TDEE Calculator

Total Daily Energy Expenditure — your maintenance calories, from BMR and activity level.

Equation used
TDEE = BMR × Activity multiplier

Frequently Asked Questions

How is BMR calculated here?

It uses the Mifflin-St Jeor equation: BMR = 10×weight(kg) + 6.25×height(cm) − 5×age + 5 (men) or −161 (women). That's your estimated energy use at complete rest.

What do the activity multipliers mean?

BMR is multiplied by a factor for how active you are day-to-day: 1.2 (sedentary), 1.375 (light exercise), 1.55 (moderate), 1.725 (active), or 1.9 (very active/hard daily exercise) — giving your estimated maintenance calories (TDEE).

What does the "TDEE at other activity levels" table show?

It recalculates TDEE using your same BMR but each of the other activity multipliers, so you can see how your maintenance calories would change if you were more or less active.