Calories are the basic source of energy. All the food we consume is eventually broken down into calories. While Protein and Carbohydrates contain 4 calories each in 1 gram, Fat contains 9 calories in the same 1 gram.
3500 calories constitute 1 pound of weight in body. Counting calories and exercising are the only “secret” to lose all that excess flab and believe it or not, it is not a very difficult process at all.
It is just that people are not equipped with right kind of information to do so. There are two steps to achieve the target of counting calories and cutting them:
1. Determine how many daily calories requirement using Harris Benedict Equation
2. Count how many calories are consumed
Read more here http://www.stylecraze.com/articles/how-to-count-calories/
for better viewing i have added the charts here too:
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Stay Healthy and Beautiful :)
Shweta
