The calories your body burns at complete rest, and what that figure becomes once you add your day in.
Estimates only - not medical advice.
BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate) is the energy your body uses just to stay running: breathing, circulation, cell repair. Nothing fancy, just alive. This calculator estimates it using the Mifflin-St Jeor equation and then multiplies by an activity factor (1.2 for sedentary, up to 1.725 for very active) to give you your actual daily burn, known as TDEE.
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Basal Metabolic Rate: the calories your body would burn if you lay still all day. It accounts for roughly 60 to 70 percent of most people's daily energy use.
BMR is your at-rest burn. TDEE (Total Daily Energy Expenditure) is BMR multiplied by an activity factor that accounts for movement, exercise and the energy used to digest food. TDEE is the number you actually plan a diet around.
The Mifflin-St Jeor equation, published in 1990. In repeated comparisons it produces the most accurate estimates for the general population, though it is still an estimate. Individual metabolic rates vary.
No. Consult a doctor or registered dietitian before making significant changes to your eating or exercise routine.