To estimate your daily calorie needs to lose weight: 1. Calculate your basal metabolic rate (BMR) using the Harris-Benedict formula, which takes into account your height, weight, age, and sex. 2. Determine your activity level and multiply your BMR by a corresponding percentage: sedentary (20%), lightly active (30%), moderately active (40%), very active (50%), or extra active (60%). 3. Add the activity number to your BMR. Eat fewer calories than this total each day to lose weight, re-calculating as your weight changes. Most people can lose weight eating around 1,500 calories daily.

2. How many calories should we eat if we want to lose weight.. ?

3. Technically, there is no magic number of calories we should all eat each day to lose weight. While most people can lose weight eating around 1,500 calories, you can assess your own personal caloric needs with a little math.

5. ( Then, to lose weight, you'll need to cut calories or burn extra calories and shoot for a level lower than the results you get with this formula. )