How to Estimate the Number of Calories You Use Daily

Estimating the amount of calories you use daily can help to monitor and adjust your activity level accordingly. Calories that you burn depends on certain factors such as your weight, the level of exercise and other activities that are carried out daily. Generally, when a higher intensity level of exercise is done, more energy is used, resulting in more calories burned. You can estimate the amount of calories that you burn by using a calorie calculator.

Things You'll Need

• Pen
• Paper
• Timer

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Instructions

• 1

  Time yourself while doing an activity or any type of exercise. Set a timer or simply write down the time when you started.

• 2

  Estimate the number of calories you use daily by using a calorie calculator. Enter your weight into the "Weight" field.

• 3

  Locate the activity that you were doing and enter the amount of minutes that that it took to do it into the "Minutes" box.

• 4

  Click on the "Calculate" button. The estimated amount of calories you used will automatically populate. You can use this as a guide when trying to lose weight or gain weight.