How Many Calories Should a Woman Over 40 Eat to Lose Weight?

How many calories should a woman over 40 eat to lose weigh, and is 1,200 really the answer? In this video, I explain why there is no universal calorie target for women over 40, what online calculators are actually estimating, and how to turn that estimate into a sensible starting experiment for your own body. We’ll cover: • Why age alone cannot determine your calorie needs • Why 1,200 calories isn’t automatically the right answer • How resting energy and everyday movement contribute to maintenance calories • The Mifflin–St Jeor estimate in plain English • Why activity settings can make calculators inaccurate • How to use several weeks of real results to keep, raise or lower your target • Why one weigh-in or one week doesn’t tell the whole story 🔢 FREE CALORIE AND MACRO CALCULATOR Calculate a sensible starting target for your calories, protein, carbohydrates and fats: https://emmasmart.coach/macro-calculator You can also use the free NIDDK Body Weight Planner, created by part of the National Institutes of Health: https://www.niddk.nih.gov/bwp Enter your current details, goal weight and timeframe. It will estimate the calories needed to reach your goal and maintain it afterwards. Whichever calculator you use, treat the result as a starting estimate—not a guaranteed perfect number. Track what happens over the following few weeks and adjust according to your real results. 🌙 FREE SLEEP TRACKER FOR WOMEN OVER 40 Track your sleep alongside your energy, mood, hunger and motivation. Spot your patterns and discover what may be helping—or hindering—your progress. Get your free tracker here: https://emmasmart.coach/free-sleep-tr... Once you’ve tracked for seven days, come back and tell me what you noticed 👇 WATCH NEXT: Why Every Diet Works at First, Then Stops Working After 40 https://youtu.be/zlCGyi69iWYhttps://y... #FatLossAfter40 #WomenOver40 #EmmaSmartCoach I’m Emma Smart, and I make fat loss over forty make sense. On this channel, you’ll find straightforward education about belly fat, nutrition, sleep, exercise and building habits that work with your life after forty. Subscribe for a new video every Sunday. Please remember that this content is for general education and is not individual medical advice. Speak to an appropriate qualified healthcare professional before making changes to medication, treatment, supplements, nutrition or exercise—particularly if you have a medical condition. © Emma Smart. All rights reserved. #FatLossOver40 #BellyFatOver40 #WeightLossOver40 #PerimenopauseWeightLoss #EmmaSmartCoach