If you don't know
your current calorie maintenance level, you can estimate it by using the same «Harris Benedict Formula» that I outlined in the previous post...
If your weight has been generally staying the same, then the amount of calories you're eating right now roughly represents
your current calorie maintenance level.
If you don't know
your current calorie maintenance level (the number of calories you require daily in order to maintain your current weight), you can estimate it by using one of the following options...
Not exact matches
Increase the total daily caloric intake back to your
current estimated caloric bodyweight
maintenance level, or the number of
calories you need to maintain your present body weight.
To find out your
maintenance calorie level, just multiply your
current body weight in pounds by 14 and 17.
Because your
calorie maintenance level already is how many
calories are needed for you to maintain your
current weight.
The mathematics of
calorie balance are simple: To keep your weight at its
current level, you should remain at your daily caloric
maintenance level.
To lose weight, you need to create a
calorie deficit by reducing your
calories slightly below your
maintenance level (or keeping your
calories the same and increasing your activity above your
current level).