I'm a 24 year-old female and I work out 4 or 5 days a week, about an hour each time. How many calories should I eat if I want to lose a few pounds?
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Q: how many calories should I eat?
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4/24/08 1:38pm
Hi Mary Jane,
First congratulations on your commitment to working out. Weight loss is really mathematics. You have to burn more calories than you consume. Click here to use our calorie calculator that will estimate the number of daily calories your body needs to maintain or lose weight
Move Your Body, Move Your Life
Kenn Kihiu
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