Calories to Lose Weight

This calculator will determine how many calories you should eat on a daily basis if you are trying to lose weight. Learn how many calories to lose weight safely, and how to lose weight fast. The weight losss calculator will only show you safe levels of calorie reduction. When selecting your activity level use:

  • Sedentary (little or no exercise)
  • Lightly active (light exercise/sports 1-3 days/week)
  • Moderatetely active (moderate exercise/sports 3-5 days/week)
  • Very active (hard exercise/sports 6-7 days a week)
  • Extremely active (very hard exercise/sports & physical job or 2x training)

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Select your gender:
Enter your age:
Enter your weight:
Select your height:
Select your Activity Factor:
Calculating Result...

Another important measurement for you to consider is you body mass index, also known as BMI, you can find out your BMI with our BMI Calculator
Does farting burn calories?(yes, people really ask this question) Read about how many calories does a fart burn?

If you go to the weight target date calculator, it will show you how long it will take to reach a target weight based on these values.

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HealthStatus has been operating since 1998 providing the best interactive health tools on the Internet, millions of visitors have used our health risk assessment, body fat and calories burned calculators. The HealthStatus editorial team has continued that commitment to excellence by providing our visitors with easy to understand high quality health content for many years.

Sunny
22. September 2019
Sunny
22. September 2019
I thought I was consuming to little calories but I kept gaining weight this was six years ago. I kept an honest food diary, I wrote everything down. Then I calculated the calories it still didn’t make sense. Then I looked at the serving sizes suggested on the labels and I was eating double the amount. Once I started measuring and only eating a serving of a food: a cup of cooked rice or half a chicken breast I started to lose weight. Protein helps. I lost 80 pounds in less than 3 years you can do it. Don’t feel bad or make excuses. Feeling bad or being in denial is no help to you. Good luck.

Matthew E Wood
16. September 2019
Matthew E Wood
16. September 2019
Calories aren't as important as limiting carbs for weight loss. look up sam feltham experiment... restricting carbs and some kind of fasting is the best way to lose fat. You're body won't burn fat as long as there is a significant supply of glycogen in the liver. Hope this helps

Danielle White
19. April 2019
Danielle White
19. April 2019
Absolutely walking indoors works to burn calories. Anytime you increase your activity level and maintain or decrease the calories you consume you should lose weight.

Sudha Rao
18. April 2019
Sudha Rao
18. April 2019
On days I am not able to get out , would walking inside the house help me to lose calories? Thank you

Munazza
18. April 2019
Munazza
18. April 2019
drink lots of water like 1 glass an hour. If you don’t then weigh loss won’t happen. Also pcos or hormonal issues have to be treated. Stop eating rice and roti, high calorie sweets and dairy for 4 weeks. Eat all veggies, yogurt ,pulses, muttonand fish. Avoid eating chicken,it’s full of steroids and it becomes impossible to lose weight.

Ume Kulsum
6. April 2019
Ume Kulsum
6. April 2019
Iam 21 year old female and i weigh 78kg and workoutout 6times \week (30min aprox), apart from working out i don't do anything, still iam confused what is my activity level, iam little active or moderately active! Now to loose weight iam eating 1200 calories, i don't know how many calories i need to loose weight

Sarah Fonville
2. April 2019
Sarah Fonville
2. April 2019
You may not be getting the proper nutrients or may have some other metabolic health issue like a thyroid problem. Thyroid issues are common for women. Your best bet if you are having problems losing weight is to talk to a doctor and also speak with a nutritionist to discuss your diet. Though calories and portion control are important for losing weight, you really cannot ignore exercise to ensure good muscle quality and bone strength. Sleep and water are also critical to a healthy lifestyle. Hope this helps and good luck!

Cass Romero
1. April 2019
Cass Romero
1. April 2019
If you seem to not be losing weight even though you are eating much less calories than needed then it may be due to your calorie burning. You need to burn more calories than you take in. Also, your food intake. Are you eating healthy foods and getting enough of your recommended nutrition?

rebecca hutie
20. March 2019
rebecca hutie
20. March 2019
I already don't eat enough calories and Im still fat. What is wrong with me

Danielle White
18. February 2019
Danielle White
18. February 2019
Anita, please try some of the other calculators on our site to get more information on calories burned during various activities. Here is the a link to our calories burned calculator. https://www.healthstatus.com/calculate/cbc

Anita holyoak
16. February 2019
Anita holyoak
16. February 2019
Elooking for kinds of exercise and the caleriesit burns

Murtaza Ahmed Bhutta
10. February 2019
Murtaza Ahmed Bhutta
10. February 2019
I tried it, it's almost correct in my opinion. Do recheck all the entered values.

Danielle White
14. January 2019
Danielle White
14. January 2019
Thank you for letting us know you are having trouble with our site. I ran through the "Calories to Lose Weight" and it is working fine for me. Please try again and let us know if we can help you with anything else.

Khadija
10. January 2019
Khadija
10. January 2019
There is something wrong with your calculators. You might want to look into technical issues.

Jameel momin
6. November 2018
Jameel momin
6. November 2018
Excellent

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