First, let's figure out how to find   The 2 Week Diet Review  out your basal metabolic rate or BMR. Your basal metabolic rate is the base amount of calories your body needs every day to maintain daily functions including breathing, pumping blood throughout the body, building muscle tone and so on. In general, BMR are the calories your body needs for all basic functions. It doesn't matter whether you are sleeping all day or not, your body will need around 75% of the calories intake to keep your body working properly.

To calculate your BMR, your gender, your current weight, your height in inches and your age are all taken into account. To calculate your BMR, according to your gender, choose the right equation: Women: BMR = 655 + (4.35 x your weight in pounds) + (4.7 x your height in inches) - (4.7 x age in years) Men: BMR = 66 + (6.23 x your weight in pounds) + (12.7 x your height in inches) - (6.8 x your age in years) After you have your BMR, then take a look at your daily activities and decide which level it falls under: * Sedentary (very little to no exercise) [1.2] * Lightly active (light exercise, 1 - 3 days a week) [1.375] * Moderately (moderate exercise, 3 - 5 days a week) [1.55] * Very active (hard exercise, 6 - 7 days a week) [1.725] * Extra active (very hard exercise, sports & physical job) [1.9]

The last step is to take the BMR that you calculated earlier and multiply it by the number inside the brackets of your activity level. So, let's do a quick example just in case you are a little confused. Janice is a 40 years old female that weighs 150 pounds, her height is 5 feet and 4 inches (64 inches) and her activity level is moderate [1.55].

 To calculate her BMR, we choose the BMR equation for a woman which is: Janice"s BMR = 655 + (4.35 x 150) + (4.7 x 64) - (4.7 x 40) = Janice's BMR = 655 + 652.5 + 300.8 - 188 = 1,420 So Janice's body needs 1,420 calories for its daily functions. To calculate the calories that Janice needs to maintain her weight, we multiply her BMR with the number of her activity level (1,420 X 1.55). So 1,420 x 1.55 is 2,201. Janice needs around 2,201 calories a day to maintain her weight.