Your BMR is specifically the number of calories you need to eat in order to maintain your weight. It is however, a simple science and various other factors are involved. Here's a link that explains it a little more, how to calculate it and thus, use it to maintain, gain or lose weight:
http://www.ehow.com/how_5401507_lose-off-using-simple-math.html
2000
same amount you burn.
current weight x 10 = calories to lose weight to maintain weight = 2000 to 2500 calories per day
2,000 calories!!
The rule that a doctor told me was to multiply your weight by 10 and that is what your daily intake should be to maintain your weight. Similarly if you want to lose weight, tally your daily intake for a week, find your average daily intake, and reduce that by 500 calories. So for instance I weight 175 pounds, so I should be consuming 1750 to maintain my body weight.
how many calories should a child eat in one day to maintain healthy weight
To maintain your weight you simply need to expend the same amount of calories that you intake.
How many calories does a 110 pound woman need a day to maintain her weight? Like 1500 calories..
Maintaing a certain weight, regardless of that weight, is about balancing your calorie intake with your calorie expenditure. If you expend as many calories as you eat, you will maintain your weight.
Your BMR is the number of calories you need to ingest in order to maintain your current weight.
Around 1200 to maintain a healthy weight
If you are planning to lose weight, burning more calories than you take in is one of the steps to get you there.If you need to gain weight instead, taking in more calories than you burn would be advisable.If you want to maintain your current weight, taking in and burning about the same number of calories would be a step in the right direction.However, in all of the above scenarios, the number of calories is just one aspect of the effort. The quality of the calories you take in and the quality of the physical activity that helps you burn calories also play important roles.