1660 calories low for a man ?

ieuanfitness48
ieuanfitness48 Posts: 6 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I weighed my salf at boots and it gave me height,weight and body fat percentage.i used an online calculator for maintenance calories so I entered my body fat% height e.c.t and it gave me 1660 calories a day ? This is very low ,any recommendations for a more accurate calculator ?

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  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,864 Member
    ieuanfitness48 wrote: »
    I weighed my salf at boots and it gave me height,weight and body fat percentage.i used an online calculator for maintenance calories so I entered my body fat% height e.c.t and it gave me 1660 calories a day ? This is very low ,any recommendations for a more accurate calculator ?

    Are you sure that wasn't giving you your BMR...your BMR isn't maintenance, it's just the calories you burn existing on this planet and nothing else.
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    Depends on your height /weighy/age etc but yeah that sounds low....
  • ieuanfitness48
    ieuanfitness48 Posts: 6 Member
    No,it stated my BMR was 1383.i recently started a ketogenic diet so i may have weighed lighter due to water loss ? Any thoughts ?
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,260 Member
    What are your height, weight, age, and activity level.

    It seems low but for all I know you are a 3'8" 68 lb 75 yo sedentary man.
  • no_day_but_2day
    no_day_but_2day Posts: 222 Member
    ieuanfitness48 wrote: »
    No,it stated my BMR was 1383.i recently started a ketogenic diet so i may have weighed lighter due to water loss ? Any thoughts ?

    How tall are you? I'm a 6'0" female who works a desk job and it says my TDEE is at almost 1700. Did you try this calculator? http://keto-calculator.ankerl.com/
    That's where I started.
  • stretchingreality
    stretchingreality Posts: 124 Member
    I'm on 1500 to burn 2lbs a week I'm 5foot 8 inches, muscular and 211 pounds.
  • TheLegendaryBrandonHarris
    TheLegendaryBrandonHarris Posts: 502 Member
    I found a calorie calculator and, unless you are fairly short and small, 1660 looks more like a Basal Metabolic Rate.
    (BMR for a man, mid-30s, 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighing 170 pounds is 1677, according to the one I found.)

    As cwolfman13 said, BMR would be the calories you'd burn if you were in a coma.
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    And I'm 5ft 2 and my TDEE is 2200 so you see...1660 is most likely your BMR.
  • ieuanfitness48
    ieuanfitness48 Posts: 6 Member
    I used the calculator you linked and my BMR was 1500 and maintenance was 1650 ,I lift weights 5 times per week for an hour ,would that be classed as sedentary or lightly active ,I also do a personal training course so I am mainly on my feet during the day,if I switch it to lightly active it increases by a fair amount.
  • jflongo
    jflongo Posts: 289 Member
    depends on your height, weight, activity level, goal weight loss, what was all of that?
  • jasper_halliw3ll
    jasper_halliw3ll Posts: 3 Member
    the only factor that you might not be accounting for is your activity level and what kind of workouts you are doing for fitness. I'm 5' 3" and I have a desk job so my calculated calories tends to be pretty low BUT it goes up somewhere between 300-500 more calories when I account for my workouts and extra activities. I'm personally at a deficit right now for weight loss and I'm also doing a ketogenic diet. I tend to eat less calories doing ketogenic diets just because of how filling the foods are but that has nothing to do with the calculator. Don't know...does the calculator you used ask for an activity level? if so what is yours?
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,260 Member
    ieuanfitness48 wrote: »
    I used the calculator you linked and my BMR was 1500 and maintenance was 1650 ,I lift weights 5 times per week for an hour ,would that be classed as sedentary or lightly active ,I also do a personal training course so I am mainly on my feet during the day,if I switch it to lightly active it increases by a fair amount.

    Are you around 5'3" and 130 pounds?

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  • jasper_halliw3ll
    jasper_halliw3ll Posts: 3 Member
    edited April 2016
    also caloric intake changes as your bodyfat and lean muscle percentage changes. For example....if you are working out but your bodyfat% is pretty high, then your maintenance calories will be different (lower) than if you are working out with a low bodyfat percentage simple because higher muscle mass requires MORE maintenence calories than higher bodyfat percentage.
    Which is why alot of trainers suggest frequent re-evaluation of the numbers (every 3-5 months or so)
  • ieuanfitness48
    ieuanfitness48 Posts: 6 Member
    (Jasper) I weight train 5 times per week I include a mixture of strength for compound and medium weight with high rep with cables and machines ,I also have to participate and teach circuits and spin twice a week for my assessments.

    (Jemmhh) the read out of the machine (boots) was 52kg and I'm 171m (5ft 7.3) but the weight seems ridiculous I have a small frame but I look normal not malnourished ,I will weight my salf at the gym tomorrow the scale at boots may be broken ?
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,260 Member
    ieuanfitness48 wrote: »
    (Jasper) I weight train 5 times per week I include a mixture of strength for compound and medium weight with high rep with cables and machines ,I also have to participate and teach circuits and spin twice a week for my assessments.

    (Jemmhh) the read out of the machine (boots) was 52kg and I'm 171m (5ft 7.3) but the weight seems ridiculous I have a small frame but I look normal not malnourished ,I will weight my salf at the gym tomorrow the scale at boots may be broken ?

    I'm not sure what Boots is as we don't have it around here. 52kg is 114 pounds. You would be very thin at that weight and 5'7". Definitely re-weigh yourself.
  • jasper_halliw3ll
    jasper_halliw3ll Posts: 3 Member
    edited April 2016
    ieuanfitness48 wrote: »
    I used the calculator you linked and my BMR was 1500 and maintenance was 1650 ,I lift weights 5 times per week for an hour ,would that be classed as sedentary or lightly active ,I also do a personal training course so I am mainly on my feet during the day,if I switch it to lightly active it increases by a fair amount.

    honestly if you work out with weight training 5 times a week for an hour PLUS an additional training then I would say that is moderately active not light. If you are doing weight training on the ketogenic diet you should use the calculator I use. It is a little more detailed and specific to weight training. It asks for your daily activity level but also gives you a SEPARATE option to put in workouts.

    http://ketogains.com/ketogains-calculator/



  • ieuanfitness48
    ieuanfitness48 Posts: 6 Member
    Thanks,I will recalculate tomorrow after I have re weighed and boots is like a chemist/pharmacy that's also sells perfume and toiletries ,hard to explain really :smiley:
  • tulips_and_tea
    tulips_and_tea Posts: 5,818 Member
    Do you mean you are training to become a personal trainer? If so, I'd use the scale wherever you are training. I'd imagine that one should be accurate.
  • StealthHealth
    StealthHealth Posts: 2,417 Member
    stretchingreality wrote: »
    I'm on 1500 to burn 2lbs a week I'm 5foot 8 inches, muscular and 211 pounds.

    Check your maths - I'm 5'8", above average muscularity and lighter than you. Taking into account my very sedentary office job (although I work out 4 times a week) I maintain at about 2500 and lose weight at about 2000.

    I think you are short changing yourself out of 500 or so calories.
  • ieuanfitness48
    ieuanfitness48 Posts: 6 Member
    Yes,I have college game tomorrow (rugby) so I'll use the scale there and thank you all for the advice and input :smile:
  • StealthHealth
    StealthHealth Posts: 2,417 Member
    ieuanfitness48 wrote: »
    Thanks,I will recalculate tomorrow after I have re weighed and boots is like a chemist/pharmacy that's also sells perfume and toiletries ,hard to explain really :smiley:

    UK Pharmacy founded by Jesse Boot (hence the name). They invented and developed ibuprofen - Advil in the US.
  • cityruss
    cityruss Posts: 2,493 Member
    Stop using calculators, stop worrying about activity levels and exercise burns.

    Pick a sensible number, set a custom goal of say 2500 calories, accurately log intake and track trends in weight.

    Adjust as necessary depending on real world results.
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    5'10 200 lbs male and my BMR is around 1800 and TDEE is around 2400. I have had days I eat down in the low 1000's though.
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