BMR/RMR Calculator - Calorie-Counting Math Tool

This calculator will help you estimate your metabolic rate and body fitness. It is designed to help you figure out how this relates to your food intake and your weight loss or weight gain. This is an experimental calculator and is subject to change. Please send any feedback to cc@phord.com.
Gender:
male
female
Age:
years
Height:
feet
inches
Weight:
pounds
Activity Level: Sedentary = Little or no exercise, desk job
Lightly Active = Light exercise or sports 1-2 days/week
A Little More Active = Exercise or sports 2-4 days/week
Moderately Active = Moderate exercise or sports 4-5 days/week
Very Active = Hard exercise or sports 6-7 days/week
Extra Active = Very hard daily exercise or sports AND physical job or 2X day training
Optional, improves accuracy: Leave unknown values blank
Waist (at navel):
inches
Hips:
inches
Body fat:
%
EAT 2328 calBURN 3608 calLOSE 2.56 lb per week

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Your Estimated BMR (calculated at http://phord.com/cc):
BMR=2328 :: RMR=2794

Your customized recommendation:
EAT 2328 calories :: BURN 3608 calories :: LOSE 2.56 lb per week

Reasoning:

Deficits: Your deficit is the difference between how many calories you eat and how many calories you burn. Your recommended deficit is 1280 calories. This is the least of your Activity Deficit (1280 calories), your Safety Deficit (1572 calories), and your Maximum Fat Calorie Expenditure (3188 calories).

Activity Deficit (1280 calories): This is the number of calories you burn in your daily activities (such as being awake, driving to work, exercising, doing homework, etc.). This is an estimate based on the amount of exercise you indicated you do each week in the form above, averaged out for daily deficit numbers. For sedentary individuals this is 20% of your BMR.

Safety Deficit (1572 calories): Nutritionists say that you can safely lose no more than 1% of your body weight per week. For the weight you gave (314.5 lb), you can safely lose about 3.14 lb per week. Because each pound of body fat contains 3500 calories of energy, your safe deficit is 3.14 lb * 3500 calories per pound per week = 11004 calories per week, which comes to 11004 / 7 = 1572 calories per day.

Maximum Fat Calorie Expenditure (3188 calories): One study found that body fat in humans can be converted to energy at a maximum rate of 31 calories per pound of actual body fat per day. Any energy you expend beyond this rate comes from your intake of nutrients and the breakdown (catabolysis) of your muscles. Weight loss in most people consists of about 75% FAT and 25% MUSCLE. Since we can calculate the actual amount of body fat in your body using your Body Fat Percentage (if given), we can determine the optimal calorie deficit to focus on FAT BURN instead of MUSCLE LOSS. To optimize your FAT BURN instead of MUSCLE LOSS, you should choose a deficit that does not exceed this value. (Persons wishing to lose muscle as well as fat can ignore this deficit limit.)

BMR2328 kcal
RMR2794 kcal
Avg. Daily Burn3608 kcal
Activity deficit1280 kcal
Exercise deficit814 kcal
Safety deficit (1%/wk)1572 kcal
Max deficit to BURN FAT3188 kcal
Recommended deficit1280 kcal
Recommended intake target2328 kcal
Recommended daily protein114 g (minimum)
Daily protein ratio19.6 % (minimum)
Expected weight loss2.6 lb per week
Age (years)37
Weight314.5 lb
Height71 inches
Ideal weight (BMI=22)158.4 lb
Ideal range (BMI=18.5-25)132 lb - 178.2 lb
Amount to lose136.3 lb
Given Body Fat:32% (Obese)
Lean mass213.4 lb
Fat mass101.2 lb
BMI44 (Morbidly obese >40)

BMR
(kcals)
Estimation methods comparison chart
2683Harris-Benedict Formula (1919): (Male)
66 + (13.75 * weight in kg) + (5.003 * height in cm) - (6.775 * age in yrs)
66 + (13.75 * 142.9) + (5.003 * 180.34) - (6.775 * 37) = 2328
2378Mifflin-St Jeor (1990): (Male)
(9.99 * weight in kg)+(6.25 * height in cm)-(4.92 * age in yrs) + 5
(9.99 * 142.9)+(6.25 * 180.34)-(4.92 * 37) + 5
2470Katch-McArdle:
370 + (21.6 * lean bodyweight in kg)
370 + (21.6 * 142.9 * (100 - 32)/100 )
2328Mifflin-St Jeor alternative:
413 + (19.7 * lean bodyweight in kg)
413 + (19.7 * 142.9 * (100 - 32)/100 )