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Welcome to LivingLite®

A support program designed to optimise your chance of success in overcoming weight loss challenges.

My Energy Calculator

 

Result:

The calculator shows the KJ or Calories that a person should eat to lose approximately 0.5 kilograms a week. It takes into account gender, level of physical activity, age and current weight. A 0.5 kg loss per week equals an energy deficit of approx. 600 calorie or 2510 Kj per day.

Activity level descriptions:

  • Sedentary: Office job, sit down role and no regular exercise at all and drives to and from work; retired/not working/home bound and limited ability to exercise; aged and limited mobility; nursing home; no formal exercise and little or no incidental exercise.

  • Light: Office job with no formal exercise but does some non brisk walking/incidental exercise; recovering from injury and in exercise rehab; spritely aged person with some formal walking/gentle exercise/hydrotherapy; healthy but sedentary person, maybe does some yoga/pilates

  • Moderate: Office job but regular gym/exercise; someone on their feet all day (working or otherwise, busy mum ) and possibly not doing much other formal exercise; fit and healthy reasonably active person with regular moderate exercise per week; older but fit person 9 ie plays tennis a few times per week)

  • Heavy: Labourer; job with high level of physical activity either heart rate based or strength; high level recreational/elite/professional athlete