Your Recommended Daily Calorie Intake for Weight Loss

Calories Needed to Lose Weight

The recommended daily calorie intake for weight loss varies depending on the age, sex, activity level, and size of your body. Follow the steps below to calculate your calorie intake to lose weight:

Step 1: How many calories a day you need to maintain your current weight and your current BMI. Step 2: How many calories per day you will need when you reach your target weight and your target BMI. Step 3: What is your recommended daily calorie intake to lose weight.

Step 1: How many calories a day you need to maintain your current weight and your current BMI.
Use the *daily calorie calculator to check Your Average Daily Calorie Need is - This is the amount of calories you need every day for your activity level to maintain your current weight.

*Calorie Intake Calculator BMR Calculator

Use our calorie intake calculator and BMR calculator to calculate BMR and calculate calorie needs to maintain your weight according to your daily activity level. So, what is BMR? It stands for the Basal Metabolic Rate and measures the minimum amount of energy you need when resting. Bmr Calculation was devised by doctors at the University of Nevada Medical School and published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition in 1990, they used the Harris-Benedict Equation to determine your estimated daily caloric burn off. Calculating BMR remember: If you have a desk job and your activity level is limited to walking from your home to the car and from the car to your office, etc. boost your BMR up by 20%. If your lifestyle is very active, it can nearly double your calorie needs. If your target is to lose weight your daily calorie intake should be reduced. There are 3500 calories in one pound of body fat. If someone has a daily allowance of 2500 calories, but they reduce their intake to 2000, they can achieve the weight loss of 1lb per week. Read more: How to calculate your recommended daily calorie intake to lose weight.

Just fill out the fields in the daily calorie calculator below and click calculate my calorie needs to get your BMR and your recommended daily calorie needs.

For example: Emily is a 36 year old female with little or no exercise activity level, 5 feet 5 inches (or 164 cm), weight 160 pounds or 72.73 kg and she aims to lose some weight. Emilys Average Daily Calorie Need is: 1695 calories or kcal the number of calories she needs each day to maintain her current weight of 160 pounds. Her current BMI (Body Mass Index which measures your body fat based on height and weight) is 26.6 which falls in between 25-29.9 which is Overweight.

What is BMI? BMI stands for Body Mass Index and estimates a healthy body weight based on how tall a person is, though it does not measure percentage of body fat. Body mass index calculation (BMI calculation) applies to both adult men and women. The BMI index was invented in 1830 1850 by Adolphe Quetelet. How to calculate BMI: BMI is defined as the individual's body weight divided by the square of his or her height. When calculating BMI, you can use the BMI formula, BMI Chart or the online BMI calculator - our Free BMI Calculator.

Body Mass Index Formula BMI formula: Imperial Units

The imperial bmi formula accepts weight measurements in pounds & height measurements in either inches or feet. 1 foot = 12 inches inches = inches * inches (weight in pounds * 703 ) BMI = ( lb/in ) height in inches

Metric Units
The metric bmi formula accepts weight measurements in kilograms & height measurements in either cm's or meters. 1 meter = 100cms meters = meters * meters weight in kilograms BMI = ( kg/m ) height in meters

To calculate BMI enter your weight and height in the BMI calculator below and then click on the Body Mass Index box. Your BMI will appear in the BMI box.

BMI Calculator
BMI Categories:

Underweight = <18.5 Normal weight = 18.5-24.9 Overweight = 25-29.9 Obesity = BMI of 30 or greater