Below may look like something Einstein scribbled on a dusty window, but it is actually the secret to how many calories you burn on average per day (a number everyone needs in their life). Forget what's on your packet of Doritos under the heading GDA or RDA, if you haven't already realised, we are all different! Those figures are an 'average' and may as well be written in gobbledegook!
All you need to do is find out your weight in Kilograms, your height in centimeters, know your sex and age and the figure everyone should know will reveal itself to you...
Males: 66 + (13.7 x weight in kg) + (5 x height in cm) - (6.8 x age)
Females: 655 + (9.6 x kg) + (1.7 x cm) - (4.7 x age)
From there you need to do one more sum.
just multiply your answer from above with the following....
1.2 if you have a sedentary lifestyle
1.375 if you exercise lightly 1-3 times a week
1.55 if you exercise 3-5 times a week
1.725 if you exercise 6-7 times a week
and 1.9 if you exercise regularly and have a physical job
Hey presto! That's the amount of calories you need per day to maintain your current weight. If you want to lose weight just take away 20%, if you want to gain, just add 20%, Then keep going until you are at your desired weight.
Thanks for reading.
Matt
twitter @MattThePT.
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