Keep Track of Your Calorie Burn

I like to use the word "Burn" quite a lot when speaking to my clients about losing fat. What does "burn" mean? Well, it's simply the amount of calories burned during exercise.

There is an easy way to keep track of your burn compared to how much fat you want to lose. Of course losing fat has a lot to do with what and how much you eat, but as far as exercise is concerned these numbers are what you want to remember...

To lose 0 pounds or maintain the body fat that you have, your goal is to burn 100 calories each day through exercise or 700 calories each week.

To lose 1 pound per week you need to burn 250 calories through exercise each day or 1,750 calories each week.

To lose 2 pounds per week you need to burn 500 calories per day through exercise and 3,500 calories each week.

So always remember what your goal "Burn" number is according to how many pounds you prefer to lose each week. Again, I cannot stress enough how important your food intake is. If you are not eating the correct amount of calories for your body or not taking in the correct kind of calories, your burn numbers won't matter too much.

Chad Cannon is the owner of Shaping Concepts in Bluffton, SC, and is known as the low country Fat Loss Expert. He can be reached at chad@shapingconcepts.com