So in case you haven’t noticed, this blog is for the fitness novice like myself. If you’ve been working on your health for a while you probably won’t benefit from reading this, unless you want a hearty laugh now and then in which case I invite you back any time! 

Anyway, since I’m just beginning, I have a voracious appetite for knowledge. It used to be for Oreo cookies but I’m trying to channel it in a different direction now. What I’ve been reading recently is how to create a calorie deficit which is the only way to lose weight. It actually becomes quite a math equation when you try to figure it out. Maybe I should have listened to my teacher when she said I’d be using algebra all my life. Sheesh! 

Instead of confusing you with an unintelligible explanation, I’m going to post a link to an article that gives the step-by-step way to calculate how many calories you should be eating to maintain your weight and how to make sure you’re not overeating. It only takes  an extra 3500 hundred calories to add a pound. That’s half a Turtle Cheesecake! What?? Like you’ve never splurged before..

http://exercise.about.com/cs/weightloss/a/howtoloseweight.htm