i am having trouble with bmr issues...any pros out there?

bb_wholesale12
bb_wholesale12 Posts: 2
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
i am a 37 year old male. i stated my fitnesspal 32 days ago and have lost 24 pounds. but as i keep reading it says i am doing it totally wrong. my bmr says for me to eat 2720 calories. but ive been loosing weight at 1300 calories and a little tred mill time 3 times a week. I have read that if i want to loose two pounds a week then i need to eat 1000 less then 2720, equaling out to 1720. And if i exercize i need to eat more....of course i am afraid to since the 1300 calorie has been working..what do i do?? need help!

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  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    how much do you have to lose? 24lbs in 32 day is pretty extreme?
  • ncboiler89
    ncboiler89 Posts: 2,408 Member
    If you lost 24 pounds in 32 days you may need to see a doctor.
  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
    Why are you "afraid" to eat 1720 calories per day?
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    Is your BMR 2720 or is your TDEE 2720?

    BMR = basal metabolic rate = # calories to keep you alive but doing nothing (lying around in bed all day)

    TDEE = total daily energy expenditure = # calories to keep you at the same weight, includes your BMR plus calories for daily life (walking to the mailbox, washing dishes, etc.) plus exercise

    Either way, you are currently eating below "1000 less than 2720" so it makes sense that you are losing much faster. 24 pounds in 32 days is much faster. Some of that is going to be because when you first start losing weight you lose a lot of water weight. The bigger you are, the more you lose. I checked your profile and based on your goal weight loss, I don't find that 24 pounds shocking.

    At this point, I greatly encourage you to raise your calorie level. There is no need to eat only 1300 calories in order to lose weight. First, as a man, the lowest goal that MFP should give you is 1500 so you eating 1300 shows me that you are eating less than what MFP gave you. Second, at your size, you could eat well above 1300 and still lose weight. My suggestion is to use MFP as it is intended. Go into your profile and set your activity level as either sedentary or lightly active based on how active you are outside of exercise. Choose how many pounds a week to lose. At your current size, 2 pounds per week is fine. Then eat the number of calories it tells you is your daily goal. (Be sure to get a kitchen scale, measuring cups, and measuring spoons. Whenever possible, weigh your food. If that is not possible, measuring using the cups/spoons. Log it all in the diary to track your calories.) If you exercise, log that exercise and then eat at least half of those extra calories. You will lose weight this way.
  • ruggedshutter
    ruggedshutter Posts: 389 Member
    With your goal of losing 130+ pounds, you will eventually run into a wall of fatigue at some point. It may be tomorrow or a month from now but you will hit it because you aren't fueling your body enough. I don't know what your current weight and height is but plug your numbers into MFP and go by what it tells you. Just be cautious of what the calorie burns that you enter into MFP because MFP's calculator tends to be skewed on the higher side.
  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
    With your goal of losing 130+ pounds, you will eventually run into a wall of fatigue at some point. It may be tomorrow or a month from now but you will hit it because you aren't fueling your body enough.
    I'm only losing 112 or so, but in a year I never ran into such a wall, though people kept telling me the same thing.

  • ruggedshutter
    ruggedshutter Posts: 389 Member
    edited April 2015
    With your goal of losing 130+ pounds, you will eventually run into a wall of fatigue at some point. It may be tomorrow or a month from now but you will hit it because you aren't fueling your body enough.
    I'm only losing 112 or so, but in a year I never ran into such a wall, though people kept telling me the same thing.

    But are you under-fueling your body by over 2600 calories/day? BTW, congrats on your weight loss. 100 pounds is amazing

  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
    With your goal of losing 130+ pounds, you will eventually run into a wall of fatigue at some point. It may be tomorrow or a month from now but you will hit it because you aren't fueling your body enough.
    I'm only losing 112 or so, but in a year I never ran into such a wall, though people kept telling me the same thing.

    But are you under-fueling your body by over 2600 calories/day? BTW, congrats on your weight loss. 100 pounds is amazing
    When I started, I was in that ballpark, plus exercise. For almost all of the rest of the time, I was at about a 1500 deficit plus exercise.

    I'm not now because I'm working toward figuring out my maintenance level, but I'm still around a 900 deficit (1780 average calories per day) plus exercise. I'll be bumping it up about 150 a day every couple/few weeks until I get to maintenance, so I'm well past the biggest deficits at this point.
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