Basics of Calories
 

Now, if you eat healthy, and follow all the pages of this website, you'll find that you don't really have to worry about calories too much. The foods will help you slim down, but you should know the basics, so here they are:

• If you eat a certain number of calories in a day and you also burn off just as many calories through daily activity, then your weight will remain the same
• If you eat more calories than you burn off through daily activities, you gain weight.
• If you eat less calories than you burn up, you end up losing weight.

It's just that simple. So, you really should think of making yourself more active, visit the exercise page to get a better idea on what you should do during the day. Exercise can speed up the amount of calories you burn off and will help you greatly!

How many calories do you need during a day? Here is the calculation: Multiply your weight by 15. This number will give you how many calories you need to eat to maintain your weight.

Now each pound of fat on your body is 3,500 calories. Soooo, if you eat 3,500 calories over the daily amount for your body weight, then you gain. If you consume less then the daily amount, then you start to lose weight.