BMR Calculator

What your body spends before you do anything.

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  • BMRresting figure
  • TDEEalso shown
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  • 0data uploaded
Specification

BMR Calculator at a glance

Input
Age, sex, height and weight
Output
Resting figure and daily total
What it is not
Not an intake target
Health notice
Estimate, not medical advice
Processing
Runs locally in your browser
Price
Free
Account required
No
How to

How to use BMR Calculator

  1. 1

    Enter your measurements

    Enter your measurements.

  2. 2

    Pick an activity level

    Pick an activity level.

  3. 3

    Read the resting figure

    Read the resting figure.

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What is a basal metabolic rate?

The energy a body uses lying still and awake, keeping itself running. For most people it is the largest single piece of a day's total, and the part you do not choose.

Should I eat my BMR?

It is not an intake target and this panel does not present it as one. Eating plans belong with a qualified health professional who knows your circumstances.

Why does the activity level change one number and not the other?

Activity scales the resting figure into the whole-day total. The resting figure itself comes from age, sex, height and weight alone.

Where does the calculation happen?

In this browser tab. Your height, weight and age are not sent to a server and nothing is kept once the page closes.

Background

What the resting figure covers

Age, sex, height and weight give the resting figure. An activity level is asked for as well, because the panel puts the whole-day number beside it.

  • Breathing, circulation, temperature and repair — the running costs of a body that is doing nothing else.
  • It moves with size and age, which is why the same formula gives different people very different floors.
  • The whole-day number is this figure scaled by activity, so an error here carries into that one.

Full specification

Specification of the BMR Calculator tool
InputAge, sex, height and weight. An activity level too, for the whole-day figure.
OutputA resting energy estimate, with the whole-day total displayed alongside.
What it is notNot a calorie target. The resting figure describes a body at rest and nothing else.
Health noticeThis result is an estimate for general information and is not medical advice.
ProcessingAll calculations run locally in the current browser tab.
PriceFree
Account requiredNo
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