Daily Calorie Goals - Identify Your Daily Calorie Goals

There are many reasons for people who are overweight to want to lose weight. What is your reason? Is it to be healthier, to look better. to feel better, and/or to have more energy?

Whatever your reason is, you need to lose at a slow and steady rate for best results. A safe and healthy rate is no more than two (2) pounds per week. This is the goal you should aim for in your weight loss program.

• Lose 1 pound per week - Reduce your weekly intake of calories by 3,500 calories (3,500 divided by 7 days equals 500 calories per day). 

• Lose 2 pounds per week - Reduce your weekly intake of calories by 7,000 calories (7,000 calories divided by 7 days equals 1,000 calories per day).

It is very simple logic.  To cut out either the 500 or 1,00 calories a day, you can either eat less calories or burn more calories by exercising. Or, to make it an easier goal to achieve, try a combination of eating fewer calories, and burning more calories more a day by exercising.

Remember that extra calories eaten and not burned off by exercise will turn into extra weight.  Doesn't this sound simple? You absolutely need to regulate the calories you eat every day in order to either lose weight or to maintain your weight.