Weight Maintenance Calculator
for Women

Are you curious as to how many calories you need to maintain your current weight or even lose weight?

Try this calculator to find out.

This calorie calculator is meant to be an estimate only.

Actual calories needed to maintain or lose weight may vary based on muscle mass, activity and a variety of other factors such as illness, pregnancy, etc.

If you are obese, your actual caloric needs may be less accurate. This is because a small percentage of fat tissue actually burns calories. The remaining amount of fat tissue does not burn calories. Please keep this in mind when using the calorie calculator. By consuming these calories on an average daily basis, you should maintain your weight.

However, if you are looking to lose weight, here are some tips:

Most health professionals recommend you to lose weight slow as the safest and most effective weight loss approach.
A sensible weight-loss program allows you to lose weight gradually— about one-half to one pound per week.
Gradual weight loss promotes long-term loss of body fat, not just water weight that can be quickly regained.
To lose one pound, a person must burn 3,500 calories more than are consumed (500 calories per day over the course of a week). For example, reducing calories by 300 per day and increasing daily activity to burn off an additional 200 calories should result in a weight loss of one pound per week!

Here is an example of how the calculator can help you.

If your daily calorie needs were calculated as 2500 calories and you desire to lose weight, you could:

Consume 2200 calories. (That's 300 calories less than this example diet), and...
Burn 200 calories through activity, to result in a 2000-calorie diet!

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Health Tip:

You and your flu

Did you know you can spread the flu before you even show symptoms? Read these tips to help prepare for the flu season:

Symptoms begin suddenly and include fever, headache, extreme fatigue, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, body aches and sometimes diarrhea or vomiting.

It spreads in respiratory droplets through coughs and sneezes.
Flu is contagious for one day prior to symptoms and up to five days after onset of illness.
Flu and the common cold are respiratory illnesses, but are caused by different viruses; the flu is more intense.

Your doctor can diagnose the flu within the first 2-3 days.

If diagnosed early, your doctor can treat you with an anti-viral medication, which may reduce the severity and length of illness.

Influenza can lead to serious complications: pneumonia or bacterial infections, requiring hospitalization. Each year about 200,000 Americans contract the flu and 36,000 people die from flu complications.

Prevention measures include injected vaccines and nasal-sprays (for certain age groups only.)
Wash your hands with soap often for at least 30 seconds under running water, especially after coughing or sneezing.
Do not rub your eyes—the eye is a perfect portal for colds and flu viruses.

For more information on influenza, visit Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.