What You Should Know About Weight Loss Calculators

The freely available weight loss calculators have really changed the way people use different weight loss programs. Now it is possible to measure the effectiveness of a selected weight loss program with many of these weight loss calculators online.  Before choosing a weight loss calculator, you should learn as much as you can about the differentt types of weight loss calculators available in order to turn your immediate weight loss dreams into reality.

Types of Weight Loss Calculators:

BMI Calculator: The Body Mass Index (BMI) calculator can be used to calculate your BMI value with your weight and age considered. Use the "metric units" tab if you are more comfortable with the international standard metric units. The referenced weight range and the calculation formula are listed following the calculator.


Calorie Calculator: The calorie calculator can be used to estimate the calories you will need per day in order to lose weight. This calculator can also provide some simple guidelines if you want to gain or lose weight. Use the "metric units" tab if you are more comfortable with the international standard metric units.

Body Fat Calculator: The body fat calculator can be used to estimate your body fat based on your size. Use the "metric units" tab if you are more comfortable with the international standard metric units. To get the best results, please measure to the nearest 1/4 inch (0.5cm). This calculator is based on US Navy method.

BMR Calculator: The BMR Calculator will calculate your Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR); the number of calories you'd burn if you stayed in bed all day.  Your body uses energy no matter what you're doing, even when sleeping.  As you grown older, it gets harder to eat whatever you want and stay slim.  This is due largely in fact to the fact that your BMR decreases as you age. Likewise, eating less food in hopes of losing weight also decreases your BMR.  However, if you implement a regular routine of cardiovascular exercise, you can increase your BMR.  You figure your BMR by putting in your weight, height and age into a BMR calculator.

 Weight Watchers Points Calculator: The Weight Watchers Points System is one of the useful tools for these who want to lose or control weight. With this system, food is assigned point values. You count and control the total points of the food you take per day. Foods high in fiber and low in fat and calories have low point values. This calculator can be used to calculate the points of the food based on the calories, fat, and fiber in the food.

Anorexic BMI Calculator: Anorexia nervosa is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes an eating disorder, characterized by low body weight and body image distortion, with an obsessive fear of gaining weight. Individuals with anorexia are known to control body weight commonly through the means of voluntary starvation, purging, excessive exercise or other weight control measures, such as diet pills or diuretic drugs. Anorexia primarily affects adolescent females (age of 16-26), approximately 10% of people with the diagnosis are male. BMI less than 17.5 in adults or 85% of expected weight in children is one of the common physical features for anorexia.

Carbohydrate Calculator: This calculator can be used to estimate the carbohydrates you will need per day. Carbohydrates are not essential nutrients in humans. The body can obtain all its energy from protein and fats. However, the brain and neurons generally cannot burn fat and need glucose for energy. The Institute of Medicine recommends a minimum of 130 grams of carbohydrate per day, which is the average minimal usage of glucose by the brain.

Ideal Weight Calculator: This calculator can be used to calculate the ideal body weight as well as the healthy body weight range based on the height, gender, and age. People have pursued the ideal weight formula for centuries. Hundreds of formulas and tables have been created. However, there is still no definite answer. Fortunately, the results given by most formulas seem to be very close. This calculator provides the results of all the popular formulas for comparison.

So go ahead and choose the weight loss calculator that meet your individual needs.  We wish you a very happy and successful weight loss program journey!