RMR Calculator, anyone?

[daiseeangel]

I am looking for an accurate RMR calculator, please!

I have come across a few, but I guess I am not sure what makes one more accurate than the other. I found one that took exercise into consideration, and it says my RMR was somewhere around 2300. But then a lot of others have my RMR at 1550. That's a huge difference!

What do you guys use?

 

[maleficent]

Check the stickied thread in the nutrition forum - or google harris benedict formula

but there is really no one size fits all number -everyone comes at weight loss from a different place.... you have to experiment and find what 's best for your body at the time - and keep adjusting as your weight gets lower... your best bet - as has been written here often - is to start as high as possible to give yourself as much calorie satisfaction and future wiggle room as possible

 

[Blancita]

Hey girl . You need to add the calories you burn through your daily lifestyle activities to your RMR for your daily maintenance calorie needs. Then if you exercise, you would add that on top. I had my RMR tested with a machine at a dietician's office and my RMR was around 1500, they said I should add on an extra 400 calories for my daily lifestyle activities like walking around, going shopping, to work, cleaning etc. They gave exact numbers but I'd have to look it up, but you get the idea. So that means if I dont get any exercise, I should* (note this doesn't always work according to plan, but its a guideline of how its supposed to work if things are optimal) be able to eat 1900 calories to maintain my weight. If I only eat 1600 calories, and then I burn another 400 calories exercising, I will have a calorie deficit of 700 calories. Does that make sense?

 

[daiseeangel]

Wooo! This is making my head spin! Lol!

I used the Harris Benedict equation, and came to about 2200 calories as my RMR. It had me take my BMR and multiply it by 1.55 to find the RMR.

I'll stick with that for now.

Thanks for all the help!!!