Personalized Calorie Goals

Most weight-loss books and even websites give you one-size-fits-all calorie goals. To say that this is ineffective would be a major understatement.

Not only does every single person need their own individual calorie goal, but that goal needs to be adapted as their body changes.

The My Fitness Trainer program uses your body fat percentage to determine your muscle mass. Using this information, MyFitnessTrainer.com does the same calculations that professional personal trainers use to determine your approximate metabolism. "Metabolism" means the number of calories your body burns in a day. This original metabolism estimate is useful, but not complete. Your database will then take the information from your daily food journal and your weekly measurements to determine your actual metabolism. This is a very scientific and precise technique.

The value of knowing your actual metabolism is that you know how many calories you need to eat in order to have the maximum fat loss while losing as little muscle as possible. (A loss of muscle is what causes most diets to damage your metabolism and make you gain the weight back double.)

Your calorie needs can change from week to week due to your activity levels and muscle gains or losses. This is why you need the constant updating to your program that MyFitnessTrainer.com provides.

If you ever have any questions about your calorie goal, please click on the "Contact" button at the top of your screen to contact your live certified personal trainer.