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Show Osslswoss ED Count In dieting we hear a lot about calories. One popular diet book some years ago was titled "Calories Don't Count." The only problem with this title is that calories do indeed count. Whether you count 'em or not, it's calorie balance (intake vs. output) that de termines weight. THINK OF calories as fuel, the fuel that is used to keep you alive, alert and moving, says a new pamphlet from the American Medical Association. Associa-tion. If you take in more fuel each day than your body can use, the excess is stored. Most people leading moderately active lives need about 15 calories per pound to maintain their weight. So if you want to stay, say, at 150 pounds, you can eat foods containing no more than 2,250 calories each day. BUT IF you're well above your ideal weight, you II have to cut back on your ca one intake and use more of the stored fuel. - otplv There are approximately 3,500 calories in each pound of stored fat. So to lose one pound a week, consume : 500 fewer calories each day. . Or ii you want to lose two pounds each week cut down by l,Uu calories each day. It usually is unwise to lose more than two pounds a week. IF YOUR motive is to lose weight quickly so that you can get back to thick milkshakes, 12-ounce steaks and high-calorie high-calorie bedtime snacks, you are probably going to have lifelong weight problems. A slow and sensible weight loss program can offer conditioning condi-tioning and training toward a better way of eating to keep the weight down the rest of your life. looeoooooo IF YOU are k desired weight for , 'v and build) or ' weight problem , years, see y0ur, a;;' before launching ar yourself diet Some heavy pe unsuspected ill,,?' I woul hfe' complicate any Z' , postponing (rl w,ganina;- OOOOa. |