenditure results in weight loss (all other factors being
equal).
According to current research though, TEF is proportional to the
calorie content and vary with macronutrient composition (with the highest increase in energy
expenditure observed with a high protein diet) and not meal frequency per se, as demonstrated by the
equal TEF in different meal patterns under iso - caloric conditions (79,80).
When it comes to body weight, this means that
calorie intake minus
calorie expenditure equals calories stored.
These calculators almost universally rely on the simple math that once you either decrease your intake of
calories or increase your
expenditure of
calories to
equal 3500
calories, you will lose a pound of weight.
Refined carbs and lean long term = lots of exercise or
calorie intake which is < or
equal to
expenditure.