By Shauna Scott Rhone
The Cincinnati Enquirer

To calculate your daily calorie limit in order to lose weight, follow this formula. Take your target weight, multiply it by 4.35 and add 655. Take your height in inches and multiply it by 4.32. Take your age and multiply it by 4.7.

Subtract the age total from the height total, then add the new total to your weight total.

This number represents the amount of calories you can consume each day and still drop pounds.

If 150 pounds is not your current weight, you can still compare activities. First, multiply your weight by .4535924, which changes it into kilograms. Then multiply the kilogram total by the MET number from the chart. Finally, multiply that number by 30 (for the numbers of minutes). The total symbolizes the number of calories expended.

One MET equals the energy (oxygen) used by the body as you sit quietly (i.e., talking on the phone or reading a book). The harder your body works during the activity, the higher the MET.