How am I losing weight?
blopmiyers
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My TDEE is around 2000 calories a day. I eat over that by 500, so 2500 calories a day. But I'm somehow losing weight and I'm confused to how. I only lift 4x a week for periods of 40 mins each. Anyways, I'll be bumping up my intake just confused on how I'm losing weight.
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I found that I was drastically underestimating my TDEE - I kept losing weight no matter what I did until I started tracking my workouts with my fitbit and syncing the data to MFP. Turns out my TDEE is somewhere around 3.5-4.5k/day depending on work and workouts, far higher than the 2.5-3k I was expecting.1
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I found that I was drastically underestimating my TDEE - I kept losing weight no matter what I did until I started tracking my workouts with my fitbit and syncing the data to MFP. Turns out my TDEE is somewhere around 3.5-4.5k/day depending on work and workouts, far higher than the 2.5-3k I was expecting.
I'm not sure how I would go about to find my TDEE I own a Samsung gear fit 2 and it says my workouts are about 180 calories burnt off. It tells me I burn 2k calories a day on avg with that. So I should be in a 500 surplus. But I'm still losing. I'll look around to find a way to re calculate my TDEE0 -
You're an 18 year male, so I'm guessing your TDEE is much higher. Most men bulk upwards of 3000 calories. Just to put it in perspective. I'm 5'4'' 120lbs and my TDEE (with a workout) is 2000.3
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blopmiyers wrote: »I found that I was drastically underestimating my TDEE - I kept losing weight no matter what I did until I started tracking my workouts with my fitbit and syncing the data to MFP. Turns out my TDEE is somewhere around 3.5-4.5k/day depending on work and workouts, far higher than the 2.5-3k I was expecting.
I'm not sure how I would go about to find my TDEE I own a Samsung gear fit 2 and it says my workouts are about 180 calories burnt off. It tells me I burn 2k calories a day on avg with that. So I should be in a 500 surplus. But I'm still losing. I'll look around to find a way to re calculate my TDEE
Sounds like this is off by quite a bit if you are still losing weight. Google TDEE calculator, there are several on line that would likely give you another perspective. I usually use the ScoobyWorkshop one, but there are ones on IIFYM and FitnessFrog.0 -
I found that I was drastically underestimating my TDEE - I kept losing weight no matter what I did until I started tracking my workouts with my fitbit and syncing the data to MFP. Turns out my TDEE is somewhere around 3.5-4.5k/day depending on work and workouts, far higher than the 2.5-3k I was expecting.
Wait how is your TDEE that high??? That seems really high, no?0 -
Wait how is your TDEE that high??? That seems really high, no?
I know, it seems ridiculous - but it explains why I never gained weight last time I tried to bulk on 4K/day. I guess a combination of my hight (over 6'), combined with 15-18k steps a day from work, with gym calories etc added on top make it that high.
Edit: here's my calorie burn for the last week or so from my Fitbit. Tuesday, Friday and Saturday I wasn't at work, the others I was.
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I'm a 73 kg not very muscly girl with a desk job and I tend to do about 2500 calories on a normal working day with no additional exercise other than my to/from work walking (1 hour total). That works out at about 10k steps. On my gym days I usually go up to around 3000 calories.
A bigger more muscly person who goes to the gym every day or has a more active job could easily burn over 3000 calories.1 -
You are not eating enough op...I bulk on about 2800 to 3000 calories and I am 5-10 37 180 pound male...0
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I found that I was drastically underestimating my TDEE - I kept losing weight no matter what I did until I started tracking my workouts with my fitbit and syncing the data to MFP. Turns out my TDEE is somewhere around 3.5-4.5k/day depending on work and workouts, far higher than the 2.5-3k I was expecting.
Wow you burn a LOT of calories, I'm gonna have to get myself a fitbit.2 -
The 'average' man has a tdee of 2500 calories... so it's not so doubtful to think yours is at least that, is it?2
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Every time I decide to "bulk" I lose weight...lol so don't ask me1
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The simplest answer is your TDEE is not 2000 calories per day...
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There is no way your TDEE is 2000 calories a day. I'm a 40+ man, and I loose weight on 2000 calories a day. I don't even calculate workout calories. My method is simple, weight daily and get a weekly average to determine if I am gaining or loosing. Up the calories from there to gain, or drop them to 2000 to cut.0
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OP, for weight gain try 18 - 22 calories per pound total body weight...0
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You are not eating enough op...I bulk on about 2800 to 3000 calories and I am 5-10 37 180 pound male...
Pretty much. I am a 34 yo male, 5'11, 174, with a desk job and I maintain at 3k, so I bulk around 3300. So a 18 y/o should definitely be higher.
OP, how much are you losing per week? You provide that, we can easily figure out your real maintenance calories.1 -
You are not eating enough op...I bulk on about 2800 to 3000 calories and I am 5-10 37 180 pound male...
Pretty much. I am a 34 yo male, 5'11, 174, with a desk job and I maintain at 3k, so I bulk around 3300. So a 18 y/o should definitely be higher.
OP, how much are you losing per week? You provide that, we can easily figure out your real maintenance calories.
I lose about .4-.6 a week. Some other weeks I lose .20 -
I just went to my nutrition specialist and discovered that my work out is too intense which equals to burning too many calories. My workout is Rapid Toning = 45 min. each day (4 days/wk) and burning about 350 to 400 cal. per workout. Solution, reduce cardio to 1 time per week and do weight lifting 4 times per week and stay at 2200 cal per day with my meal plan. It takes time but when we stay mindful of our workout & food intake, we can gain weight. I'll let you know my results in 4 weeks. Stay Strong!1
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kpolanski1 wrote: »I just went to my nutrition specialist and discovered that my work out is too intense which equals to burning too many calories. My workout is Rapid Toning = 45 min. each day (4 days/wk) and burning about 350 to 400 cal. per workout. Solution, reduce cardio to 1 time per week and do weight lifting 4 times per week and stay at 2200 cal per day with my meal plan. It takes time but when we stay mindful of our workout & food intake, we can gain weight. I'll let you know my results in 4 weeks. Stay Strong!
"Rapid Toning", "too intense", "burning too many calories".
I hope this is some kind of joke?!
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blopmiyers wrote: »You are not eating enough op...I bulk on about 2800 to 3000 calories and I am 5-10 37 180 pound male...
Pretty much. I am a 34 yo male, 5'11, 174, with a desk job and I maintain at 3k, so I bulk around 3300. So a 18 y/o should definitely be higher.
OP, how much are you losing per week? You provide that, we can easily figure out your real maintenance calories.
I lose about .4-.6 a week. Some other weeks I lose .2
Your real TDEE is around 2750. Eat 3000-3200 and you should be gaining. When actual data is available, never use a calculator. It doesn't understand actual activity and the multipliers are based on your assessment which can be off.
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