Obesity is now considered to be the second most common "preventable" disease today. It is so common that one out of every 4 adults living in New York is obese. However, it is good to know that people are now more aware of this health issue and they are taking extra measures like seeking professional help and going on proper diets to counter this hidden disease.

They are now more proactive in finding solutions to their growing waistlines and looking for ways to prevent one of the greatest cause of sickness and death, obesity. If you are on your quest of losing weight learning how to count calories, your intake and expenditure through out the day would be a great way to start it.

We all need approximately 1000 to 1500 calories every day for our daily activities. We even burn calories while we sleep. So in order for us to lose weight, we need to consume less calories or we need to use more calories every 24 hours.

Want to know how you burn calories everyday?

Your daily activities: Standing=25 calories per hour; doing light housework=70-150; sitting or resting=20; thinking=10; leasurely walking=100-125; while getting dressed=35; but when you do strenuous exercises you can burn 200 to 500 calories.

Finding out how many calories you would need through the day is a very complex mathematical calculation that would be based on your metabolism, body frame, family genes, physiology, the weather and even your emotional state (no kidding!).

To find out an approximate amount of calories you should eat, you will need to use what most dieticians and fitness instructors use: Compute your present bodyweight and multiply it by 13.

This simple formula can give you the approximate amount only. If you weight 163 lbs multiply it by 13 equals 2119. Your caloric intake should just be approximately 2100 calories every day for you to lose weight. It will certainly help a lot if you could add some light to moderate exercises if you want to make your weight loss faster.