How to Use Calorie Maintainer
- Enter sex, age, weight, and height to estimate BMR with Mifflin-St Jeor.
- Choose the activity level closest to your usual week.
- Calculate maintenance calories, which represent an estimated intake for stable weight.
- Compare the estimate with your real body-weight trend and adjust after two to four weeks if needed.
Formula & Theory - Calorie Maintainer
Maintenance calories = BMR x activity factor
- Activity factors range from 1.2 for sedentary to 1.9 for very high activity.
- Maintenance is not a fixed biological number; it shifts with training, steps, body weight, sleep, and dieting history.
Use Cases for Calorie Maintainer
- Finding a baseline after a weight-loss or muscle-gain phase.
- Planning stable-weight intake before choosing a deficit or surplus.
- Checking whether current food intake roughly matches observed weight maintenance.