Calculations

If you are data nerd like me you will like all these numbers.

If you know your BMI that is good enough to start the weight loss journey. But if you insist and you want to sound scientific and data-driven here are some numbers you could calculate.

BMR

There is a standard formula which calculates how many calories the body needs to just function on an everyday basis without activities taken into consideration. Depending upon age, muscle mass, pregnancy, gender etc, these numbers vary slightly. As I mentioned in threshold it will be between 1500-1600 calories for an adult human being.

If you are keen to calculate your BMR, you could use this calculator. This is not perfect and precise but keep these numbers as ball park. To reduce the cognitive overload, I assume the BMR to be 1500 for women and 1700 calories for men as starters.

Body Fat

There are fancy scales to measure these numbers. I strongly recommend you to stay away from all of this. As i said, to know you are fat, your mirror is enough. A scale is more than enough. We don’t need to know what kind of fat is high in our body. However there is a multi billion dollar industry running on this so who am i say to stop you from all this. If you keen to measure your body fat using just a calculator here is one.

The scientific term for body fat is "adipose tissue." Adipose tissue serves a number of important functions. Its primary purpose is to store lipids from which the body creates energy. In addition, it secretes a number of important hormones, and provides the body with some cushioning as well as insulation.

Body fat includes essential body fat and storage body fat. The healthy range of body fat for men is typically defined as 8-19%, while the healthy range for women is 21-33%.

Storage fat is fat that accumulates in adipose tissue, be it subcutaneous fat (deep under the dermis and wrapped around vital organs) or visceral fat (fat located inside the abdominal cavity, between organs), and references to body fat typically refer to this type of fat. While some storage fat is ideal, excess amounts of storage fat can have serious negative health implications.

Everything else

All other calculations are not nice to have. The more the numbers, more is the confusion. Stay with simplicity and less information at the moment. I am saying this purely after spending ton of money and a lot of precious time on these stupid numbers. It didn’t do much good. If you insist, I have to know all the numbers, knock yourself out here. Body is a complex and a nuanced adaptable machine. The medical science has still not figured out everything. So these numbers are just for your curiosity but not to be taken too seriously.

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