Accuracy of TDEE

Alphastate

Does anyone else feel like their TDEE is too high? Mine is in the 2800 range, but I never eat that much. When I was in the 2400-2500 range, I gained weight. I've lost that weight now and am trying to gain back a few pounds.

Alphastate

Anyone?

bcattoes

I know my stats calculate higher than my actual TDEE. I maintained my weight for over a year while tracking and eating less than what the calculators say. And when I calculated it I think I underestimated my activity level by putting moderate even though I workout nearly every day, but some days are more intense than others.

juliegrey1

I thought I was being given too many calories at 1690 a day Im 5 ft 2 and was a bit nervous of this. I am fairly active as in I cycles 12 miles at least 3 times a week and when I dont I walk 6-8 miles so its working for me anyway,I would change it if I was more sedentary!!

JessHealthKick

have you used the iifym calculator?

I just calculated my TDEE (I know my BMR is 'meant' to be 1430) and I get 2270 without putting in my bodyfat%, and 1890 when I do. Bodyfat% is inaccurate anyway, but it goes to show how people are unique - height and age doesn't mean much. I am eating about 1500-1700 a day ( a little more when exercising) as I'm trying to lose. If I ate 2270 a day I would DEFINITELY gain!

If you have a lot of muscle then yes, you need more food to maintain that. If you have hormonal imbalances, then you could have a slower metabolism (like me).

pcastagner

http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator-calibration/

carolyn0613

I have a spreadsheet that i enter my calories that I have eaten (gross), as logged on MFP. If you do a printable report using the button which can be found at the bottom of your diary, this will give you your log in a nice easily copiable format for pasting into excel

I then enter my weight loss (I measure on wednesdays eg). I then have a column for calculating my average TDEE for that week which is my (weight loss/gain in Lbs x 3500 + each day's calories / 7

So for example if I eat 1900 cals every day and lose 1 lb that week I calculate that my TDEE = 1900 + 1900 + 1900 + 1900 + 1900 + 1900 + 1900 + (1 x 3500) / 7 = 2400.

The more data you use, the more accurate it becomes. I use 1 month, which should iron out variances such as hormones and other fluctuations

bcattoes

have you used the iifym calculator?

I just tried this, and with BF% (mine is accurate as of a few months ago when I had a DEXA) it still came back > 300 more than my actual TDEE. But, when I used the activity level setting, where you put in how many minutes at each level per day, it was just about right. This is the first calculator I've seen that measured mine correctly.

carolyn0613

have you used the iifym calculator?

I just tried this, and with BF% (mine is accurate as of a few months ago when I had a DEXA) it still came back > 300 more than my actual TDEE. But, when I used the activity level setting, where you put in how many minutes at each level per day, it was just about right. This is the first calculator I've seen that measured mine correctly.

I also use it and it seems most accurate when i track my activity with it