Calorie Calculator from the Mayo Clinic
Remember the BMI Calculator I introduced you to a couple weeks ago? Well, now you can try out this nifty little calorie calculator, courtesy of the Mayo Clinic. Remember, no internet calculator is 100% perfect, and your results should be used for general information purposes only.
Simply input your height, weight, age, gender and level of activity per day, and the calculator will come up with the estimated amount of calories you need to MAINTAIN your current weight.
It’s pretty neat, so go ahead and give it a try. Depending on certain circumstances (i.e., if you’re pregnant, an athlete or have a metabolic disease, the calculator can potentially over or underestimate your results. Take it with a grain of salt, alright? ***
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source: http://www.rippedcorner.com/calorie-calculator-from-the-mayo-clinic/
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Nutrition Plan #2, Coach Nancy
Hi Folks,
Here’s Coach Nancy’s nutrition plan. As I said in the last post, these plans are built specifically to the individuals here, there are many variables that you’ll need to look into for your own plan. Figuring out the amount of calories you burn is a great starting point and Nancy has included a link to an easy online calorie calculator. Enjoy!
1. I take in 225-300 calories per hour and 16-24 oz of fluid2. I like to drink rather than eat, so I mix my 24oz bottle with an electrolyte drink (usually hydraplex=120cal) and then add omni carb (1/4c=105cal) which is basically the same as carbopro I think. Its maltodextrin which adds carbs/cal but no flavor or sweetness. I don’t have to remind myself to drink – I do it all the time and the bottle should be gone in about 1 hour.
I have been doing some training with Accelerade this year so I will try that on the bike at Lake San Antonio and probably switch to hydraplex on the run (no protein)
3. I carry oatmeal cookies and lara bars, pre-broken into bite size pieces in my bento box and eat them as I desire.
4. I carry endurolytes and when it is warm (like on race day) I take them every 25 minutes (I set my watch to beep every 25 min). I take them less often on cooler days. When I take an endurolyte I try to access how I feel and adjust my eating/drinking/effort as needed.
5. I allow myself to snack at stops if I want to, potato chips, cookies, etc. but not very much and nothing I haven’t tried before on race day.
6. I will carry Gu on the run just in case I need it but probably won’t use it.
7. I have a recovery drink ready to drink as soon as I finish the workout. I like ProNRG best (Scott’s drink) but I also use Endurox and used to use Slimfast (Costco brand) when I was drinking milk. Many people use Ensure as well. You basically want a meal replacement drink right away with some protein to help your muscles immediately start re-building.
The meal replacement drinks go down easy, are easy on the stomach and digestion and get a quick 200-300 calories in. Then within 30-45 minutes you should eat something (sandwich, bar,banana, etc but make sure you have some protein) or drink another recovery drink.
You can get away with less on the shorter training days, but as we get to 5 hours and more it’s a good opportunity to try your race fueling. Also, the more you take in during the training, and immediately after, the faster you will recover to get out and train again the next day. It’s not about surviving the day right now; it’s about minimizing the fatigue/stress so you can train again the next day. This will also get your digestive system used to taking in fuel so on race day when it is essential in order to be out there all day, you will be used to it. ***
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It’s important to calculate how many calories you have burned and how many you took in to see how far in deficit you are.
A good website to figure out the calories burned is
http://members.kaiserpermanente.org/kpweb/healthency.do?hwid=calc001§ionId=calc001-sec&contextId=tx4394&rop=MRN
source: ww.ironteam.net/2008/03/13/nutrition-plan-2-coach-nancy/
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You Knew I Had To Try It!
I’m lazy. So I like to multi-task whenever possible. But two things I’ve never been good at combining with other activities is reading books and doing that other thing I’m supposed to do. What is it? Oh yeah, writing The Great American Romance Novel.
Like 98% or so of women, I want to lose weight and be healthier. For me, I know it’s mostly exercise that I need to work on adding into my day. I sit in front of a computer all day, then come home and sit in front of one all night too. Makes for a fat butt and not much else. o, cruising one of favorite tech blogs this morning, I was reminded about some people who combine computer work with being on a treadmill. I read about this idea years and years ago, but didn’t know how far it had gotten. Apparently far enough that you can buy desks that incorporate treadmills into them for $4000 or so. But many have cobbled their own together. Go check out these links:
http://jkontherun.blogs.com/jkontherun/2008/03/add-a-desk-to-y.html
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/TurningPoints/story?id=3771802&page=1
You knew I had to try this, didn’t you?
A stop at my local computer streadmill_web.JPGtore netted me a wireless keyboard and mouse to hook up to the computer. $40
Then off to the local home improvement store for a pre-finished bit of shelving (9″x36″) to lay over the handlebars of the treadmill. $6
And this is what I got —>
Now, the blogs are aflutter whether walking on a treadmill while working really is useful in burning calories and overall weight loss. One camp eschews the notion, saying it’s better to go out and work at a higher cardio pace for a longer time. The believers simply point out that a slow walk for several hours is better than sitting on your butt.
I happen to trust the math of it. One calorie calculator I found online says one hour of writing (for my weight) burns 100 calories, and walking at 2mph for the same 60 minutes burns about 264 calories. (2 mph IS slow, I know, but all the blogs and recommendations say that the average speed you can comfortably maintain and still use the computer is between 1 and 2 mph.) I happen to be blogging right now at 1.8mph according to my treadmill.
So do the math with me. 100 vs. 264. It seems like a no brainer to me. While not a substitute for good cardiovascular exercise, I have to think that (a) it’s better than nothing and (b) every calorie burned helps.
I wonder if we can add the writing calories in on top of the walking? Nah, probably not.
Anyone willing to jump on their treadmill and join me? ***
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source: jtrader.com/?p=185
Remember the BMI Calculator I introduced you to a couple weeks ago? Well, now you can try out this nifty little calorie calculator, courtesy of the Mayo Clinic. Remember, no internet calculator is 100% perfect, and your results should be used for general information purposes only.
Simply input your height, weight, age, gender and level of activity per day, and the calculator will come up with the estimated amount of calories you need to MAINTAIN your current weight.
It’s pretty neat, so go ahead and give it a try. Depending on certain circumstances (i.e., if you’re pregnant, an athlete or have a metabolic disease, the calculator can potentially over or underestimate your results. Take it with a grain of salt, alright? ***
-----------------------------------------------
source: http://www.rippedcorner.com/calorie-calculator-from-the-mayo-clinic/
image:
=======================================
Nutrition Plan #2, Coach Nancy
Hi Folks,
Here’s Coach Nancy’s nutrition plan. As I said in the last post, these plans are built specifically to the individuals here, there are many variables that you’ll need to look into for your own plan. Figuring out the amount of calories you burn is a great starting point and Nancy has included a link to an easy online calorie calculator. Enjoy!
1. I take in 225-300 calories per hour and 16-24 oz of fluid2. I like to drink rather than eat, so I mix my 24oz bottle with an electrolyte drink (usually hydraplex=120cal) and then add omni carb (1/4c=105cal) which is basically the same as carbopro I think. Its maltodextrin which adds carbs/cal but no flavor or sweetness. I don’t have to remind myself to drink – I do it all the time and the bottle should be gone in about 1 hour.
I have been doing some training with Accelerade this year so I will try that on the bike at Lake San Antonio and probably switch to hydraplex on the run (no protein)
3. I carry oatmeal cookies and lara bars, pre-broken into bite size pieces in my bento box and eat them as I desire.
4. I carry endurolytes and when it is warm (like on race day) I take them every 25 minutes (I set my watch to beep every 25 min). I take them less often on cooler days. When I take an endurolyte I try to access how I feel and adjust my eating/drinking/effort as needed.
5. I allow myself to snack at stops if I want to, potato chips, cookies, etc. but not very much and nothing I haven’t tried before on race day.
6. I will carry Gu on the run just in case I need it but probably won’t use it.
7. I have a recovery drink ready to drink as soon as I finish the workout. I like ProNRG best (Scott’s drink) but I also use Endurox and used to use Slimfast (Costco brand) when I was drinking milk. Many people use Ensure as well. You basically want a meal replacement drink right away with some protein to help your muscles immediately start re-building.
The meal replacement drinks go down easy, are easy on the stomach and digestion and get a quick 200-300 calories in. Then within 30-45 minutes you should eat something (sandwich, bar,banana, etc but make sure you have some protein) or drink another recovery drink.
You can get away with less on the shorter training days, but as we get to 5 hours and more it’s a good opportunity to try your race fueling. Also, the more you take in during the training, and immediately after, the faster you will recover to get out and train again the next day. It’s not about surviving the day right now; it’s about minimizing the fatigue/stress so you can train again the next day. This will also get your digestive system used to taking in fuel so on race day when it is essential in order to be out there all day, you will be used to it. ***
----------------------------------------------------------------------
It’s important to calculate how many calories you have burned and how many you took in to see how far in deficit you are.
A good website to figure out the calories burned is
http://members.kaiserpermanente.org/kpweb/healthency.do?hwid=calc001§ionId=calc001-sec&contextId=tx4394&rop=MRN
source: ww.ironteam.net/2008/03/13/nutrition-plan-2-coach-nancy/
=====================================
You Knew I Had To Try It!
I’m lazy. So I like to multi-task whenever possible. But two things I’ve never been good at combining with other activities is reading books and doing that other thing I’m supposed to do. What is it? Oh yeah, writing The Great American Romance Novel.
Like 98% or so of women, I want to lose weight and be healthier. For me, I know it’s mostly exercise that I need to work on adding into my day. I sit in front of a computer all day, then come home and sit in front of one all night too. Makes for a fat butt and not much else. o, cruising one of favorite tech blogs this morning, I was reminded about some people who combine computer work with being on a treadmill. I read about this idea years and years ago, but didn’t know how far it had gotten. Apparently far enough that you can buy desks that incorporate treadmills into them for $4000 or so. But many have cobbled their own together. Go check out these links:
http://jkontherun.blogs.com/jkontherun/2008/03/add-a-desk-to-y.html
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/TurningPoints/story?id=3771802&page=1
You knew I had to try this, didn’t you?
A stop at my local computer streadmill_web.JPGtore netted me a wireless keyboard and mouse to hook up to the computer. $40
Then off to the local home improvement store for a pre-finished bit of shelving (9″x36″) to lay over the handlebars of the treadmill. $6
And this is what I got —>
Now, the blogs are aflutter whether walking on a treadmill while working really is useful in burning calories and overall weight loss. One camp eschews the notion, saying it’s better to go out and work at a higher cardio pace for a longer time. The believers simply point out that a slow walk for several hours is better than sitting on your butt.
I happen to trust the math of it. One calorie calculator I found online says one hour of writing (for my weight) burns 100 calories, and walking at 2mph for the same 60 minutes burns about 264 calories. (2 mph IS slow, I know, but all the blogs and recommendations say that the average speed you can comfortably maintain and still use the computer is between 1 and 2 mph.) I happen to be blogging right now at 1.8mph according to my treadmill.
So do the math with me. 100 vs. 264. It seems like a no brainer to me. While not a substitute for good cardiovascular exercise, I have to think that (a) it’s better than nothing and (b) every calorie burned helps.
I wonder if we can add the writing calories in on top of the walking? Nah, probably not.
Anyone willing to jump on their treadmill and join me? ***
--------------------------------------------------------
source: jtrader.com/?p=185
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