How Maintenance Calories Are Estimated

Maintenance calories estimate the amount of energy your body uses across normal life, training, digestion, and recovery.

Fitectra uses Mifflin-St Jeor for BMR, then multiplies that number by your selected activity level. Your real-world maintenance may be higher or lower, so tracking trends matters.

Treat the first target as a starting point for two to four weeks. If weight, measurements, energy, hunger, and workouts are not moving in the expected direction, adjust gradually.

Short-term changes are noisy. Water, sodium, stress, sleep, menstrual cycles, and training soreness can all shift scale weight.