Estimating Calories

If you’re interested in weight loss, allow some data to help guide your efforts.

The main objective is to burn off more calories per day than you’re taking in through food.

Start by getting a sense of how many calories you’re burning per day in the calculator below.

If you’re interested in losing weight, aim to consume 100-200 hundred calories less per day than the daily requirement. You’ll see the weight loss over 6-8 months.

Try a week of calorie counting …

For one week, keep track of what you’re eating, the serving size, and how many calories you’re taking in per day.

As a general guide, you can try searching the food or similar foods in the area below.

Why cut carbs?

Calories come in 3 forms: carbohydrates, fats, and protein.
In general, your daily caloric intake should come from 45–65% carbs, 20–35% from fat, and 10–35% from protein.
Your body prefers to burn carbohydrates first.
If you take in excess carbohydrates every day, then you will likely not burn off your daily carbohydrate intake but also store the excess carbs as fat.
If you decrease your carbohydrate intake, then you’re able to begin burning off existing fat stores.

Where to start cutting carbs…