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Calorie Calculator: a quick guide

Estimate daily calorie needs based on age, sex, activity level and goal.

Knowing roughly how many calories you need is the foundation of any nutrition plan. The ChrysoKit Calorie Calculator uses well-established formulas to estimate your maintenance calories, then adjusts for your goal.

Why use it

Most calculators stop at maintenance. We add a target adjustment (gain, lose, maintain) so you walk away with a number you can actually use.

How to use the Calorie Calculator

  1. Enter your age, sex, height and weight.
  2. Pick an activity level from the descriptions.
  3. Pick a goal: maintain, lose or gain.
  4. Read the suggested daily intake.

Features worth knowing

Mifflin-St Jeor formula

The most accurate of the common BMR formulas.

Activity multipliers

Sedentary to very active, with concrete examples.

Goal adjustment

Adds or subtracts a sensible deficit or surplus.

Pro tips

  • Calorie targets are estimates. Adjust based on what the scale and the mirror tell you over a few weeks.
  • Activity level is the easiest input to overestimate. Most desk workers are 'sedentary' even if they exercise a few times a week.
  • Slow changes (250-500 kcal deficit or surplus) are more sustainable than aggressive ones.

Privacy first. The Calorie Calculator runs entirely in your browser. Nothing you enter is sent to a server.

Treat the Calorie Calculator as a starting line. Track for a couple of weeks, then adjust based on results.

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