Calories to lose weight for a 52 kg woman
About 1,400 kcal on training days and 1,250 kcal on rest days, with 105 g protein, if you are 26, 158 cm and train 3–5 days a week. Your maintenance is about 1,886 kcal.
1,400kcal a day
105 gprotein
160 gcarbs
40 gfat
How the number is worked out
- Resting energy (Mifflin-St Jeor): 10 × 52 + 6.25 × 158 − 5 × 26 − 161 = 1,217 kcal.
- Times 1.55 for moderate activity = 1,886 kcal to stay the same weight.
- Minus 500 kcal to lose weight, rounded to 50 = 1,400 kcal. Rest days are 150 kcal lower.
- Protein at 2 g per kg = 105 g. Fat at 25% of calories = 40 g. Carbs fill the rest: 160 g.
By how active you are
| Activity | Maintain | Training day | Rest day |
|---|---|---|---|
| Desk job, little exercise | 1,460 | 950 | 800 |
| Light: 1–3 workouts a week | 1,673 | 1,150 | 1,000 |
| Moderate: 3–5 workouts a week | 1,886 | 1,400 | 1,250 |
| Active: 6–7 hard sessions a week | 2,099 | 1,600 | 1,450 |
By age (moderately active)
| Age | Resting | Maintain | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 1,247 | 1,933 | 1,450 |
| 26 | 1,217 | 1,886 | 1,400 |
| 30 | 1,197 | 1,855 | 1,350 |
| 35 | 1,172 | 1,817 | 1,300 |
| 40 | 1,147 | 1,778 | 1,300 |
| 50 | 1,097 | 1,700 | 1,200 |
Height matters too: every 5 cm taller adds about 31 kcal to resting energy, or about 50 kcal a day at moderate activity.
What to expect
A 500 kcal daily gap is about 0.5 kg of fat a week, so losing 5 kg takes roughly 11 weeks. Expect the scale to jump around by 1 kg from water and salt; judge the trend over 2–3 weeks.
A vegetarian Indian day at this target
This day lands at 1,317 kcal and 100 g protein. Most of the protein comes from whey shake (with water) (48 g), palak paneer (15 g), moong dal (9 g).
| Food | Portion | kcal | Protein |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breakfast | 137 | 6 g | |
| Paneer sandwich | ½ × 1 sandwich | 137 | 6 g |
| Lunch | 346 | 18 g | |
| Palak paneer | 1 katori | 247 | 15 g |
| Roti | 1 roti | 99 | 3 g |
| Evening snack | 316 | 53 g | |
| Sprouts salad | ½ katori | 76 | 5 g |
| Whey shake (with water) | 2 scoops | 240 | 48 g |
| Dinner | 518 | 23 g | |
| Moong dal | 1 katori | 176 | 9 g |
| Mixed veg sabzi | ½ katori | 61 | 2 g |
| Roti | 1 roti | 99 | 3 g |
| Paneer bhurji | ½ katori | 138 | 8 g |
| Curd | ½ katori | 45 | 2 g |
| Day total | 1,317 | 100 g | |