TDEE help

1fit_mamma
1fit_mamma Posts: 101 Member
Hi all,

I'm staring MFP this week, and despite a university qualification in Physiology I'm still (embarrassingly!) unsure of what to set as my daily calorie target, and whether I should eat some or all of my exercise calories? I feel like science only takes you so far on this one, would love to hear some advice from those you have tweaked their targets and found success. It's such a fine line between under-eating and finding the "perfect" calorie deficit, I'm nervous I'll get it totally wrong and I want to take advantage of the motivation I'm feeling and not screw it up on the first week! I have a 1 yr old and still haven't shifted the baby weight, haven't got back into regular exercise and my nutrition is hit-and-miss...I really want to get this right.

According to my trusted online tools, my BMR is 1787 and TDEE is 2098. MFP is saying I should aim for 1400ish per day, does an average calorie deficit of 700 seem right for approx 1kg loss per week? I'm planning on ramping up the exercise this week too so that deficit will skyrocket, should I eat some of my calories? I would think yes so keep my metabolism going and ensure energy for each season, but again would love to hear any thoughts on getting this formula right.

Thanks!



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