Chic-Shuk Secrets

As mentioned in my previous post, in order to really succeed on your diet and weight loss goals it is very important to first determine your basal metabolic rate (BMR), which is basically an estimate of the amount of calories your body would expend in a day if you did absolutely nothing. Using this appropriate simple formula will give you an idea:

If you are a woman, your BMR =

655 + (4.35 x weight in lbs.) + (4.7 x height in inches) — (4.7 x age in years)

If you are a man, your BMR =

66 + (6.23 x weight in lbs.) + (12.7 x height in inches) — (6.8 x age in years)

Next, you would need to determine your daily caloric need based on your activity level, then add these results to the basic amount of calories you burn. Choose your appropriate activity level from the following and get your approximate numbers based on these formulas:
1. Sedentary (little or no exercise): Calories = BMR x 1.2
2. Lightly active (light exercise/sports 1 to 3 days/week): Calories = BMR x 1.375
3. Moderately active (moderate exercise 3 to 5 days/week): Calories = BMR x 1.55
4. Very active (hard exercise/sports 6 to 7 days a week): Calories = BMR x 1.725
5. Extra active (very hard exercise/sports & physical job or twice-a-day training): Calories = BMR x 1.9

Once you have that number you can determine the number of calories you would need to cut per week/day using the following equation:

Calories cut per week = (optimal weight loss per week, in pounds) x (3,500 calories)

Calories cut per day = (calories cut per week) / 7

How to keep track of your net caloric intake on a daily base and keep your weight lose goals? find out in my next post: Keeping track of your diet- that`s the secret!  Coming next!

We all know dieting isn’t a simple. However, if you have some basic knowledge of mathematics calculation, and I`m talking really simple math, you have a better chance to succeed in achieving your new weight goals! Once you realize everything we eat, drink, snack, “just a bite” or, lets put it this way- every little thing that goes through our mouth (accept pure water, of course) is literally adding numbers to the equation. those numbers are obiously calories, and we wanna make sure the total will be lower then the number of calories our body burns during the day.  Reaserches proved that losing a pound of fat requires a 3,500 calorie deficit, which you can achieve by cutting calories from your diet or burning more calories through exercise.

So? How do we know how much calories we burn during the day?

Discover it in my next post to come : 

How much do we really burn?

Coming next!   

Sun damage is the greatest threat to your skin’s long-term health and beauty. Nothing ages skin faster than the sun’s UVA and UVB rays, and premature aging caused by exposure to the sun’s rays creates saggy skin, wrinkled skin, dark sunspots and discoloration.

Your skin is exposed not only when you’re lounging by the pool, but when you’re going from your car to the grocery store.  Further more, about 80% of the sun’s cell-destroying UV and UB rays can penetrate windshields and assault your skin even through cloud cover.   

Some of the nasty secrets of what the sun can do to your skin are destroying skin’s connective tissue, leading to loss of tone, texture and firmness (what causing the appearance of wrinkles) and encourage melanocytes to become overactive and clump together, resulting in age spots, uneven pigmentation and skin cancer.  

In order to prevent sun damage, besides staying indoors you should wear broad-spectrum lotions with SPF 15 or higher, over sized sun-glasses, wide-brim hats and use spray tanning services!

Remember: Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer, and sun damage can affect people of all ages, races and colorings – not just those with light skin and light eyes!