Thanks--this is helpful information to know. When women try to "cut calories" to lose weight, it's difficult to do eat within your means without knowing how many calories your body needs (the BMR, as you said) and balancing that estimation with how many calories to consume and burn.
The Diet Channel explained it well:
"your biggest daily calorie cost is something called resting metabolic rate (RMR), or the calories you need just to exist. Breathing, heart beat, cell metabolism, kidney function, and even thinking and dreaming uses calories. Muscle cells use calories even when at rest."
"Eating and digesting food, standing, sitting, talking, and surfing the Internet all burn calories beyond the basic RMR requirement."
Actually, now I'm more confused...ha! I forgot what the difference between RMR and BMR is. Anyone know?!
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Thanks--this is helpful information to know. When women try to "cut calories" to lose weight, it's difficult to do eat within your means without knowing how many calories your body needs (the BMR, as you said) and balancing that estimation with how many calories to consume and burn.
The Diet Channel explained it well:
"your biggest daily calorie cost is something called resting metabolic rate (RMR), or the calories you need just to exist. Breathing, heart beat, cell metabolism, kidney function, and even thinking and dreaming uses calories. Muscle cells use calories even when at rest."
"Eating and digesting food, standing, sitting, talking, and surfing the Internet all burn calories beyond the basic RMR requirement."
Actually, now I'm more confused...ha! I forgot what the difference between RMR and BMR is. Anyone know?!
January 11, 2009 - 4:24pmThis Comment
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