How Many Calories Do You Need?
Just a quick post for you all that I found rather interesting. I think it will benefit a lot of you when you’re trying to figure out how many calories you should be consuming every day. The equation is called Harris-Benedict Equation and it will tell you how many calories you burn at rest ie. during metabloism.
For males BEE = 66 + 13.7W + 5H - 6.8A
For Females BEE = 65 + 9.6W + 1.8H - 4.7A
Where W = weight in kg
H = height in cm
A = your age
For example. My basal energy expenditure is:
BEE = 65 + 9.6(60.7) + 1.8(170) - 4.7(19)
BEE = 864.42calories
Please realize that this equation DOES NOT include physical activity, at all. So anything you do besides sit or lay down will increase this number. 
