maintenance calories
Intake matching expenditure
Maintenance calories are the number of calories needed to keep your body at its current weight—neither gaining nor losing.
The figure varies by age, sex, activity level, and metabolism.
Someone tracking their diet might calculate maintenance calories as a baseline: I'm eating at maintenance for now, not cutting or bulking.
- metabolic rateBody's energy consumption pace
- deficitAmount still owed
- surplusAmount exceeding requirement
- basalOf the foundation
- metabolismCellular nutrient conversion
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maintenance caloriescaloric surplus
Intake exceeds expenditure
caloric deficit · overfeeding · underfeeding · starvation mode · lean bulk
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