how do we find out how many calories we burn off each day/weight loss theory

[johnc83]

the way i understand the theory is this,we need to burn off more calories than we ingest in order to lose weight...so just supposing i burn off naturally 2500 calories per day

2500 cals perday burned naturally
1500 cals ingested

i would subtract the two figures which would leave me with a deficit of 1000

now if i exercised and burned 500 calories i would add this figure to the deficit

= 1500

so this would meen that ive burned off the same amount of calories that ive ingested


the questions are

1/is my theory correct ?
2/how do i find out exactly how many calories my body burns off in a day without exercise
3/if the above figure is correct do i need to add more exercise so im burning off more than ive ingested



i hope someone can help me as ive been racking my brains with this for days

all the best

john

 

[sikdogg]

Here you go...

http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/ns421/BathmateR.html

 

[johnc83]

thankyou for the guide it will come in handy



am i still correct in my theory though ? is this the only way to burn off more than you take in each day

 

[sikdogg]

Yes you are correct...