Remember that staying warm
requires extra calories.
This is because food
requires extra calories to digest, absorb, and process the meal, which is called the thermic effect of food (TEF).
Nursing your baby is demanding and
requires extra calories.
All that growing
requires extra calories, so your baby may naturally feel the need to drink more.
Remember, we weren't talking about a fat loss routine here... we were talking about gaining muscle and getting bigger arms... so that is going to
require some extra calories above your maintenance.
That means literally doing absolutely nothing all day — no moving around, no house work, no exercise and other activities, which
all require extra calories.
Outdoor pets
require extra calories to keep warm, so feed your pet according to its needs when the temperature drops.
It is intended for animals that
require extra calories and vitamins in their diet.
Not exact matches
Starting pregnancy with a healthy weight
requires expecting mothers to consume an
extra 300
calories a day.
However, it's great to have your body burning the
extra calories required to make your baby's milk.
Producing breast milk
requires many
extra calories — some 500 - 800
extra calories per day!
For those who are breastfeeding, a minimum of 500
extra calories is
required.
This
requires an
extra energy expenditure of at least 500
calories per day.
It is always wise to consult a doctor and a dietitian when it comes to taking care of the
extra calories that you
require during pregnancy.
Breastfeeding
requires an average of 500
extra calories per day.
In fact, the average breastfeeding mom
requires an
extra 200
calories per day.
As your baby grows, you may need from 500 - 800
extra calories per day to produce the
required amount of milk, which is great for your weight loss efforts.
While new mothers are often preoccupied with losing the baby weight and are trying to reduce
calories, breast - feeding
requires at least an
extra 500
calories per day.
Muscle growth
requires additional
calories, the same way you would need
extra building material to add another floor to your house.
These work well if you
require rehydration during an extended workout, but if you're going for just a couple of hours, then stick with water as you don't need the
extra electrolytes and
calories.
«Eating solid food that
requires chewing, takes longer to eat, and adds more volume to your stomach will likely leave you feeling more full than a shake with the same
calories and even the same macros,» says Health contributing nutrition editor Cynthia Sass, MPH, RD. «I have seen a lack of fullness from shakes that leads to nibbling on
extras, which can result in eating more
calories and not seeing results.»
However, if the initial growth response you attempted to create in those muscles was not strong enough to begin with, your body won't even
require all of the
extra calories you're eating in order to fully recover from the workout.
Ideally, we want something that is proven to work scientifically (i.e. restricts your
calories), doesn't
require any
extra work, and is easy to stick to.
Pregnancy
requires you to consume an
extra 300
calories per day during your second and third trimesters.
Losing a pound
requires burning an
extra 3,500
calories.
If you train well and add ten pounds of muscle to your frame, your body will
require an
extra 600
calories per day in order to maintain your new bodyweight.
But it
requires only 300
extra calories a day to nurture a developing fetus.
Let's assume that the couple of hours in the gym a day
requires an
extra 500
calories an hour, so I will need to increase my daily
calories to 3500 a day if I am going to not lose weight.
Most of us only
require about 1600 - 2100
calories on any given day, so that is quite a bit
extra!
Weight train and gain muscle and your body will
require more
calories to support the
extra muscle.
Because muscle
requires more
calories to maintain, the person with low muscle tone also has a lower metabolism and will likely have trouble dieting to get the
extra fat off.
The
extra calories burned in addition to those
required for physical activity are collectively known as your Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR), and they represent the
calories that your body would have burned anyway, even if you had just been relaxing on the couch and not performing any physical activity.
The calculator above will take into account your pre-Pregnancy
Calorie needs (based on age, height, and activity levels) and then add on the
extra calories required for growing a healthy baby.
A baby in - utero
requires the mother to burn at least 300
extra calories a day and breast - feeding can
require as much as 500
extra calories.
A pregnant french bulldog
requires lots of
extra calories, water, and care.
The best nutritional plan is to buy a dog food approved for growth (i.e. puppy food) and feed according to the package; such diets are balanced and
require no supplementation plus they typically have the
extra Calories needed by the pregnant or nursing mother.
The amount of
extra calories required will vary between 10 % and 90 % more than normal.