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The Biggest Health & Fitness Mistakes | Why You're Not Seeing Progress - 871

The Chalene Show | Diet, Fitness & Life Balance

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The B M R Calculator Is Not Going to Ask You About Your Hormones

When you use one of those b m r calculators, like it's going to vary dramatically from one person to the next. Your true b m r is going to be wildly different. Yet you might both get the same number if you used one of those calculators. I mean, i've heard estimates that those b m rs can be off as much as plus or minus 400 calories per day. That's huge. If you're off by 400 calories, ritly, the b m r calculator is telling you to eat 400 more calories per day than what you actually need. You are going to gain weight quickly. But it's kind of the base line.

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