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What is Health?

Health is metabolic efficiency. Sickness is metabolic inefficiency. Nobody is totally healthy or totally sick. Each of us is a unique combination of health and sickness. And each of us has a unique combination of abilities and disabilities, both emotional and physical.
Well our biggest disability in regarding health is FATNESS, OBESITY or you can say that WE ARE OVER-WEIGHT. FATNESS means unhealthy. We are going to talk about this in our next post that how we get FAT, what are the reasons behind. Basically we have to examine our routine where we are lacking. In the coming posts we are going to highlight the reasons behind getting FAT, what to eat, what to do and how to get fit and attain perfect figure. Well FAT FIGURE is a nightmare for too many people but we can surely overcome that and above all how to stay fit. So stay tuned to my blog and get updated. And yes one more thing, I’m not at all a Doctor or some kind of a Dietition but I can certainly take help of our world wide engines and live experiences to collect a bunch of useful posts so that u can get rid of your nightmare soon. Hoping the best from all of you.

Cares,
Miss. Sheikh

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Daily Calorie Requirement

Losing fat weight does not mean simply reducing calorie intake by cutting out complete meals or not eating for a few days. Fat weight should be lost gradually the same way it was gained, it therefore requires a gradual decrease when lowering daily calorie intake.
In order to lower calorie intake slowly we must first calculate the calorie requirements of our body taking into account different types and body characteristics such as height, weight, age, gender and activity levels.
In the world it has been estimated that the average woman needs around 2000 calories per day to maintain weight. This calorie requirement rises to 2500 for average men. However, these figures are based on averages and may be completely different for many individuals. Women who weight more will generally require more calories however, if the same person becomes less active then calorie requirements will be lower. Also men tend to need more calories than women, often due to a leaner body composition. For this reason calorie requirements are highly individual and therefore require a more accurate approach.
Calculating calorie needs for the different type of body characteristics such as height, gender, age and activity levels.
The Harris Benedict calculation is an accurate formula using such factors as height, weight, age, and gender to determine calorie requirement for the basal metabolic rate (BMR).
The Harris-Benedict Equation for calculating calorie needs:
Use the appropriate formula for men or women..
  • Men: BMR = 66 + (13.7 x W) + (5 x H) - (6.8 x Age) = Daily calories required
  • Women: BMR = 665 + (9.6 x W) + (1.8 x H) - (4.7 x Age) = Daily calories needs

Where:

  • W = weight in Kgs
  • H = Height in cms ( 1 foot = 12 inches, 1 inch = 2.54 cms)
  • Age = Years

An example for a 30 year old women weighing 80 (176 pounds) Kgs and 5 foot 6 inches tall would be..

  • 665 + (9.6 x 80) + (1.8 x 168) - (4.7 x 30)
  • 665 + 768 + 302 - 141 = 1594 calories per day!
The values in the above equation are based on averages within the population. Therefore the problem with this equation is it doesn’t take into account the amount of lean body weight a person may have. For this reason people who are very muscular or those who are obese may not obtain a very accurate calculation of BMR. Muscular individuals may need more calories than the formula suggests and, very overweight people may need less than the calories needs from the calculation.
The above equation calculates calorie needs for the BMR, you still need to work out calorie requirements for the day including any activities.
Multiply your BMR by an activity factor which more closely suits your lifestyle:
  • Sedentary - none or very little exercise = BMR X 1.2
  • Light activity for average of 2 days/week = BMR X 1.375
  • Moderate activity level exercising 4 days/week = BMR X 1.5
  • High activity levels exercise & sports more than 6 days/week = BMR X 1.7
  • Higher activity levels = up to 2 x BMR

Regards
Miss. Sheikh

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BMI (Body Mass Index)

Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of body fat based on height and weight that applies to both adult men and women. Well here is the point where you have to see where your weight is standing. You just have to enter your Height and weight and you’ll get a shock out of that :P. So lets start the process all you have to do is:
  • Enter your weight and height using Standard or Metric measures.
  • Click on “Compute BMI” and your BMI will appear in the heart of the figure.

BMI Categories:

  • Underweight = <18.5>
  • Normal weight = 18.5-24.9
  • Overweight = 25-29.9
  • Obesity = BMI of 30 or greater

Please enter the following site for calculations and other info:
http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/bmicalc.htm
http://www.halls.md/body-mass-index/bmi.htm
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/bmi/

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What’s your BMI?

Now have you checked your BMI? How much is it showing? Greater than 30 hmmm it means you are obese. Obesity has surrounded you and you have to start working on yourself. You really need a big hardwork. You have to diet, Cardio-Workout and too much of attenion on yourself. Better consult a Dietitian. Now comes the over-weight range, your BMI will be between 25-29.9. At this point you have to maintain a balanced diet along with daily exercise. You can certainly reduce your excess weight. Regarding the Normal BMI which is between 18.5-24.9 than just maintain a balanced diet along with a little walk on daily basis can work :). For an under-weight person just eat a little more and still your the same than you are the luckiest person of all. So according to your BMI start working. Me wish you best of luck.
Chao,
Miss. Sheikh
Next post will be regarding Calorie Count.

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How we get FAT or Over-Weight?

Well the answer is not just one. There can be many reasons behind it like eating to much means consuming to much calories, too much sleeping, Laziness not being active, inheritance, low metabolism, child birth, to much sitting near the PC and many other factors….

But it’s not necessarily just because we are a nation of doughnut-eating, chip-crunching, cola-sipping, hamburger-chewing junk food junkies. To be sure, one of our favorite verbs is “to supersize,” and more and more businesses are being forced to offer products that fit our collectively expanding girth. But there are a range of physiological as well as psychological and technical reasons that make us fat.

What is curious about getting fat is that the human body is one of the most efficient energy-burning machines in the universe. We are able to ingest a wide range of proteins, carbohydrates and fats and convert them into muscle, blood and energy with remarkably little waste. The irony, of course, is that for years, mankind’s primary concern was with getting enough to eat and in some places that is still a very real problem but today our biggest worries are about eating too much.
Sleeping is another factor. We try to sleep alot for example most of the house-wives when there is no work so better sleep. Sleep, sleep and sleep for the whole day. 8 hours of sleep in a day is more than enough. Taking lil rest on the bed is ok but sleeping for hours in the afternoon not at all ok. So try to sleep less and keep yourself active :)
Yes, now comes laziness, well it is sometimes in your nature you dont want to do anything, not even your house hold work. No excerise, no moving your body, always feeling sleepy. Not like to move a bit to grab the remote control and change the TV channel. Comeon move, give yourself a jerk or else you’ll get FAT. Another unhealthy gesture unfortunatly. FATNESS is also inherited by your parents. Like if anyone from your family is FAT you have also big tendency to get FAT. Please refer this Webpage http://www.healthrecipes.com/genes.htm
Its general a woman gains weight after her childs birth and usually after her own marraige also. But she can certainly maintain herself after that. No reasons to say I can’t do this. During pregnancy she should eat healthy and later she can try to reduce as everyone needs patience in this process for sure.
So all these factors have the following solutions:
  • Proper diet.
  • Work-out, involving Cardio exercises.
  • Patience.
  • No chewing whole day.

So now review yourself and if you find some other reason do let me know.

Cares,
Miss. Sheikh

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