😴 Sleep Calories Burned Calculator
Find out exactly how many calories your body burns while you sleep based on your weight, age, and sleep duration.
| Body Weight | Light Sleep (cal/hr) | Deep Sleep (cal/hr) | REM Sleep (cal/hr) | Avg 8hr Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 110 lbs (50 kg) | 36 | 43 | 40 | ~307 |
| 130 lbs (59 kg) | 42 | 51 | 47 | ~363 |
| 155 lbs (70 kg) | 50 | 61 | 56 | ~432 |
| 180 lbs (82 kg) | 58 | 71 | 65 | ~502 |
| 205 lbs (93 kg) | 66 | 81 | 74 | ~572 |
| 230 lbs (104 kg) | 74 | 90 | 83 | ~641 |
| 255 lbs (116 kg) | 82 | 100 | 92 | ~711 |
| 300 lbs (136 kg) | 97 | 118 | 108 | ~836 |
| Age Group | Male 155 lbs 5'10" | Female 130 lbs 5'5" | Sleep Cal/8hr (Male) | Sleep Cal/8hr (Female) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20–25 yrs | 1,863 cal/day | 1,471 cal/day | ~524 | ~414 |
| 26–35 yrs | 1,823 cal/day | 1,431 cal/day | ~513 | ~403 |
| 36–45 yrs | 1,783 cal/day | 1,391 cal/day | ~502 | ~392 |
| 46–55 yrs | 1,743 cal/day | 1,351 cal/day | ~491 | ~381 |
| 56–65 yrs | 1,703 cal/day | 1,311 cal/day | ~480 | ~369 |
| 66+ yrs | 1,663 cal/day | 1,271 cal/day | ~468 | ~358 |
| Sleep Duration | Calories Burned | kJ Equivalent | % of Daily BMR |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 hours | ~216 | ~904 | ~12% |
| 5 hours | ~270 | ~1,130 | ~15% |
| 6 hours | ~324 | ~1,356 | ~18% |
| 7 hours | ~378 | ~1,582 | ~21% |
| 8 hours | ~432 | ~1,808 | ~24% |
| 9 hours | ~486 | ~2,034 | ~27% |
| 10 hours | ~540 | ~2,260 | ~30% |
The body always works to use Calories. Even when one sleeps, it uses energy for the beat of the heart, the breathing of the lungs and the basic metabolism. Like this, yes, Sleep genuinely helps burn Calories, and it indeed uses some of them.
On average folk burns around 50 Calories each hour during Sleep. During a whole night of eight hours, that reaches about 400 Calories. Some calculations estimate the range a bit more widely of 300 to 600 Calories per night, according to the person.
How Many Calories You Burn While You Sleep
Some others point around 266 to 342 Calories per night, based on the advised seven to nine hours of Sleep.
Here matters the body mass. Folks with more weight use more Calories overnight than those more lightweight. For instance, folk of 150 pounds burns around 68 Calories each hour during Sleep, what results in almost 544 Calories during eight hours.
Some ranges reach even more, between 68 and 91 Calories each hour.
The exact amount depends also on things like the body shape, the metabolic speed, the level of activity and the quality of the Sleep. There is not one single pattern that answers for each. The basic metabolic rate, or BMR, helps to estimate how many Calories the body uses at rest, including during Sleep.
The energy rate during Sleep matches almost to the BMR. Common methods too count BMR are the Harris-Benedict formula and the Mifflin-St Jeor formula.
Here is an easy way to estimate it yourself. Using a calculator for BMR, find your value, divide it by 24, and that gives a notion about the Calories used each hour at rest. Multiply that by the hours of Sleep, and you have the rough amount.
Also, the body uses more Calories in certain phases of Sleep. In REM Sleep, the glucose use goes up, what boosts the burning of Calories. Limiting the light before bed can help more REM Sleep.
The heart rhythm also grows during several Sleep cycles, so genuinely Sleep indeed can burn more Calories than simply lying in bed and watching television.
Going without overnight Sleep forces the body use around 161 extra Calories compared to eight hours of Sleep. Even so, that does not mean that skipping Sleep is a good idea. The extra burning does not come from the Sleep itself, but from the activities that replace it.
Actually, Sleep is a very active metabolic process.
Being awake widely uses more Calories than Sleep, because of the stress and all daily tasks. Relaxed activities during waking, like reading, burn 70 to 100 Calories each hour. Sitting on the couch or sleeping use similar amounts for typical folk of 160 pounds, around 50 to 60 Calories each hour.
Big Calories gaps however can hurt theSleep quality, what is worth to recall.
