BMR (Basal metabolic rate) vs maintenance cals.

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imtriagain
imtriagain Posts: 104 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Based on my current details, my BMR is 1199.

What is the difference between this and the calories required to maintain weight (which MFP advises me is 1510).

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  • Rae6503
    Rae6503 Posts: 6,294 Member
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    BMR = what you'd burn if you stayed in bed all day and didn't eat.

    Maintenance as MFP calculates it = BMR * activity factor. This activity factor includes non-exercise activity like walking around your house, walking to and from your car at work, cleaning, and I think the calories burned to digest food. The you exercise and it adds those calories in too.

    Other sites include your exercise in the original calculation so you don't have to track and eat those calories.
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
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    Technically, BMR is what you would burn in a coma, no movement at all. Even laying in bed all day you unconsciously fidget and move. Doesn't make much difference overall, but I'm a stickler for specifics lol.:drinker:
  • imtriagain
    imtriagain Posts: 104 Member
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    Thanks for the clarification. (and apologies - just found some similar questions a few pages back).

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