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What should you eat in a day?

Change any number below — your targets update as you type.

Sex
How active are you?

Training three to five days a week.

What are you after?

To lose fat

2,133

kcal per day

500 under maintenance — around half a kilo of fat a week.

At rest (BMR)
1,699
Maintenance
2,633
Goal adjustment
-500
How to split it
Protein
150 g
28%
Fat
59 g
25%
Carbs
250 g
47%

A formula only gets you close.

It can't see your training, your week, or what you'll actually eat. That part is the coaching.

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These figures come from the Mifflin-St Jeor equation. It estimates from height, weight, age and sex — it cannot see how much muscle you carry, and the activity level is your own judgement. Treat the result as a starting point and adjust it against the scale over two or three weeks.

2,133 kcal per day: 150 g protein, 59 g fat, 250 g carbs.