How to calculate your BMR for weight loss
January 5, 2009 by Lara
Filed under Health & Fitness
Your Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) is how many calories your body requires just to function without losing weight. The idea behind figuring out your own BMR is so that you can calculate the amount of calories you need to burn in order to actually lose weight.
This is the formula for women:
BMR = 655 + (9.6 X wt in kg) + (1.8 X ht in cm) – (4.7 X age in years)
Note: 1 inch = 2.54 cm and 1 kilogram = 2.2 lbs)
So for me, as of today (250lbs. and 67.5 in. at 31 years of age) I’ll calculate my BMR as so:
655 + (1090.94) + (308.61) – (145.7) = 1908.85 (1909)
So in order to figure out how many calories your body requires at rest, versus how many it needs to get in accordance with exercise to lose weight, you have to do a little more math. Read more
