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Better rough TDEE estimate than 5 level chart

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  • kathleenjoyful
    kathleenjoyful Posts: 210 Member
    OK so I changed it and put in 60 minutes of Pilates in low cardio exercises, and 420 minutes of walking in medium cardio exercises (considering carrying heavy loads, hills etc.) and left the other activities the same. This gives me a TDEE of 2,417 and a TDEG of 1,926. However, if I put in my body fat % of 44% from the scales I have, it drops my TDEE to 2,135 and my TDEG to 1,659. Considering I'm losing eating an average of 2000 calories a day (lost 0.8gs / 1.76lbs over the last 9 days), should I just leave my calorie goal around 1900-2000 and see how I go continuing my new workout schedule? I admit I would actually panic at the thought of only eating 1600ish calories.
  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
    OK so I changed it and put in 60 minutes of Pilates in low cardio exercises, and 420 minutes of walking in medium cardio exercises (considering carrying heavy loads, hills etc.) and left the other activities the same. This gives me a TDEE of 2,417 and a TDEG of 1,926. However, if I put in my body fat % of 44% from the scales I have, it drops my TDEE to 2,135 and my TDEG to 1,659. Considering I'm losing eating an average of 2000 calories a day (lost 0.8gs / 1.76lbs over the last 9 days), should I just leave my calorie goal around 1900-2000 and see how I go continuing my new workout schedule? I admit I would actually panic at the thought of only eating 1600ish calories.

    Those 3 levels of cardio, medium is about twice the burn as low, high is twice or more the burn as medium.

    So if carrying extra weight and hills, where downhill is just as strenuous if not more than up, and you avg just a tad under 3 mph - that is indeed medium cardio, same as walking 3-4 mph.

    When you did not use the BF%, did you erase the existing example figure which happens to be 44%?

    I'd suggest you average those scales with measurement method, good BF% scales can be 5% accurate when used right. But not all rate as that accurate, many are 10-15% accurate, even if consistent.
    But include measurement methods, input your scale BF% in the field asking for it - delete the skinfold example figure if you didn't - and use the avg BF% given.

    That being a best estimate makes the TDEE and TDEG best also.

    And you can always eat more than TDEG, which is just lowest safe level to still retain muscle mass.

    You would need a month of consistent workouts, no changes, and accurate daily logging, to discern a change to TDEE from estimated.

    But the Progress tab will actually do that, far right.

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