What is your calorie needs to maintain?

Brechin89

According to the bmr calculator on this site I have a bmr of 1623. Using the Harris Benedict equation

Harris Benedict Formula
To determine your total daily calorie needs, multiply your BMR by the appropriate activity factor, as follows:

If you are sedentary (little or no exercise) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.2
If you are lightly active (light exercise/sports 1-3 days/week) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.375
If you are moderatetely active (moderate exercise/sports 3-5 days/week) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.55
If you are very active (hard exercise/sports 6-7 days a week) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.725
If you are extra active (very hard exercise/sports & physical job or 2x training) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.9

I find that I need 2000 calories to maintain my weight.

How does this affect my diet and weight loss?

I know this site says that their bmr calculator is more accurate but when I used the equation I got the same BMR...

My goals were at 1200 calories for awhile and I usually ate under that. So really I was eating 700+ calories less than I needed to maintain my weight.

clobercow

BMR = 2300

Daily goal = 1860

Maintain = 3300

TDEE ~ 3000 (Guess)

I exercise 400-700 daily.

Net ~ -1200cal per day roughly.

Some days better than others.


3500 calories are in 1lb of fat. Do the math.

Brechin89

BMR is 1623

Maintain =1956

I exercise 2-300 a day.

Daily goal is now 1400

Still going to about a lb a week.

kdiamond

The way you figured your maintenance is a VERY BASIC model of how to figure it.

I weigh 110 pounds and am a woman, and I maintain at 1800-1900. I HIGHLY DOUBT you, as a guy, maintain at 1900, also, why would you deduct calories for exercise rather than add them? If you're eating 1400 a day you are going to starve yourself. Especially if you exercise.

Try this calculator.

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

armaretta

Wow, I think you should eat A LOT more.

I'm a 125lb. girl and I maintain eating 1900 + exercise calories, often over 2300 gross. I can't even fathom eating less than 1200 as a dude. I have eaten that much in one sitting several times.

Try these:

http://www.cordianet.com/calculator.htm

http://www.fitnessfrog.com/calculators.html

http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/

http://www.scientificpsychic.com/fitness/diet.html

http://www.health-calc.com/diet/energy-expenditure-advanced

love4fitnesslove4food_wechange

The way you figured your maintenance is a VERY BASIC model of how to figure it.

I weigh 110 pounds and am a woman, and I maintain at 1800-1900. I HIGHLY DOUBT you, as a guy, maintain at 1900, also, why would you deduct calories for exercise rather than add them? If you're eating 1400 a day you are going to starve yourself. Especially if you exercise.

Try this calculator.

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

ditto.

You're not SEDENTARY if you do any errands, walking, cleaning, etc. So using that activity factor robs you of 275 calories (if you're actually lightly active).

2200 without exercise sounds about right for a man who does NO PURPOSEFUL exercise.

clobercow

The way you figured your maintenance is a VERY BASIC model of how to figure it.

I weigh 110 pounds and am a woman, and I maintain at 1800-1900. I HIGHLY DOUBT you, as a guy, maintain at 1900, also, why would you deduct calories for exercise rather than add them? If you're eating 1400 a day you are going to starve yourself. Especially if you exercise.

Try this calculator.

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

WRONG. Stop spreading the starvation myth.

ditto.

You're not SEDENTARY if you do any errands, walking, cleaning, etc. So using that activity factor robs you of 275 calories (if you're actually lightly active).

2200 without exercise sounds about right for a man who does NO PURPOSEFUL exercise.

I know him. Hes a shorter guy. 5'4" I think I'm 6' 2" and I eat around 1800 - 1900 per day. I feel great. I'm dropping just over 2lb per week.

Hes losing about 1lb per week.

Superchikanthem

Bump - I want to try some of those calculators

Brechin89

at 1400 calories my diet is full. I don't want to gain weight at all...

Ed_81

ummm I think there is something amiss with those calculators. I just put all of my details into the first 4 of them and they all told me that I should be eating almost 4000 calories a day!

I was eating less then that whilst merrily growing fat! lol

PercivalHackworth

3200-3300 to maintain I think

TheOfficialEpic

For me, I need about 5,000-6,000 calories to maintain when I'm not exercising. 8,000-10,000 otherwise. Nutella, bacon, and Guiness help out a lot.

RiverTom

I've been using the calculator under http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm and used the advanced option of adding your body fat. So far it is going very well for me.

Superchikanthem

Using the calculators my maintenance is about 1900-2100
I'm 5 7

Sidesteal

5'11
190lbs
probably 15% bodyfat currently (just finished a bulk)

Maintenance hovers right around 2750-2900.

Rae6503

I'm 5'9", 158lbs. My average TDEE is about 2600.

badgerbadger1

5'4"
135 lbs

Maintenance is b/w 2000-2150 with exercise and body fat % included.

MrsCon40

5'6"
137
TDEE is about 1850 with no exercise - up to 3,800 when I'm teaching riding lessons and training horses all day.

ETA: 1,200 is too few calories for anyone IMHO - much less a man who is not morbidly obese and under medical supervision. you should never eat under your bmr. that means that if you don't have a lot to lose the "2 pounds per week" option is not an option for you.

neanderthin

Mines about 2800-3000. I'm 6'1" and weight 185 and 59 years old.

skinnylion

I'm 5'5" and 172.

My current maintenance = 2186

After you multiply your BMR with your exercise coefficient, you need to then add +(BMR*0.1) ... that's the energy your digestive system uses when you eat. Maybe that's why your number is coming up low? I think you probably need more than what you said to maintain your weight.

If you want more info or a step-by-step calculation guide then look at this webpage because this is what I used and it's really easy to follow

http://www.free-workout-routines.net/tdee.html

alli_baba

5'7" and 125 lbs. My maintenance calories are between 1800 - 2100 (I've been maintaining for a while so I know these are fairly accurate). I have a sedentary job and work out around 4-5 days a week.

btretiak

Bumpity bump for later

Meggles63

5'5.5" (that 1/2 inch is important, lol), 130 lbs. Maintaining at 2117 - my TDEE, so do not eat back calories unless I get a major burn on. I work out 6 days a week, alternating weights and running.

kionig

gotta come back to this

chrisb75

I am LOSING at 2550 a day.

5'10
206lb
24.1% body fat (and dropping like a stone )