That's right. As a soccer player, Lupe can be considered to have a heavy activity level. Therefore, she's estimated to use 20 kcal for every pound of body weight or 44 kcal for every kilogram. You could have figured her caloric expenditure using either pounds or kilograms:

157 lbs. x 20 kcal/lb. = 3,140 kcal

OR

157 lbs./ 2.205 = 71 kg of body weight

71 kg x 44 kcal/kg = 3,124 kcal


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