Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Californication

Just read this in a Running magazine. It's a calorie guide for runners in their thirties. Just found it interesting.

"To prevent the need to upsize your shorts, reevaluate your calorie needs. Find your ideal number by multiplying your weight by 10, add the number of calories you burn running (a 150-pound person burns, hourly, about 600 calories for a 10-minute mile pace, 670 for a nine-minute mile, 750 for an eight-minute mile), then add 10 percent of that figure to get your grand total for the day. On days when you don't run, subtract 300 to 500 calories from your daily total (unless you are burning an equivalent amount of calories cross-training), says nutritionist Lisa Dorfman. She also warns not to skip meals: "Doing so slows your metabolism, which makes it more difficult to manage your weight."

Take it for what it is.

Peace.

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