Need Help w/TDEE

jennismagic

Hi there,

I'm not new to weight loss and fitness, but I need a little help. I sprained my ankle at the gym back in October, which took me out of rotation for about two months. It's been an uphill climb getting back to normal, especially with my eating. Still, I'm determined to get back to where I was and back on the right path toward my nutrition and fitness goals.

One of the things that I can't quite figure out is what my TDEE should be. I was in peak condition back in October, eating 1910 calories daily and working out 4-5 times per week, but I'm wondering if I should lower it to the original calorie count (1620) until I'm fully back into the swing of things. I'm about eight pounds heavier than I was then, and not nearly as active. I went up to 1910 from 1620 last June when I noticed that I was constantly hungry and the results weren't coming as quickly as they had before, and things seemed to work much better after that.

Am I overthinking it? Should I just calculate my new TDEE to fit where I am now, or stay with what I was doing before?

yarwell

Don't understand. Your TDEE is what it is - resting metabolic rate plus various add ons including exercise activity.

Are you trying to get a good estimate or what ?

Timshel_

jennismagic wrote: »

One of the things that I can't quite figure out is what my TDEE should be. I was in peak condition back in October, eating 1910 calories daily and working out 4-5 times per week, but I'm wondering if I should lower it to the original calorie count (1620) until I'm fully back into the swing of things. I'm about eight pounds heavier than I was then, and not nearly as active.

If you had something that was working before for loss then start back there. You mention not being as active so dropping a few hundred calories a day might work for testing over a couple weeks, but you also mention feeling hungry still at 1600 so that doesn't sound good.