Calorie allowance & daily allowances

Your calorie allowance refers to how many calories per day you aim to consume. The recommended calorie allowance varies between individuals depending on gender, weight, height and age. Lifestyle also has an influence depending on how physically active you are. You can either talk to your doctor or use a special designed calculator to figure out what your ideal calorie allowance should be.

If you're aiming to lose weight than you need to reduce the amount of food and drink you are putting into your system. There's no need to go in for starvation or extreme dieting as this can be difficult to maintain and is not particularly good for you. Instead you could try looking at your current eating habits and how you can modify them to achieve a healthy balanced diet that gives you what you need without piling on the pounds. Better to set realistic standards and slowly work towards achievable goals than expect a miracle overnight. Your body needs food to function properly. However, many of us consume considerably more than our body requires and this gets stored as fat. Regular exercise can help to burn off some of this unnecessary fat. But watching what you eat can help prevent you putting it on the first place. Restricting your intake to foods that are high in nutrition but low in fat can make a significant difference to how much you weigh. Try making a list of what you eat each day and figuring out roughly how many calories represent your daily consumption. Compare this with what is recommended for a person of your weight and height. If it's over what's suggested, go back to your list and consider cutting out some of the high fat foods that you don't actually need.