Health & Fitness
TDEE Calculator
Find your total daily energy expenditure — the calories you burn each day — from your body and activity level. It is your maintenance calorie level and the starting point for losing, keeping or gaining weight.
cm
kg
Your TDEE
2,556
calories burned per day
BMR (at rest)
1,649
From activity
907
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How to use the TDEE calculator
Enter your sex, age, height and weight, then choose the activity level that best matches a typical week. The big number is your total daily energy expenditure — the calories you burn per day. Eat around it to maintain weight, below it to lose, and above it to gain.
How TDEE is calculated
TDEE = BMR × activity factor
BMR from Mifflin-St Jeor · factor 1.2 to 1.9
Example. A 30-year-old man, 175 cm and 70 kg has a BMR of about 1,649. At a moderate activity level (×1.55) his TDEE is roughly 2,556 calories a day — about 907 of those come from daily activity.
Frequently asked questions
TDEE stands for total daily energy expenditure — the total number of calories your body burns in a day. It is your basal metabolic rate (calories at rest) multiplied by an activity factor that accounts for movement and exercise. It is the number that keeps your weight steady.