TDEE VS MFP

TylerWhiite

Hey everyone, was just wondering what people have used/are using to determine their calories to lose weight. I've heard about calculating my TDEE, not sure if I should do that or stick to what MFP says to eat. Thanks!

ashliedelgado

MFP assumes you're trying to lose weight in a coma so you have to add in and eat back your exercise calories, where as TDEE builds your activity calories in and you build your deficit from there. Its a matter of preference. I have an activity tracker that pairs with a heart rate monitor that estimates my TDEE, and is linked with MFP. I eat back around half of what my activity tracker gives me in addition to MFP goals.

JeromeBarry1

TDEE and MFP are on the same team. There's no conflict.
The only thing MFP does is subtract a number consistent with your weight loss goal.

shrcpr

Some people seem to find TDEE easier because you just eat to the same amount each day, but it only works well IF your exercise type and burns are consistent from week to week. If you're like me and all over the place with type and amount of exercise, MFP is probably better.

capaul42

shrcpr wrote: »

Some people seem to find TDEE easier because you just eat to the same amount each day, but it only works well IF your exercise type and burns are consistent from week to week. If you're like me and all over the place with type and amount of exercise, MFP is probably better.

Same for me. Some days I'm on the go from the second I get up. Other days I'm pretty much a vegetable other than my exercise. MFP works better for me because I don't have a consistent schedule really.

kgirlhart

shrcpr wrote: »

Some people seem to find TDEE easier because you just eat to the same amount each day, but it only works well IF your exercise type and burns are consistent from week to week. If you're like me and all over the place with type and amount of exercise, MFP is probably better.

I agree with this. TDEE takes exercise into account so if you have consistent exercise you can use the TDEE formula and eat approximately the same number of calories per day. For me (especially when I first started) my exercise wasn't as consistent so using mfp formula worked best. I eat back about 75% or so of my exercise calories and if I have a day where I'm not able to do much I don't eat as much. The best thing really is just to pick one and be consistent.

LivingtheLeanDream

Both ways work, the problem with TDEE is that its not stagnant, activities can change from day to day and that's why alot of people prefer to go by MFP figures.
I use TDEE myself but I have a Fitbit so I know my numbers every day and that works really well for me.
Its a personal choice.

zyxst

I went with TDEE while actively losing weight because I didn't like the hunger swings using MFP's method (NEAT + exercise). It's easier for me to have a stable calorie goal each day.

TylerWhiite

RunRutheeRun wrote: »

Both ways work, the problem with TDEE is that its not stagnant, activities can change from day to day and that's why alot of people prefer to go by MFP figures.
I use TDEE myself but I have a Fitbit so I know my numbers every day and that works really well for me.
Its a personal choice.

Okay thank you! I was just worried that MFP may be giving me too many calories burned on some exercises so I was worried that I could over eat.

TavistockToad

I like mfp as I like the extra cals on workout days

eringrace95_

I use my Fitbit Charge HR to see my daily caloric burn and generally eat 500 under my calculated TDEE. I find it easier than the MFP Net method.