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Everything we eat and drink contains Calories. The only exceptions that I can think of that have no calories, are water, Iceberg lettuce, and Mustard. All food and drink besides these exceptions will be used to make up our daily calorie intake. All of the calories that we consume or take in each day, will be referred to as "calories in".
Everything our body does daily burns off calories. No matter whether we're lifting weights, running, walking or talking, your body is needing energy for everything you do. Your body also burns several hundred calories per day on it's own just keeping you alive and performing daily bodily functions like digesting food, pumping blood, etc... All these calories that are body uses up or burns off, will be referred to as "calories out".
The results that your body receives will be directly associated with the relationship between your daily "Calories in", and your daily "Calories out". Whether your goal is to lose weight, maintain your current status, or build muscle, let's take a look at what will happen if the following scenarios occur in your life daily.
If your daily "calories in" exceeds your "Interval calories out", then that means you have an extra amount of calories that weren't burned off. Your body used everything it needed, and still you consumed more calories than what was needed. Since your body had no immediate use for these excess calories, there are just two ways that your body will store these excess calories for later use. If a person doesn't perform any exercise that promotes muscle build, and new muscle tissue, then those excess calories will be stored as fat. If you plan on eating more than you'll be burning off in calories, please have some form of exercise plan to attack those extra calories. So yes, that does mean that the second way your body stores excess calories is in muscle. To build muscle, your body actually needs additional calories beyond what you burn off in exercise to feed your muscles. Muscle cannot be built unless there is some kind of strength training involved. There has to be a gain in physical strength for muscle to build. If there is an excess of calories, there will always be a result of muscle build, fat gain, or a combination of both.
Another scenario is when "calories out" exceeds "calories in". When this happens, your body is needing more calories than you fed yourself. Also in this scenario, your body already used what it needed, but it still needed more. Just like in the first scenario, your body has only two ways to receive and get rid of calories, and that of course is through fat and muscle. In this scenario, when exercise is used and new muscle tissue is made, the energy needed to complete your strength or cardio workout will be taken from your fat storage. When you're neglecting your body of calories that it needs, and there is no exercise involved, your energy will be taken from your muscle. Your body will go through "starvation" mode, and hold onto all your fat for protection and insulation. In other words I'm not trying to promote starving yourself and working out on an empty stomach. People who are in "average" shape shouldn't try this method of burning fat, leave this to the athletes and individuals with experience doing so. When "calories out" exceeds "calories in", muscle loss, fat loss, or a combination of both will occur.
Next we have a 3rd scenario that could occur in the relationship of "calories in" vs. "calories out". If your body's "calories out" equal the same number as your "calories in", then most individuals nickname this scenario as "maintaining". If this happens to your body, then simply put, your body will experience no weight loss, fat gain, or muscle gain, because you simply equaled out your calorie numbers. Your body will stay the same without any noticeable change, if you maintain your "calories in" and "calories out". At this point, once you've figured out the number of calories you need to maintain your current body, then you'll just need to subtract calories to lose weight, and add calories to gain muscle.
In Conclusion, you've learned that anybody Lifestyle can get the results they want based on the principle of "calories in" vs. "calories out". You've also learned how to manipulate your "calories in" vs. your "calories out", to get what results are the most important to you. Since you also know that everything you consume besides, water, iceberg lettuce, and mustard, have calories in it, please find a good calorie counter online. I would like you to make sure that you're on top of finding out how many "calories in" per day you're consuming. Once you know how many calories you're consuming, then you can decide how intense you have to exercise to get your needed results.
