In a message dated 10/17/02 5:01:39 AM, [log in to unmask] writes:

>By the same token, I should be losing weight at 2600 cal/day,
>
>but I don't.  Paleo or not makes no difference.  If you are eating as
>
>much as, say, 2000 calories a day, at your body weight, then *something*
>
>is happening to all those calories.  Maybe DIT is disposing of them.  I
>
>really am out of theories.

Have you tried the Harris-Benedict method for assessing caloric needs?
Uses these terms:
REE = measure of resting energy expenditure
W = weight
H = height
A = age
DBW = desired body weight

First assess REE:
Men: REE= 66 + 13.73 W (kg) + 5.3 H (cm) - 4.73 A (yr)
Women: REE = 66 + 13.73W (kg) + 5.3H (cm) - 4.73 A (yr)
Obese adults' weight is calculated differently:
Obese adults : W = ({actual wt. -DBW} X .25) + DBW

Add in these activity factors:
Activity factors: restricted,1.1; sedentary, 1.2; aerobic activity = 3 X per
week,1.3 ;
5X per week, 1.5; 7X per week, 1.7

So:
REE X activity factor = total caloric requirements

to lose weight one is supposed to substract 500 - 1000 calories per day.

I need fewer calories to maintain weight using this formula than when
calculated simply as 11 X body weight.

Namaste, Liz
<A HREF="http://www.csun.edu/~ecm59556/Healthycarb/index.html">
http://www.csun.edu/~ecm59556/Healthycarb/index.html</A>