Weight Maintenance: The Basics

There are two main components to maintaining your desired weight:

• Eating right
• Exercising

When the number of calories that you put into your body equals the number burned by your body, then weight will be maintained. When you burn fewer calories than you consume, weight will be gained. When you burn more calories than you consume, weight will be lost (a deficit of approximately 3500 calories is necessary to lose one pound). Click on the links to your left or visit our Nutrition Basics section to learn more about eating a healthy diet. Visit our Exercise & Fitness section to learn more about using exercise to balance the calorie that you consume.