Tdee

swim777

I want to try this as I lose those few pounds. A little scary to change my "plan," at this point. Any advice??

E_Brault

If your plan is working, stick with it. IMHO

robertw486

I think it works better for people with a set day than it does for others. In my case my physical day varies a lot, as does my time for exercise. For me logging seems to be the best method, but for people that like a set day, it might work better.

luluinca

I pretty much use the TDEE method. I know how many workouts I'll get in in a week and so it works for me. I only take about a 15% deficit and so I'm losing the last bit of weight pretty slowly, allowing for logging mistakes and over calorie days.............LOL.

I started this about a year ago after losing most of the weight restricting myself a little too much I think. Once I started eating more my strength and stamina increased dramatically. I've lost about 20 lbs in the last year and still have another 5 or so to go. Like I said............sloooowwwww..........

I still log my exercise but don't eat the calories back because I factored my activity into MFP already. I stick to around 1700-1750 calories a day.....give or take a few depending on weekend eating out or holidays etc.

UncleMac

tdeecalculator.net/

My dietitian hooked me up to a machine to measure my resting metabolic rate. I've always thought I was a slow metabolism... yeah, not so much... 2400 cal/day. That's what it takes to keep the system running. I'm lazy about measuring my food so my food goal of 2300 cal/day is a pretty loose target.

sijomial

TDEE method or MFP eat back exercise calories method should work out the same over time so really it's personal preference and fit with your lifestyle and exercise routine.

Would advise working out your current TDEE from your own food logging data rather than go down the route of using calculators. That way any logging inaccuracies get corrected.

Add up your total calories eaten in last 30 days.
Add 3500 for every pound lost in that period.
Divide by 30.

That gives your TDEE and you will have to take off a percentage to create your deficit. With not much weight left to lose I'm guessing you would aim for a small deficit.

sunman00

sijomial wrote: »

TDEE method or MFP eat back exercise calories method should work out the same over time so really it's personal preference and fit with your lifestyle and exercise routine.

Would advise working out your current TDEE from your own food logging data rather than go down the route of using calculators. That way any logging inaccuracies get corrected.

Add up your total calories eaten in last 30 days.
Add 3500 for every pound lost in that period.
Divide by 30.

That gives your TDEE and you will have to take off a percentage to create your deficit. With not much weight left to lose I'm guessing you would aim for a small deficit.

I like this advice & would echo it, TDEE is personal & in my view very important to know; intake, exercise, routine etc is a lifestyle thing rather than a daily thing so taking your last months intake & dividing by 30 & adding back your weight loss is an excellent idea., then you can work out & control your daily deficit confidently & accurately. good luck.

swim777

Thanks for the advice! I know that I have really restricted calories which is why maintenance will be tougher. I still have about 12.lbs to go. (Decided I could do this so added to my goal once I reached it.) slower is okay now.

luluinca

swim777 wrote: »

Thanks for the advice! I know that I have really restricted calories which is why maintenance will be tougher. I still have about 12.lbs to go. (Decided I could do this so added to my goal once I reached it.) slower is okay now.

You could do a reset and probably be happy with the results although it will take longer to lose the rest of the weight you want to lose. Check out the EM2WL group here...............that's what I did based on my trainer's recommendation.

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/3817-eat-more-2-weigh-less