Trouble with protein goal
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TDEEcalculator gives you 1819 for maintenance calories (maintain current calories) - so if you have a goal of about .5lb a week, then 1650 makes some sense...
https://tdeecalculator.net/result.php?s=imperial&g=female&age=27&lbs=172&in=65&act=1.2&f=12 -
Your goal seems fine, you're just a little heavier than me and same height. I aim for about 100g of protein a day but I strength train and probably have higher lean mass than the average female (I have a sports/dance past).deannalfisher wrote: »TDEEcalculator gives you 1819 for maintenance calories (maintain current calories) - so if you have a goal of about .5lb a week, then 1650 makes some sense...
https://tdeecalculator.net/result.php?s=imperial&g=female&age=27&lbs=172&in=65&act=1.2&f=1
That's at least a 400 calorie deficit which is more than 0.5lbs per week. And of course all calculators are estimates. You adjust with real world results. I lose 1lb per week at about 1380 (excluding purposeful exercise) and i couldn't be more sedentary ignoring my exercise if I tried.1 -
VintageFeline wrote: »Your goal seems fine, you're just a little heavier than me and same height. I aim for about 100g of protein a day but I strength train and probably have higher lean mass than the average female (I have a sports/dance past).deannalfisher wrote: »TDEEcalculator gives you 1819 for maintenance calories (maintain current calories) - so if you have a goal of about .5lb a week, then 1650 makes some sense...
https://tdeecalculator.net/result.php?s=imperial&g=female&age=27&lbs=172&in=65&act=1.2&f=1
That's at least a 400 calorie deficit which is more than 0.5lbs per week. And of course all calculators are estimates. You adjust with real world results. I lose 1lb per week at about 1380 (excluding purposeful exercise) and i couldn't be more sedentary ignoring my exercise if I tried.
1819 for maintenance - 1650 = 169 difference between maintenance calories and currently eating...not 400, so i'm confused as to your comment about at least a 400 cal deficit
but as others have pointed out MFP and TDEE use different theories of weight loss - MFP with the theory of eating back calories exercises, vs. TDEE which is total daily energy expenditure1 -
deannalfisher wrote: »VintageFeline wrote: »Your goal seems fine, you're just a little heavier than me and same height. I aim for about 100g of protein a day but I strength train and probably have higher lean mass than the average female (I have a sports/dance past).deannalfisher wrote: »TDEEcalculator gives you 1819 for maintenance calories (maintain current calories) - so if you have a goal of about .5lb a week, then 1650 makes some sense...
https://tdeecalculator.net/result.php?s=imperial&g=female&age=27&lbs=172&in=65&act=1.2&f=1
That's at least a 400 calorie deficit which is more than 0.5lbs per week. And of course all calculators are estimates. You adjust with real world results. I lose 1lb per week at about 1380 (excluding purposeful exercise) and i couldn't be more sedentary ignoring my exercise if I tried.
1819 for maintenance - 1650 = 169 difference between maintenance calories and currently eating...not 400, so i'm confused as to your comment about at least a 400 cal deficit
but as others have pointed out MFP and TDEE use different theories of weight loss - MFP with the theory of eating back calories exercises, vs. TDEE which is total daily energy expenditure
Oh fudge, you're right. It's been a long day! I'll wander off..........1
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