Resting Metabolic Rate: 1,188 Calories per Day
1,425 calories/day
Your calories depend largely on how active you are during the day. You will always burn more calories than your restimg metabolic rate because your body requires energy to digest, breathe and function throughout the day.
- Resting Metabolic Rate: 1,188 Calories per Day
- Sedentary: 1,425 Calories per Day
- Lightly Active: 1,633 Calories per Day
- Moderate Exercise: 1,841 Calories per Day
- Heavy Exercise: 2,049 Calories per Day
- Athlete: 2,257 Calories per Day
20.8 (normal)
Your Body Mass Index score is 20.8, which means you are classified as normal.
For women with a BMI between 18—23, we recommend the 3 Week Diet.
How to Calculate Your Ideal Calories
The best estimate based on your activity level is 1,425 calories per day to maintain your weight. This is a great estimate to start with. The key is to start with a great estimate and then track and adjust. Tracking stuff is fun. Use a smartphone app like MyFitnessPal and plug in everything you eat for 3 weeks. On the 21st day, weigh yourself and see if you lost or gained weight. If you lost 2 lbs, you'll know that you ate 7,000 calories less than your maintenance (because there are 3,500 calories in 1 lb). So 7,000 calories divided by 21 days is a deficit of 333 calories. To maintain your weight, you simply add 333 calories to the estimate given. Losing weight is super simple when you know how many calories per day your body needs.
For proper tracking, the only tools you need are a digital food scale (to weigh your food), a bathroom scale (to track your weight), and a smartphone app like MyFitnessPal.
