Your BMR and what you can do about it: your body burns calories all the time. Here's how your body can burn more of them.(basal metabolic rate) From: Vibrant Life | Date: March 1, 2003| Author: Hanson, Sherry Ballou | COPYRIGHT 2003 Review and Herald Publishing Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Your basal metabolic rate--otherwise known as your BMR--is the rate at which you burn calories at rest just to maintain vital body functions. These functions include breathing and heartbeat and brain activity, among others. Your BMR usually accounts for at least half of the calories you burn in a day. So now you'll want to know what a typical BMR is for someone of your height and weight.

"A typical BMR for women is 1200-1700 kilocalories/day; for men, more like 1400-2100...