Calorie Counter
Calculate Your Daily Calories
Here's a simple formula you can use to estimate your total
caloric needs for the day*
- Change your weight in pounds to kilograms: Divide your
weight by 2.2.
- Your basal metabolic rate is approximately one calorie
per kilogram per hour. Multiply your weight in kilograms
by the 24 hours in a day. This is the number of calories
you burn just being alive each day.
- Now factor in activity: Multiply your calories needed
per day (from #2 above) by the following factors, depending
on your activity level:
- Light activity: multiply #2 by 1.3
- Moderate: multiply #2 by 1.4
- Heavy: multiply #2 by 1.5
If you sit at a desk for your job, and
workout 30 minutes per day, this is considered light activity.
If your job involves more motion, and you are active in addition
to your workout (you take stairs, walk to work, do a lot of
housework, etc.), this is considered moderate activity. Construction
work, athletic activity, etc. is considered heavy activity.
Most Americans are in the "light activity" level.
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