The number every diet app got wrong.
Most calorie calculators are written by people who've never coached anyone. They lowball your maintenance, hand you a 1,200 kcal target, then call you weak when you can't stick to it. This isn't that.
- Uses your real activity, not a vague "lightly active" dropdown nobody can interpret honestly.
- Includes a training intensity multiplier, because a Pilates session and a deadlift session are not the same thing.
- Gives you a range. Your body isn't a spreadsheet.
- Built by a coach with eight years and 3,000+ clients behind him.
First, the boring bits.
We need these to work out your baseline metabolic rate. No judgement on the weight. That's literally the whole point of being here.
How much do you actually move?
Daily steps are where every other calculator gets lazy. Check your phone. Guessing low is how you end up eating 600 kcal less than you actually need.
Training.
Resistance training specifically. Lifting weights, structured strength work. Walking, yoga, and steady cardio aren't here. They're already in the previous question.
How hard are you really training?
Be honest. A session in name only burns fewer calories than one that actually feels like one. Most people overestimate this. Pick what sounds like your average week, not your best week.
And the goal.
Pick one. The honest one. Not the one you think you "should" pick.
Almost there
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Your daily target
2,180to2,280 kcal / day
A range, not a fixed number. Your body isn't a spreadsheet.
Heads up.
If that number looks high, yes, that's the point. Every other calculator lowballs you because a scary low number gets clicks. Try this for 2 or 3 weeks. Weigh yourself a few times a week, same time, same conditions. Watch the trend, not the daily number. Then decide if anything actually needs changing.