A common tool that dieters use in order for them to determine the amount of calories they can consume to reach their target weight is a weight loss calculator. Although a useful tool, a weight loss calculator will only give you an estimate based on information that is input into it. To get more accurate and customized information, you would be better served to consult with a medical professional or a nutritionist. A medical professional can make more specific recommendations for a specific case.



Free weight loss calculators are available all over the internet. Details such as weight, height, age and target weight along with the level of physical is the information that these calculators will usually ask for in order for them to give you the amount of calorie intake that is needed for you to maintain your body weight or to lose body weight. Usually the body mass index is used by these calculators to determine what a persons ideal weight is based on their height. Basel energy is also calculated which is the amount of calories need to maintain normal metabolic rates which maintain normal physical activities needed to survive such as breathing, etc.

If a person wants to maintain their current body weight, they must consume enough calories that they burn doing their physical activities. If a person wants to lose weight, they must consume less calories than it takes to maintain their physical activities. If you use all the calories that you take in then there will be no calories stored as fat.

When a person takes in more calories than he consumes that becomes known as the daily calorie deficit. This simply means that if a person needs 3000 calories to maintain their body weight and consume 3500 calories that their daily calorie deficit is 500 calories and those 500 calories will be stored as fat.

In order to melt fat you must burn more calories than your body needs to maintain itself. When you do this, your body goes to its fat reserve to get its additional energy requirements. This is what causes you to lose weight. Using a weight loss calculator will help you to calculate how many calories you can take in for you to lose weight. The more a person is overweight the fewer calories they need to consume in order to lose weight.

This should help you to realize that if you do not increase your physical activity to burn off excess calories that you will suffer from starvation.