Daily Caloric Expenditure


The USDA 2000 calorie diet is only a recommendation - use this tool to determine how many calories you actually need daily. Simply fill in the fields and hit "Calculate Daily Calorie Needs" below.

If you are on a diet, and trying to determine how many calories you should be consuming to reach your target weight you can use our Calories Needed for Weight Loss analyzer.

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Gender
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Age


Weight
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Height
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Check the activity level that best matches your lifestyle:
Sedentary: On most days, you find yourself mainly sitting, reading, typing, or working at a computer.

Light Activity: You participate in light exercise, such as walking, for no more than 2 hours daily.

Moderate Activity: You rarely sit during the day and do heavy housework, gardening, or dancing daily.

Very Active: You participate in physical sports such as jogging or mountain-biking each day or you hold a labor-intensive job such as a construction worker or bicycle messenger.


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Why Create an Account?

So you can log your weight -- which allows you to do the following:
  1. Plot your weight curve
  2. Analyze the trend of your weight (see under Recent in the figure above)
  3. Determine the projected target date (see under Overall in the figure above)