Quick Question

MissMissy473
MissMissy473 Posts: 7 Member
edited December 3 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi,
According to the many articles I've recently read, exercise doesn't contribute to weight loss (I workout 5-6 times a week) -- it is advised to ignore calories burned all together. What has me confused is how am I supposed to determine my caloric deficit. My BMR is 1450. If I can't include calories burned, then would I take 500 calories off of my BMR? I know I shouldn't drop below 1200 calories, but isn't it unhealthy for me to only consume 1200 calories if I burn close to 1000 per workout?

I'm a bit a confused as you can see.

thank you very much for all your help!

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  • T0M_K
    T0M_K Posts: 7,526 Member
    edited September 2016
    you need to research TDEE and BMR and understand the difference. BMR is basically like if you'd be in a coma! clearly your not. unless you just slipped into one :P
  • Spliner1969
    Spliner1969 Posts: 3,233 Member
    edited September 2016
    Not sure where you are reading these articles but you may want to steer clear of those sites. Of course exercise can help with weight loss by helping you to burn calories. Yes, it's true that most exercise calories are over inflated so you may want to choose to eat back only 50% of those calories until you are sure how accurate your measurements are. But if your BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate) is 1450, then your TDEE is most certainly higher, and add in exercise and it'll be even that much more higher. Remember BMR is the number of calories you burn just being alive and sedimentary. Move around, like anyone normally does in the course of a day, and your body burns more calories. Add exercise and yes, it burns even more.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    edited September 2016
    If you don't want to log exercise then figure out your TDEE and make a deficit from there (NOT your BMR).

    Also - how are you calculating your exercise calories? For me personally it would take many hours in the gym to burn 1,000 calories... So if you don't do the TDEE route then be sure you're acurately calculating any calories you eat back - or only eat back a portion.
  • Spliner1969
    Spliner1969 Posts: 3,233 Member
    Ready2Rock206 wrote: »
    If you don't want to log exercise then figure out your TDEE and make a deficit from there (NOT your BMR).

    Agreed. IIFYM can help you with that, try googling it, I don't think we're supposed to post links here.
  • T0M_K
    T0M_K Posts: 7,526 Member
    Spliner1969 wrote: »
    Ready2Rock206 wrote: »
    If you don't want to log exercise then figure out your TDEE and make a deficit from there (NOT your BMR).

    Agreed. IIFYM can help you with that, try googling it, I don't think we're supposed to post links here.

    lmao. what the hell does IIFYM have to do with TDEE....shameless plug. do NOT spend money to lose weight.
  • ThatUserNameIsAllReadyTaken
    ThatUserNameIsAllReadyTaken Posts: 1,530 Member
    Al I can say is, I was a lot thinner when I ran 4 miles a day as opposed to now when I do not.
  • wishfuljune
    wishfuljune Posts: 2,609 Member
    edited September 2016
    This TDEE calculator isn't bad because it classifies your activity as "exercise" rather than what your job is: http://mytdee.com/
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    Tomk652015 wrote: »
    Spliner1969 wrote: »
    Ready2Rock206 wrote: »
    If you don't want to log exercise then figure out your TDEE and make a deficit from there (NOT your BMR).

    Agreed. IIFYM can help you with that, try googling it, I don't think we're supposed to post links here.

    lmao. what the hell does IIFYM have to do with TDEE....shameless plug. do NOT spend money to lose weight.

    Spend money? All it is is a calculator to figure out your TDEE. I don't think you understand what you are criticizing.
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