Trying to help a friend tell me if I'm right

catrinafinney34

So my friend is trying to figure out how much should be her BMR... she is 206 pounds and she is 4'9 and she is 35... so I came up with 655+896.1+230.3-164.5 am I correct or did I do this wrong...

catrinafinney34

catrinafinney34 wrote: »

So my friend is trying to figure out how much should be her BMR... she is 206 pounds and she is 4'9 and she is 35... so I came up with 655+896.1+230.3-164.5 am I correct or did I do this wrong...

I mean 240.1

kommodevaran

Have you checked a BMR calculator? For instance http://myfitnesspal.com/apps
More importantly, what's the reason for figuring out BMR? If she wants to lose weight, she should figure out TDEE and then cut calories to lose 1% of total body weight per week.