s it true that you should mulitply 15X your body weight to find out your necessary caloric needs per day?

If so, I need 1950 calories a day. I counted/wrote down calories all day

Protein shake 210
Chicken/veggies 170
Nuts-380
Fish-145
Protein Bar-270
3 egg whites-51

So my intake today was 1226 cal all day.

What am I missing? I am trying to lose weight/put some lean muscle on.

 

5 meals a day

~1500 calories.

 

I am not a woman, I eat what I want and don't sit there counting calories.

 

same about 1200 maybe more.

 

So mulitplying it by 15 (your body weight) is a wrong formula I assume?

 

lol haha john you crack me up

 

pretty much h: I watch what I eat though... i stray from junk food

 

sounds like a BS formula. I would need 3450 cal/day. I eat nowhere near that many.

 

Trying to figure out what the real formula is then.

 

The "quick" method (based on total bodyweight)

A fast and easy method to determine calorie needs is to use total current body weight times a multiplier.

Fat loss = 12 - 13 calories per lb. of bodyweight
Maintenance (TDEE) = 15 - 16 calories per lb. of bodyweight
Weight gain: = 18 - 19 calories per lb. of bodyweight