Different ways to measure how many calories you need.

Harris Benedict Formula To determine your total daily calorie needs, multiply your BMR by the appropriate activity factor, as follows: If you are sedentary (little or no exercise) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.2 If you are lightly active (light exercise/sports 1-3...

When Calories are too Low.

What happens when calories are too low? 1) Muscle mass is broken down for energy (catabolism). 2) Metabolic rate will begin to drop (typically) after 3 days of very low calories – this is related to, and compounded by the loss of muscle mass. 3) With very low...