Contents:
- Medical Video: How Does Exercise Impact Weight Loss?
- The body burns calories naturally
- Exercise to burn more calories
- How many calories are burned during exercise?
Medical Video: How Does Exercise Impact Weight Loss?
Getting the ideal body does require a little sacrifice. When you want to get the ideal weight, what you usually have in mind is how much you eat per day. So that many people really limit their food intake while losing weight. However, what if the question is slightly changed to how many calories you have to burn per day. Yes, if you want to get the ideal weight, you must exercise to burn your calories, not just limit your food intake.
The body burns calories naturally
Not only do you have to consider calories when you want to lose weight, but also how many calories you come out. You need to exercise to burn your calories. So that the calories that enter the body are less than the calories that come out. This can cause you to lose weight.
A person's calorie needs are different (see how to calculate calorie needs per day here), as well as many calories that must be burned. This depends on body size, body composition, gender, age, and physical activity. Actually, your body has burned calories even though you don't do exercise. But, the calories burned by this body are not enough to reach the ideal weight you want.
The calories in your body burn naturally when your body functions. For example, to breathe, pump blood, digest food, maintain body temperature, and much more. This is called the basal metabolism of the body. However, if you want to lose weight, this is not enough.
Exercise to burn more calories
To lose weight, you need to burn more calories. Just limiting your food intake is not enough to get a healthy weight. You are advised to cut the number of calories that enter the body by 500-1000 calories per day to lose 0.5-1 kg per week. You can do the cutting of 500-1000 calories by limiting your food intake and doing exercise.
For example like this, if your daily calorie needs are 2200 calories, you can reduce your food intake by as much as 500 calories and you can also do exercise that burns 300 calories. That way, the calories that enter your body per day are 2200-500-300 = 1400 calories. This makes you lose weight faster than if you only limit your food intake.
How many calories you have to burn per day seems to be tailored to your needs. How much of your calorie needs and how many calories you enter from food. Of course, this varies between individuals. If you eat more, it means you have to burn more calories (exercise) so you lose weight. However, it should be underlined that at least the calories that enter your body through food are 1200 calories.
How many calories are burned during exercise?
This depends on various factors, such as your body size, how long you exercise, fitness level, activity and body fat ratio. People with a larger body size can usually burn more calories.
In general, cardio exercise can burn more calories than other sports. For example, jogging, cycling and aerobics. Within 30 minutes, this sport can burn calories around 200-400 calories in people weighing 70 kg.
Regular exercise is not solely for burning calories while exercising, but more than that. Regular exercise can make the composition of your muscle tissue increase, so that your body will burn more calories when you are in a state of rest.
