BMR higher than MFP daily goal

martides90

Hey everyone. So my BMR is 1808. As I have a desk job I set my activity level at sedentary and got 1340 daily calories as goal!
Shall I change my activity level till I get close to my BMR? Oh I work out from 3 to 6 times a week.

Sarauk2sf

What did you set your weekly weight loss goal to be and how much do you have to lose?

Warchortle

Just eat 1800 if you work out.

I don't even worry about TDEE because it's all guess. If you can just eat generally how much you need to maintain AND you're exercising you'll be in a deficit regardless.

_Zardoz_

Remember everything is an estimate. Your bmr your calorie the lot so it's normally a case of trial and error and what works for you

neandermagnon

Hey everyone. So my BMR is 1808. As I have a desk job I set my activity level at sedentary and got 1340 daily calories as goal!
Shall I change my activity level till I get close to my BMR? Oh I work out from 3 to 6 times a week.

you work out 3-6 times a week yet you set your activity level at sedentary.... why? It's not going to give you the right number of calories if you don't put the right information into it.

Alexandra289

Even though my lifestyle is pretty sedentary as I'm a student (not counting workouts as I track them separately) I put the MFP setting to the highest activity level. That means it gives me about 1500 a day when my BMR is just under that. It helps me to make sure I net above my BMR. Otherwise I should apparently eat around 1200 - I would never manage that!

geebusuk

How did you get the figure for your BMR?

I'm not convinced there's any good 'science' behind the "don't eat below your BMR" - I'm sure some can safely (hasn't seemed to cause me any problems).
If you've only got a little to lose, it makes more sense as a guide.

nikilis

Hey everyone. So my BMR is 1808. As I have a desk job I set my activity level at sedentary and got 1340 daily calories as goal!
Shall I change my activity level till I get close to my BMR? Oh I work out from 3 to 6 times a week.

we need more info, age, height weight. that bmr sounds a tad high.

Francl27

Your MFP goal doesn't include exercise.

martides90

So I calculated again my BMR usinng MFP, which already has my current weight, height etc., and turns out is 1472..before I just used a calculator found on Google. So if I change my activity level from sedentary to lightly active my daily calories goal is 1490. Should be fine right?

Another question: some weeks I work out more than others, always at least 3 times so far, but for example this week I can work out everyday. Shall I adjust my activity level according to I active I am gonna be in the week?