This is the best calorie calculation, because, it tells you 1) How many calories you need to maintain your weight right now and 2) How much you need to cut down to lose 1 lb a week.
The reason I looked this up is that I read, quite some time ago, that if you are going to be counting calories, what you should do is calculate how many you need to maintain your present weight and then make yourself a goal, such as 5 lbs - 10 lbs less, and calculate how many calories you need to cut out to do it.
That way, instead of starving yourself and putting your body into panic mode,, and being uncomfortable, you can make gradual, small changes as you progress. When you hit your small goal, you move onto the next small goal, in the same way.
Of course, you also have a bigger goal in mind, the whole time, that you are working toward. It's just taking small steps to reach it, instead of heading right toward the big goal and setting yourself up for failure.
For example, currently, I weigh approximately 287 lbs and I am not getting much exercise at all. So, I chose "sedentary" and it says : You need approximately 3914 calories per day to maintain your current weight, based on your current activity level.
Now, say I want to weigh 150 lbs and still be sedentary. This says: You need approximately 2045 calories per day to maintain your current weight, based on your current activity level.
But, what if I said I wanted to weight 282 lbs?You need approximately 3845 calories per day to maintain your current weight, based on your current activity level. That's 69 less calories per day. Or, 69 calories more activity.
Or 277? You need approximately 3777 calories per day to maintain your current weight, based on your current activity level. That's 137 calories to cut or activity to add.
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