Daily calorie estimate

Maintenance Calories

Maintenance calories are the estimated calories you need each day to keep your body weight stable. This baseline sets the calorie target for each of Calicen’s 9 protocol blocks.

Metrics + Activity = Baseline

Gender
Choose your Activity Level

Categories use the standard Harris–Benedict activity-factor scale. Choose the description closest to your typical week; the multiplier is shown beside each option.

Following the Calicen Protocol places you in “Moderately active” in this calculator.

Daily baseline

—kcal/day

Use this midpoint as the specific maintenance estimate you plan from.

Likely range

—

The range shows normal uncertainty. Start with the midpoint and adjust from measured weight trends.

Select a block

Baseline + Block= Block Calorie Target

Block calorie target

— kcal/day

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Understand the measure

From estimate to protocol instruction

Maintenance calories estimate the intake likely to keep body weight stable at the entered activity level.

Calicen then deliberately changes intake by block. A 90% block means 90% of your baseline; a 110% block means 110%.

Use the midpoint first. Compare your actual weight trend with the estimate and refine the baseline when your data shows a consistent difference.

Formula used

Male RMR = (10 × weight kg) + (6.25 × height cm) − (5 × age) + 5

Female RMR = (10 × weight kg) + (6.25 × height cm) − (5 × age) − 161

Maintenance midpoint = RMR × activity factor

Displayed context range = midpoint ± 10%

Block calorie target = maintenance midpoint × block kcal percentage ÷ 100

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