01.26.2009 5:40 pm
Figuring out your Basal Metabolic Rate
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Here’s some good news: You’re burning calories as you read this. And tonight, when you sleep, you will be too. In fact, your Basal Metabolic Rate is the number of calories you’d burn if you stayed in bed all day. Now for the bad news. That rate decreases as you age and when you cut calories to lose weight. Want to know what your BMR is? Click here.
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Cindy Billhartz Gregorian is a features reporter at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. She has reported for the Healthy & Fit section since its first issue. She's a distance runner with seven marathons under her belt. 
