Information & Facts
BMR & Calorie Intake Calculator
About Our Calculators
We are adding some useful or interesting calculators to Soup and Salad.
These calculators are for information purposes only and re not medical advice.
All health issues should be addressed to your doctor or medical practitioner.
BMR & Calorie Intake Calculator
BMR is short for Basal Metabolic Rate. The BMR is the number of calories you would burn if you stay at rest all day, such as lying in bed.
These calories reflect the amount of energy that your body requires to support its most basic, vital functions, such as breathing, blood circulation, and brain functioning.
It excludes the calories you need for your workouts or other activities but our calculator above allows you to adjust your level of activity to then see the calorie intake to maintain weight.
Once you understand your BMR and the effect of activity levels on calories burned to can adjust your calorie intake to either, lose, gain or aim to maintain weight.
Frame of mind is also important and trying to keep a healthy balance in diet, attitude and approach.
Calorie = amount of energy to raise temperature of 1g of water by 1°C.
Carbs & Protein 1g = 4 cals
Fat 1g = 9 cals
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