What should be your calorie intake if you weigh 240 pounds?

Answer 1

There are many factors involved: age, sex, weight, height, activity level and whether you want to maintain, lose, or gain weight. I will supply general examples below as well as a link to input your personal information for more accurate details in the reference.

Male age 25 height 6' weight 240 lbs activity level moderate:

to maintain: 3,567 calories per day

to lose: 3,067 calories per day

to gain: 4,067 calories per day

Female age 25 height 5'4" weight 240 lbs activity level moderate:

to maintain: 2,906 calories per day

to lose: 2,406 calories per day

to gain: 3,406 calories per day

*note* it is recommended to healthily gain or lose weight at a rate of one pound per week. to accomplish this it is recommended to add/subtract 500 calories per day to accomplish a 1 pound loss per week.

Allnutritionals.com (n.d.). Daily calorie requirement.Retrieved on February 10, 2010 from http://calculators.hpathy.com/calories-need.asp.