Weight Maintenance Calculator
for Women

Are you curious as to how many calories you need to maintain your current weight or even lose weight?

Try this calculator to find out.

This calorie calculator is meant to be an estimate only.

Actual calories needed to maintain or lose weight may vary based on muscle mass, activity and a variety of other factors such as illness, pregnancy, etc.

If you are obese, your actual caloric needs may be less accurate. This is because a small percentage of fat tissue actually burns calories. The remaining amount of fat tissue does not burn calories. Please keep this in mind when using the calorie calculator. By consuming these calories on an average daily basis, you should maintain your weight.

However, if you are looking to lose weight, here are some tips:

Most health professionals recommend you to lose weight slow as the safest and most effective weight loss approach.
A sensible weight-loss program allows you to lose weight gradually— about one-half to one pound per week.
Gradual weight loss promotes long-term loss of body fat, not just water weight that can be quickly regained.
To lose one pound, a person must burn 3,500 calories more than are consumed (500 calories per day over the course of a week). For example, reducing calories by 300 per day and increasing daily activity to burn off an additional 200 calories should result in a weight loss of one pound per week!

Here is an example of how the calculator can help you.

If your daily calorie needs were calculated as 2500 calories and you desire to lose weight, you could:

Consume 2200 calories. (That's 300 calories less than this example diet), and...
Burn 200 calories through activity, to result in a 2000-calorie diet!

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Health Tip:

Microwaves and 'Erupted Hot Water Phenomena'

Hot-water eruption can occur if you use a microwave oven to super-heat water in a clean cup. ("Super-heated" means the water is hot beyond boiling temperature, although it shows no signs of boiling.)

A slight disturbance or movement may cause the water to violently explode out of the cup. There have been reports of serious skin burns or scalding injuries around people's hands and faces as a result of this phenomenon.

Adding materials such as instant coffee or sugar to the water before heating greatly reduces the risk of hot-water eruption. Also, follow the precautions and recommendations found in microwave oven instruction manuals; specifically the heating time.

More microwaves safety tips.