This is how many calories Jane will burn by going for a 15 minute walk at 3.5 mph. To do this, Jane took her weight in pounds, and multiplied it by 0.6 to get 132 calories. She learned that there was a way to approximate how many calories most people would burn by walking for 15 minutes at 3.5 miles per hours (17 minutes per mile). Jane also decided to walk home from work to add physical activity into her day. She also learned that if she used spices on her vegetables for dinner instead of using 2 tablespoons of butter, she saved 200 calories. She realized that by not having a mid day 20-ounce soda, she could save 240 calories. She decided to eat an orange instead of drinking a glass of orange juice in the morning and save 40 calories while getting good fiber from the orange. Cutting 250 calories out of her diet every day seemed difficult, until Jane realized that she could make small changes that added up to the 250 calories. She was careful to eat a balanced diet so that her body was getting the good nutrition it needed to be healthy and to help her lose weight. Jane chose to decrease her caloric intake by 250 calories every day and started tracking her calories online to make sure she was eating about 1,950 calories per day. Jane chose to work on both things at once, which most scientists agree is the best way to lose weight and keep it off. The second way is to add more physical activity to your day than when your weight was stable. The first way is to eat fewer calories than you have been eating when your weight is stable. Jane learned that there are two ways of creating a caloric deficit. To lose approximately a pound of fat a week, Jane should create a calorie deficit of 500 calories per day. Her dietitian explained to her that one pound of fat is equal to roughly 3,500 calories. Jane tracked her caloric intake and found out that she was eating about 2,200 calories a day. Once she learned how many calories she was eating per day, she could figure out how many calories to cut back on.
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