Metabolism
Metabolism is how many calories you will burn doing nothing.
obviously the higher your metabolism the more fit you are.
you need to weight lift to increase your metabolism
you can use this site to see how many calories you burn just sitting on your ass:
http://www.webmd.com/diet/healthtool-metabolism-calculator
Body Mass Index (BMI)
The BMI is the ratio of your weight to the square of your height. The number is proportional to your body shape. Generally, the number is small for thin people and large for fat people. People with a BMI 25 or greater are considered overweight, unless they have a very muscular body. The BMI does not consider the fat/muscle ratio, and a healthy, muscular individual with a low percentage of body fat may be classified obese using the BMI formula. This is a well-known deficiency of the BMI formula. If your BMI is 25 or greater, and your Waist-to-Height ratio is less than 0.5 and your Percent Body Fat is in the “athlete” or “fitness” category, you are probably muscular and not fat.
you can calculate your BMI here:
http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/
Here are the stat type thing:
BMI Categories:
- Underweight = <18.5
- Normal weight = 18.5-24.9
- Overweight = 25-29.9
- Obesity = BMI of 30 or greater
