Are daily caloric needs calculators actually accurate?!


Question: Are daily caloric needs calculators actually accurate?
I googled a few daily caloric needs calculators, and they say that I need about 2000-2400 calories for maintaining my weight, 1600 to lose fat, and 1200 for extreme fat loss. Is this actually accurate? I used an app on my phone to find the same thing, and it said that I only burn like 1500-1600 calories a day. I'm 16, 5'4, 136 pounds and I run about a mile 5 times a week, if that's relevant. Any help would be appreciated.

Answers:

They are generally accurate, but I wouldn't fully depend on them.
Running 5 miles a week is pretty good, just add those calories you burned by doing that to your 'daily calories burned' then that would mean you lost ____ calories in a week.

Keep in mind, 3500 calories is one pound.
Good luck.



well, how many calories/day do you eat? are you maintaining? go off that and compare. if you're eating around 2000 calories a day and maintaining, than it's accurate. the daily caloric needs calculators are a general average for a body of the specified size, but everyone's body metabolizes energy differently.



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Treat high-calorie foods as jewels in the crown. Make a spoonful of ice cream the jewel and a bowl of fruit the crown. Cut down on the chips by pairing each bite with lots of chunky, filling fresh salsa



I think they are mostly accurate :]




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