Looking to start a cut? Find yourself asking “How many calories for cutting?” Looking to start a fat loss journey or just get a bit fitter? Well in this article, we are going to be walking you through exactly how to calculate your calories for cutting. We are going to be using our free Macro & calorie calculator. Calculating your calories for cutting is so simple, doesn’t matter if you are bodybuilding, Just cutting for a holiday or just want to lose a bit of fat, it is simple!. It will only take you a few minutes but will save you hours in your diet, and remove all the guesswork out of dieting.
So where do we start with calculating our calories for cutting? Well, first you need to go over to the app store and download the Sets & Reps Application (Click here), Once you download the app you can then start to calculate your Macros. First, you need to know a few measurements about yourself. Mainly, Your height, Your weight and your age. All should be fairly simple to work out.
Let's get started?
Open the app, Navigate to the Calorie calorie calculator, This calculator can be used for bulking calories calculator, cutting calories calculator or even a maintenance calories calculator, but for today we are going to be using to calculate or calories for cutting.
Once you have opened the calculator, you will have the option to select your units of measurement. For this example, I’m going to be choosing Kilograms and Centimetres.
You will then be shown 3 boxes to fill out, and 3 option to choose. Using your age, Weight and height fill out the relevant boxes. You are halfway done to calculating your calories for cutting.
Next up is your gender, Activity and Goal. Gender is simple, Activity is how active are you?
- No Exercise Weekly = Sedentary
- 1-3 Times Weekly = Lightly
- 3-5 Times weekly = Moderate
- 5+ Times Weekly = Very
You can be the judge of the scale, if you think you are very active, select very. If you think you are only average select Moderate or lightly. The next option is Goal. This is where you select what you want your macros to achieve. For today we are using the app as a Cutting calories calculator. So select Loss.
What's the next Step?
Once you have selected all these options, you are basically done and ready to calculate your daily calories. Click the Calculate button at the Botton Right. This will Calculate your Daily Calories. Great! So now you have your Calories for Cutting, but what if you want to break it down further to macros? Well, luckily, using this Cutting calories calculator, you can break these calories down even further. After a few seconds, you will see a Macro button on the bottom left. Click this to view the macro breakdown of your Calories when cutting.
Once you have clicked this button, it will calculate How many calories for cutting, and break it down into the macros. It will show you how much protein, Carbs and fats you can eat a day. Following this, we can guarantee that you will lose fat. We have plenty of times in various other blogs that weight loss and fat loss occurs when in a calorie deficit, So following these calories will make sure that you lose fat. If you need help planning your Macro’s, or a secret tip for getting more macros, then you are in luck. We have written an article about how to gain extra macros and calories a day. Click here to check it out.
Remember, after a few weeks (We would say 3-4 weeks) following these calories/Macros, it is a good idea to re-weight yourself and calculate your macros again. This is because, as you lose weight your calorie needs will decrease. So you need to adjust your macros to fit. However, using our Calorie Calculator, this is a breeze and FREE!
Conclusion
So in conclusion, if you ever find yourself needing to calculate calories for cutting, or wondering how many calories when cutting then you can use our free Calculator. As said previously it can be used as a bulking calories calculator or a Cutting calories calculator. Doesn’t matter if you are trying to calculate bulking, cutting or maintenance calories, with the help of our free calorie Calculator and Macro Calculator you will have your results in seconds. If you want to give it a go then you can download our app for free here.
Written by Kieran Blacker
Kieran is the CEO and Founder of Sets & Reps. He decided to make an application that helped people get a gym workout when not at the gym. He designed, Coded and built the application himself.