You LBM is calculated based on your weight and fat percentage. That fat should you have to know! How did you get that?
Your fat are best - let - with a skin fold measurement meter. Now those things are not so easy to get in the Netherlands. I ordered mine via the Internet in Britain, and I immediately electronic meters by skinfold purchased.
Electronic caliper (skin fold meters) Do not go out of scales with a fat meter (only calculates the percentage of your lower body) or a vetmeter that you should keep your hands (only calculates the percentage of your upper body). Let your rate measured by an expert!
Katch-McArdle formula of is as follows:
BMR = 370 + (21.6 * LBM in kg)
Also in this formula can be calculated maintenance calorie needs. Make a list before using the Harris Benedict Formula.
In the calculator below to your weight, your fat percentage and number of your activity level (see above) here and click Calculate BMR:
"Why do dietitians do so tenaciously to calories?
Annemarie Mol
Annemarie Mol
Professor Annemarie Mol is professor of anthropology of the body at the University of Amsterdam. Last summer she wrote an essay in the Financial Times in which she argues for less emphasis on counting calories in the prevention of obesity.