What is your calorie needs to maintain?

Brechin89
Brechin89 Posts: 92
in Health and Weight Loss
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.

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  • clobercow
    clobercow Posts: 337 Member
    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
    Brechin89 Posts: 92
    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
    kdiamond Posts: 3,329 Member
    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
    armaretta Posts: 851 Member
    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
    love4fitnesslove4food_wechange Posts: 6,897 Member
    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
    clobercow Posts: 337 Member
    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
    Superchikanthem Posts: 362 Member
    Bump - I want to try some of those calculators
  • Brechin89
    Brechin89 Posts: 92
    at 1400 calories my diet is full. I don't want to gain weight at all...
  • Ed_81
    Ed_81 Posts: 31 Member
    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
    PercivalHackworth Posts: 1,437 Member
    3200-3300 to maintain I think
  • TheOfficialEpic
    TheOfficialEpic Posts: 406
    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
    RiverTom Posts: 216 Member
    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
    Superchikanthem Posts: 362 Member
    Using the calculators my maintenance is about 1900-2100
    I'm 5 7
  • Sidesteal
    Sidesteal Posts: 5,510 Member
    5'11
    190lbs
    probably 15% bodyfat currently (just finished a bulk)

    Maintenance hovers right around 2750-2900.
  • Rae6503
    Rae6503 Posts: 6,294 Member
    I'm 5'9", 158lbs. My average TDEE is about 2600.
  • badgerbadger1
    badgerbadger1 Posts: 954 Member
    5'4"
    135 lbs

    Maintenance is b/w 2000-2150 with exercise and body fat % included.
  • MrsCon40
    MrsCon40 Posts: 2,351 Member
    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
    neanderthin Posts: 10,222 Member
    Mines about 2800-3000. I'm 6'1" and weight 185 and 59 years old.
  • skinnylion
    skinnylion Posts: 213
    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
    alli_baba Posts: 232 Member
    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
    btretiak Posts: 23
    Bumpity bump for later
  • Meggles63
    Meggles63 Posts: 916 Member
    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
    kionig Posts: 77 Member
    gotta come back to this
  • chrisb75
    chrisb75 Posts: 395 Member
    I am LOSING at 2550 a day.

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

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