Calculate Your Daily Calories
Use this calorie calculator to determine how many daily calories your body needs to maintain your current weight.
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Activity Levels
Sedentary Lifestyle — Little or no exercise.
Lightly Active Lifestyle — Light exercise or sports 1 - 3 days/week.
Moderately Active Lifestyle — Moderate exercise or sports 3 - 5 days/week.
Very Active Lifestyle — Hard exercise or sports 6 - 7 days/week.
Extra Active Lifestyle — Very hard exercise or sports 6 - 7 days/week.
To lose weight, eat 500-1000 fewer calories per day than calculated, or as an alternative, eat 15-20% fewer calories than calculated. If you increase your physical activity, you can consume more calories and still lose weight as long as you eat fewer calories than calculated.
Note: Leaner bodies need more calories than less lean bodies. This calculator is very accurate in all but the very muscular (will under-estimate calorie needs) and the very fat (will over-estimate
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