Burn Baby Burn!

We all have some good excuses as to why we have a little extra chunk here or there. My favorite is "my metabolism is slow." Could be, or maybe it's just our hand to mouth skills are fast! I'm pretty sure my metabolism isn't slow so I can't use that excuse. Weight loss has to do with burning up what was stored unnecessarily so I have to figure out the rate the I burn in order to burn off the fat storage. There's technical ways to do this and equations you can use to give you an idea of what your basal metabolic rate is (your burn rate or metabolism at rest). Here's one place to do this http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/bmr-formula.php If that is all too technical or it doesn't seem accurate for you, the best way to figure out your burn rate is to keep track of what goes in (food) and what comes off (fat). I am not sure of my burn rate to be quite honest. I am nursing a baby, I have worked out for years, but I'm 31 now. So, all factors considered, my burn rate has probably changed. So, I am giving myself a rough estimate of 1800-2200 calories. This gives me enough calories for nursing, but should be enough to use some fat stores too. I'm keeping track of my intake on sparkpeople.com and I guess I'll found out if that is too much on the next "Weigh in Wednesday"!