YJ...hey, bro! Good to see you over here. But, man, you're probably going to hate me for this, but it's more for my clarification rather than to nit-pick. Before I get to it, believe me when I say that I am thankful that you've posted such scientific methods of calculating caloric needs...I'm tired of that shot-in-the-dark "number" x "bodyweight" stuff. You know that I'm a huge proponent of the Massive Eating calculations for caloric needs, particularly because it takes into account lean body mass.
I did a little research on the Harris-Benedict equation, and I must apologize, the result is, in fact, one's BMR. However, when you multiply the result (i.e., the BMR) by the activity factor, this is NO LONGER the BMR. This is where my confusion came into place. So, I believe that we were both right, and perhaps it was the electronic medium that actually led to our disagreement and confusion. I hope that this mends threads somewhat. I also noticed that the Harris-Benedict you listed in your post was accurate (of course) but the activity factors that I've come across are significantly different. Here's what my research produced:
"Activity Multiplier
If you are sedentary (little or no exercise, desk job) multiply BMR by 1.2
If you are lightly active (light exercise/sports 1-3 days/wk) multiply BMR by 1.375
If you are mod. active (moderate exercise/sports 3-5 days/wk) multiply BMR by 1.55
If you take heavy exercise (hard exercise/sports 6-7 days/wk) multiply BMR by 1.725"
These activity multipliers would lead to much great caloric expenditures. Oh, by the way, the final caloric number that one calculates--after multiplying BMR by Activity Factor and adding in the Thermic effect of Food--is called Total Daily Energy Expenditure (or something to that extent).
The calculator provided by Matt--excellent work, my friend--actually produces numbers similar to those that I calculated using the above Activity Multipliers.
So all this may seem worthless and unneccassary, but I just had to get it off my chest
Off to more important matters now...
T-Rock