{"id":1017,"date":"2008-02-26T10:46:47","date_gmt":"2008-02-26T10:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geoffjones.com\/2008\/02\/26\/geoff-and-his-metabolic-rate..\/"},"modified":"2008-02-26T10:46:47","modified_gmt":"2008-02-26T10:46:47","slug":"geoff-and-his-metabolic-rate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/?p=1017","title":{"rendered":"Geoff and his metabolic rate.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Interesting article in <a href=\"http:\/\/wikihow.com\">wikihow <\/a>on calculating and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/Increase-Your-Metabolism\">increasing your metabolic rate<\/a>:-<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Calculate your resting metabolic rate (RMR).<\/strong> RMR is often used interchangeably with <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Basal metabolic rate\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Basal_metabolic_rate\">basal metabolic rate<\/a> (BMR); although they are slightly different, estimating either is sufficient for the purpose of losing <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Human weight\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Human_weight\">weight<\/a>. To calculate your RMR, use the Mifflin-St Jeor equation (which is more reliable than the Harris-Benedict equation<sup id=\"_ref-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/Increase-Your-Metabolism#_note-0\">[2]<\/a><\/sup>). There are also calculators online that can do this for you:\n<ul>\n<li>RMR = 9.99w + 6.25s &#8211; 4.92a + 166g-161<\/li>\n<li>w = weight in kilograms; if you know your weight in pounds, divide by 2.2 to get your weight in kilograms<\/li>\n<li>s = height in centimeters; if you know your height in inches, multiply by 2.54 to get your height in centimeters<\/li>\n<li>a = age in years<\/li>\n<li>g = gender = 1 for males, 0 for females<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>So for my good self my RMR is : (9.99*83)+(6.25*180)-(4.92*60)+166-161 = 1664 so my daily consumption to maintain myweight should be RMR x 1.15 which for me is 1664 * 1.15 = 1914 cals per day.<\/p>\n<p>So to increase your metabolic rate you need to be male, young, tall and heavy!<\/p>\n<p>Also, apparently, muscle burns 77cals\/Kg\/day and fat only burns 4cals\/Kg\/day although how you calculate what weight of muscle you have is a mystery to me&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Other interesting stuff like the importance of drinking water and <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Eating\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eating\">eating<\/a> many small meals.<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interesting article in wikihow on calculating and increasing your metabolic rate:- Calculate your resting metabolic rate (RMR). RMR is often used interchangeably with basal metabolic rate (BMR); although they are slightly different, estimating either is sufficient for the purpose of losing weight. To calculate your RMR, use the Mifflin-St Jeor equation (which is more reliable [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[74,147,157,211,286,307,411],"class_list":["post-1017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal","tag-basal-metabolic-rate","tag-dieting","tag-eating","tag-health","tag-nutrition","tag-physical-exercise","tag-weight-loss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1017\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}