CALORIE CALCULATOR - Must see!

cfriend71

I found this when googling around trying to figure out if I was eating enough etc. It's a great tool. Check it out.

http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm

mygrlz02

Better than the Food journal and database on MFP??

lin7604

numbers are lower for me on here then fat2fit???

cfriend71

Better than the Food journal and database on MFP??

It's just another useful tool. Personally I like the one I just posted a link to yes. It even gives you a 7-day breakdown (example) of how to vary your calories for 7 days in order to trick your body into weight loss. Very interesting. Enjoy!

cfriend71

numbers are lower for me on here then fat2fit???

I'm not sure what you are asking? I am not an expert, just sharing something I found.

xdaysbingefree

Thanks for sharing! This calculator would be useful for people that wanted to eat the same amount of calories everyday rather than eating more on days that they exercise.

lin7604

oh i wasn't asking anything, i was just stating a fact that numbers were a lot lower on this one then other sites i use. So then it confuses people like me on really knowing how many cals to eat a day... i am so not good at figuring things like this out... never know what number is the correct one..

chrisdavey

decent website but doesn't take into account BF% for target weight loss.

Also, you can't "trick" you're body into weight loss. Cal deficit is all you need. Depending on a variety of factors, eating at maintenance from time to time can help with hormonal balances.

Carrie704

bump! I am going to use this to help me plan my maintenance when I get there!

trinitrate

decent website but doesn't take into account BF% for target weight loss..

Check the advanced button and it does include bf%

cfriend71

decent website but doesn't take into account BF% for target weight loss..

Check the advanced button and it does include bf%

I thought it did too...

chrisdavey

decent website but doesn't take into account BF% for target weight loss..

Check the advanced button and it does include bf%

I thought it did too...

Sorry, I wasn't more specific. As in, if I plonk in 8% BF for example and it tells me to eat 1600cals per day for "extreme fat loss", that is actually not a really good idea if you want to preserve LBM ie. a smaller deficit would be a better idea. So for people who know what sort of fat loss targets to aim for these calcs can be very good but for others can be quite detrimental.

Linda_Darlene

I'm sticking with the lower numbers. Less margin for me to err with!

xdaysbingefree

oh i wasn't asking anything, i was just stating a fact that numbers were a lot lower on this one then other sites i use. So then it confuses people like me on really knowing how many cals to eat a day... i am so not good at figuring things like this out... never know what number is the correct one..

I think that this website gives lower numbers because it doesn't factor workouts into your daily calories. Once you add a workout, the daily calories should be more consistent with other sites

cfriend71

Ok maybe some of you can help me. I am trying to find out what most people are intaking every day as far as calories. I was doing 1200 but raised to 1600 recently because some were saying 1200 wasn't enough. Now I'm not losing or gaining, just staying the same. UGH!! So frustrating!

mmapags

What most people are doing doesn't really matter for you as we are all different ages and weights. A simple rule of thumb is take you current weight and miltiply by 12. Try that for a few weeks. If you don't lose, multiply by 11. Rinse and repeat until you've found a sweet spot where you are losing 1/2 to 1 lb per week. If you want to lose more. Lower it slightly but 1 lb per week is a good zone if you have less than 30 lbs or so to lose. I eat 2200 cals but that really means nothing to you as you are not a 200 lb, 60 year old man who works out 3 to 5 times per week at moderate to high intensity. Or are you....??? LOL Profile pic says no!

PS: what is your activity level? How many calories are you burning per week?

trinitrate

....A simple rule of thumb is take you current weight and miltiply by 12. Try that for a few weeks. If you don't lose, multiply by 11. ....

For your suggestion to work out, I assume you're putting in your -goal weight- not your current weight? Math seems to work out in the right ball park using goal...

mmapags

....A simple rule of thumb is take you current weight and miltiply by 12. Try that for a few weeks. If you don't lose, multiply by 11. ....

For your suggestion to work out, I assume you're putting in your -goal weight- not your current weight? Math seems to work out in the right ball park using goal...

It works as a jump off point either way. For example my TDEE is 2650. My weight is 200. If I use 12, I'm at 2400. Slight deficit. At 10x I'm at 2000. This deficit should cause a loss of 1 lb a week or so depending on the individual. I eat between 1800 and 2400 on any given day and work out with strength and cardio. As my thinking on this has evolved I've really moved to the postion of Dan who post here and who's website is fat2fit I believe. That is to not mess with eating back and going up and down with what you eat but to eat a conservative deficit and adjust if you are not losing gradually until you are. Then eat the same amount every day and just get your activity in by the end of the week. It's a healthy way to go without drastic deficits which are hard to comply with and can be counter productive.