daily intake of calories

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Hi, new to the forum but it seems like there's a wealth of good info here. I've been searching the web trying to find out how you can tell how many calories you burn in a typical day. ex:

I'm 26, male, 150 lbs, estimated 16% body fat (have those damn love handles and fat covering my abs). I have an office job, so I pretty much sit all day. I hot the gym 4 times a week, doing cardio and weights each time. I usually go about an hour on the weights, then 1/2 hour to and hour cardio, but it tells you how many calories you burn on the machines.

So I'm tracking my calories in and calories out in an attempt to minimize excess calories and fat in order to see my abs again. I have all the numbers I need, except a guess as to how many calories I gurn in a day with usual activity, and how many I would burn lifting weights for 1 hour.

Anyone know where I can find this info?
 
that is almost impossible to get the number of calories because every ones metabolism, heart rate, muscle mass, and a hole list of other things are different. im pretty sure you can get a general idea using a heart monitor, and some formula, but... your muscles burn calores just excists, so your constantly "gurning" calories.
 
Heh...gurn. Ya, typos are a $#@!. That's what I get for chicken-pecking and not really typing.

Anyway, I know you can't get an exact number, but is there any approximation. Something like an average adult male kills 2000 calories a day without doing anything extra (like working out) ? Just a rough number?
 
Don't concern yourself with the calories burned during a workout, that kind of micro management can drive you insane. The real calorie defecit is gained throughout the day with an increased metabolism from the muscle your building, the exercise and proper diet.
 
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