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BMR calculator

by tuna85 on 22 Jun 2014, 19:21

For those of you planing on your diet, here is a handy BMR calculator that will calculate your daily calorie needs. It also has an option to select activity level to better approximate your daily caloric requirements.

Such tools are by design inaccurate (using a static formula) but are a good approximation nevertheless.
Here's how you can find out your accurate BMR rate.

Calculate your BMR (by the way, BMR stands for basal metabolic rate) using a BMR calculator. Take the number and write it down. For the next 5 days eat at that rate and see if you are losing weight. If you are losing weight than that means that BMR calculator produced quite an accurate number.

If you are NOT losing weight that means that your BMR is probably lower and that BMR calculator did not calculate near approximate value.

Because when it comes to weight loss it really isn't that complicated. The amount of calories you eat per day must be lower than the amount of calories you eat for the day. This way you create a caloric deficit and by maintianing a caloric deficit you will lose weight every day.

In case that your daily calorie intake is higher than your daily calorie combustion you will gain weight as body will store the extra calories as body fat - body fat is a body's reserve of energy for later time when no calories from food are available.

So, again, use BMR calculator only as a planning tool to help you prepare your diet and do not rely on this number. You have to find out your caloric requirements in the field. :)

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