Calorie TapeFree tool
Calorie calculator
Find a daily calorie target from your sex, age, height, weight, activity and weekly pace.
It runs in your browser. Nothing you type is saved or sent.
Your answers
Calorie target
Serving size 1 day
- Resting burn
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- Total burn
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- Weekly pace
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Amount per day
Calories—
Answer every question to see a target.
Answer every question to see a target.
This is an estimate. A doctor or dietitian can set a target that fits you.
The formula
Resting burn uses the Mifflin-St Jeor equation. Calorie Tape uses the same formula.
- Resting burn
- 10 × weight in kg + 6.25 × height in cm − 5 × age in years, then + 5 for a male or − 161 for a female
- Total burn
- Resting burn × 1.2 (Not active), 1.375 (Lightly active), 1.55 (Active) or 1.725 (Very active)
- Weekly pace
- 3,500 kcal for each lb, or 7,700 kcal for each kg, spread over 7 days
- Target
- Total burn + weekly pace, at least 1,200 kcal for a female or 1,500 kcal for a male, rounded to the nearest 10 kcal
The formula is for adults, so the calculator suggests nothing under 18.
Use it in Calorie Tape
Calorie Tape has the same calculator. With net energy off, as the app starts, it gives the same target. It suggests a target once, and Use makes it your daily target. Calorie Tape never changes your target on its own.
