Weight Management: Metabolic Health, Bulking & Fat Loss Strategies

Weight management often depends on calculating metabolic rates, understanding fat biochemistry, and tailoring exercise programming for either muscle acquisition or structured fat reduction.

Weight Loss

Calculate a 2-Pound Weekly Weight Loss

Published Jul,18 2017 | By Ramona French

At its simplest, weight loss is simply a matter of balancing calories taken in with activities that use calories. However, it's important to maintain your intake of nutrients while lowering your intake of calories to lose weight safely. To calculate the amount of calories you should eat to lose about 2 lbs.

Vegetable Calories Per Gram

Published Jul,18 2017 | By Ramona French

Protein has 4 calories per gram and fat has 9 calories per gram. Carbohydrates consist of sugars, starch and fiber and have 4 calories per gram. Vegetables have varying amounts of protein, fat and carbohydrates, so the total calories per gram also varies.

Ramona French owned a massage school and taught massage for 28 years. In that time she wrote textbooks on Swedish, acupressure, deep tissue and lymph drainage massage. She is the author of "Introduction to Lymph Drainage Massage" and "Milady's Guide to Lymph Drainage Massage." Her book, "The Complete Guide to Lymph Drainage Massage," published by Milady, was released in October 2011.