The Best Way to Lose Weight

Yesterday my boyfriend asked me how he could lose 5 pounds by the end of the week. Of course, he asked me this after we had a large meal of steak and potatoes. He felt a little fat and bloated (much like I did!). My response to this silly question was that it is virtually impossible. I told him to think about it and do the math. I tried to explain it him like this:

It takes a deficite of 3,500 calories to loose 1 pound.

He weighs around 150 pounds and moderately active (exersises between 3-5 days a week). He should consume around 2,400 calories a day to maintain his weight.

If he didn't eat for 7 days straight he would lose only 4.8 pounds!

Not eating for 7 days is definitely not healthy and that is not the way we want to lose weight. There are so many books out there that tell you the best way to lose weight: no carb diet, vegetarian diet, carrot diet, high acidic diet, mediteranian diet, blah blah blah. Some of these diets are no doubt good for you, but no one is better then the other. It always comes to down to numbers.

It simply comes down to: How many calories are you consuming each day & how many calories are you putting out. That's it!

All you need to do is follow this simple formula to lose weight & to do it healthily!

Calculate your RMR (resting metobolic rate) and BMR (basal metobolic rate) here

Then take away 500 calories. These 500 calories should be taken away because either you are eating less or exersising more (my recomendation is doing both 250 from eating & 250 from exersising).

If you do this everyday, you will lose 1 pound in a week (7 x 500=3,500). Double it and you will burn 2 pounds in a week! Simple & fun if you want it to be!