Calorie calculator

How many calories should you eat to lose weight?

Fill in your numbers. We work out your resting burn with Mifflin-St Jeor, add your everyday activity and take off a gentle deficit. Read how we work it out.

We calculate with the body of a
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Pace
Your daily target to lose weight
1,600kcal
Protein120 g
Carbs155 g
Fat55 g
  • Burned at rest1,549 kcal
  • With your everyday life2,130 kcal
  • Deficit for 0.5 kg a week−550 kcal
  • Daily target, rounded1,600 kcal
At that pace you'll reach 72 kg in about 26 weeks.Get your daily target in the appAn estimate based on Mifflin-St Jeor. It isn't medical advice.

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