TDEE

naxeea
naxeea Posts: 138 Member
edited November 19 in Fitness and Exercise
So according to fitnessfrog.com my TDEE is 2321.What does that mean?As per MFP my daily consumption should be 1750 but I'm always eating less than and working out 3-4 times a week.Sorry I know I may sound ignorant.

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  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    Fitness frog would have accounted for your exercise.
    What activity level did you choose on fitness frog? What do you have it set at on mfp?

    Tdee includes all exercise.

    Mfp uses the NEAT method, so calories given are before exercise .
  • naxeea
    naxeea Posts: 138 Member
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    christinev297 wrote: »
    Fitness frog would have accounted for your exercise.
    What activity level did you choose on fitness frog? What do you have it set at on mfp?

    Tdee includes all exercise.

    Mfp uses the NEAT method, so calories given are before exercise .

    Activity level was moderate.How do I check my TDEE on MFP?sorry I'm new to this.
  • sunnyside1213
    sunnyside1213 Posts: 1,205 Member
    My TDEE is 1037 calories a day. :(
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    Go into settings from your diary page, it's in there somewhere. When you signed up it would have asked you to click on

    sedentary
    lightly active
    Active and so on

    Alternatively you can manually enter what FF gave you into your goal calories, and make sure not to add extra exercise into your exercise diary.
  • naxeea
    naxeea Posts: 138 Member
    sunnyside1213 wrote: »
    My TDEE is 1037 calories a day. :(

    So what does that mean?
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    edited June 2015
    naxeea wrote: »
    sunnyside1213 wrote: »
    My TDEE is 1037 calories a day. :(

    So what does that mean?

    That it's disturbingly low!

    TDEE stands for Total Daily Energy Expenditure. What you burn in a day including exercise.

    My tdee is around 2,100 calories. This is what I eat to maintain my weight.

    Sit tight, i'll try and find the settings page and post it here.

  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/change_goals_guided

    Go here to see what activity level you're on.

    I recommend entering all of your stats here into mfp, and follow the numbers it gives you. Forget about TDEE and all of that for now.
  • sheldonklein
    sheldonklein Posts: 854 Member
    There is a serious confusion here. TDEE is the total calories you burn in a day, including exercise. You lose weight by eating at a deficit from your TDEE. If you're eating 1750, you have about a 700 calorie deficit and should lose approximately 1.5 pounds/week. No adult's TDEE is 1037 or anything close to that. That could be the BMR, or the calories you burn merely being alive.
  • naxeea
    naxeea Posts: 138 Member
    christinev297 wrote: »
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/change_goals_guided

    Go here to see what activity level you're on.

    I recommend entering all of your stats here into mfp, and follow the numbers it gives you. Forget about TDEE and all of that for now.
    Thanks a lot.
  • FitPhillygirl
    FitPhillygirl Posts: 7,124 Member
    sunnyside1213 wrote: »
    My TDEE is 1037 calories a day. :(

    This doesn't sound right at all. Did you put your correct hight, weight, and excercise level in to whatever source you used to calculate this amount? I would think even a sedentary person would at least be given 1200 calories a day.
  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
    sunnyside1213 wrote: »
    My TDEE is 1037 calories a day. :(

    You would have to be a sedentary 80 lb woman to have a TDEE that low. Are you sure you are not calculating BMR instead?

  • naxeea
    naxeea Posts: 138 Member

    Eileen_S wrote: »
    sunnyside1213 wrote: »
    My TDEE is 1037 calories a day. :(

    This doesn't sound right at all. Did you put your correct hight, weight, and excercise level in to whatever source you used to calculate this amount? I would think even a sedentary person would at least be given 1200 calories a day.
    So is it basically the calories to be consumed?Mine is 2321.
  • FitPhillygirl
    FitPhillygirl Posts: 7,124 Member
    naxeea wrote: »
    Eileen_S wrote: »
    sunnyside1213 wrote: »
    My TDEE is 1037 calories a day. :(

    This doesn't sound right at all. Did you put your correct hight, weight, and excercise level in to whatever source you used to calculate this amount? I would think even a sedentary person would at least be given 1200 calories a day.
    So is it basically the calories to be consumed?Mine is 2321.
    If this is what was calculated as your TDEE. Yes, that is the amount of calories that you should consume each day.
  • naxeea
    naxeea Posts: 138 Member
    Eileen_S wrote: »
    naxeea wrote: »
    Eileen_S wrote: »
    sunnyside1213 wrote: »
    My TDEE is 1037 calories a day. :(

    This doesn't sound right at all. Did you put your correct hight, weight, and excercise level in to whatever source you used to calculate this amount? I would think even a sedentary person would at least be given 1200 calories a day.
    So is it basically the calories to be consumed?Mine is 2321.
    If this is what was calculated as your TDEE. Yes, that is the amount of calories that you should consume each day.

    That's the number I got from fitness frog.com.My calorie goal on MFP is 1730.Are these two different things?
  • loulamb7
    loulamb7 Posts: 801 Member
    edited June 2015
    [/quote]That's the number I got from fitness frog.com.My calorie goal on MFP is 1730.Are these two different things?[/quote]

    Yes, they are different. TDEE includes your expected exercise, MFP does not. If you eat at TDEE, you will maintain your weight. In order to lose weight you need to eat less then TDEE.

    Is your MFP number set to maintain or lose weight?
  • naxeea
    naxeea Posts: 138 Member
    loulamb7 wrote: »
    That's the number I got from fitness frog.com.My calorie goal on MFP is 1730.Are these two different things?[/quote]

    Yes, they are different. TDEE includes your expected exercise, MFP does not. If you eat at TDEE, you will maintain your weight. In order to lose weight you need to eat less then TDEE.

    Is your MFP number set to maintain or lose weight?
    [/quote]

    The MFP number is to lose weight.

  • loulamb7
    loulamb7 Posts: 801 Member
    This sounds about right. If you eat at TDEE (2321) you should maintain your current weight. If you ate at 1730, the number MFP recommends, you would be eating about 591 calories below TDEE (2321-1730), which lead to a weight loss of slightly over a pound a week.
  • naxeea
    naxeea Posts: 138 Member
    loulamb7 wrote: »
    This sounds about right. If you eat at TDEE (2321) you should maintain your current weight. If you ate at 1730, the number MFP recommends, you would be eating about 591 calories below TDEE (2321-1730), which lead to a weight loss of slightly over a pound a week.

    Perfect.I eat under 1730 plus I follow 5:2 diet.So I guess I'm on the right track.Thanks a lot. ☺️
  • sixxpoint
    sixxpoint Posts: 3,529 Member
    sunnyside1213 wrote: »
    My TDEE is 1037 calories a day. :(

    No, it's not.

    Guaranteed.
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