Calories and Losing Weight
As a general rule, if you consume less calories that your body needs, you will lose weight. Your body will take what it needs from its stored fat and convert it to energy. In practice, it’s not that simple. A Calorie (food calorie or kcal) is defined as the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree Celsius. To determine the number of calories that are in a food item, you can burn the...
Fitbit Calories and BMR
The Fitbit device is a small accelerometer that you wear all day and night to track your movements. It gathers information such as calorie burn, steps taken, stairs climbed, and the way that you sleep. You might be wondering how your Fitbit determines your calories burned for the day or what your caloric intake should be. Let’s break it down. BMR Your BMR (Basil Metabolic Rate) is the number of calories burned when you are...
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