Is this possible

thielke2015

So my tdee is 2336 and I have just added all my calories for the last week and I have taken 10,728 so I am in a deficit of 5624.
My question is .... is it possible to be over on calories... I think I have eaten back so twice this week I ate over my daily allowance and ate back calories..... this put me approx 300 below my tdee.... x2 -3 this week. Is it still possible to lose with these figures?

sarko15

What do you mean by being over on calories and eating back? I'm not sure I understand the question?

katiehepp1

A lot of people go by weekly figures rather than daily and it does still work, as they say weight loss isn't linear
A few times If I have been going out or a occasion where I knew I would eat more I would eat less calories a few days before and it still worked for me

quiksylver296

Your maintenance TDEE is 2336? Or TDEE minus a percentage?

I don't understand your question.

If you are below the amount of calories your body needs, you will lose. That being said, are you weighing all your food on a food scale in grams and choosing correct MFP entries and logging everything?

thielke2015

sarko15 wrote: »

What do you mean by being over on calories and eating back? I'm not sure I understand the question?

Sorry, so I have a calorie intake of 1560 my MFP per day. Today I did walking and burnt 224 calories but I ate 1910 today.....
I have done this twice this week. Does this help?

sllm1

You can be over on some days and still lose. What matters is the deficit over the long haul.

leanjogreen18

Yes if you are under your TDEE using your weekly calories thats fine.

BUT you said 300 under so I will caution you that with that small of weekly deficit you need to be very accurate in logging your calories. 300 can creep up pretty quickly if you are eyeballing or using the wrong info from the database.

thielke2015

quiksylver296 wrote: »

Your maintenance TDEE is 2336? Or TDEE minus a percentage?

I don't understand your question.

If you are below the amount of calories your body needs, you will lose. That being said, are you weighing all your food on a food scale in grams and choosing correct MFP entries and logging everything?

2336 is maintenance tdee

thielke2015

quiksylver296 wrote: »

Your maintenance TDEE is 2336? Or TDEE minus a percentage?

I don't understand your question.

If you are below the amount of calories your body needs, you will lose. That being said, are you weighing all your food on a food scale in grams and choosing correct MFP entries and logging everything?

I weight everything with a scale or scan the barcode

thielke2015

leanjogreen18 wrote: »

Yes if you are under your TDEE using your weekly calories thats fine.

BUT you said 300 under so I will caution you that with that small of weekly deficit you need to be very accurate in logging your calories. 300 can creep up pretty quickly if you are eyeballing or using the wrong info from the database.

Well, twice in 7 days I have been 300 under tdee

cmriverside

Since we seem to not be able to communicate...here:

Set up your goal. IF you are using a TDEE minus some small deficit for weight loss method, you DO NOT eat back exercise calories. If you are using Myfitnesspal's method, you DO eat back exercise calories.

Log accurately for a month and see how it goes. Adjust accordingly.

quiksylver296

Well, you need a caloric deficit of 3500 calories to lose one pound. So if you are 300 calories under your TDEE for the week - it will take you approximately 11.5 weeks to lose one pound. Only you can decide if that is acceptable or not.

thielke2015

cmriverside wrote: »

Since we seem to not be able to communicate...here:

Set up your goal. IF you are using a TDEE minus some small deficit for weight loss method, you DO NOT eat back exercise calories. If you are using Myfitnesspal's method, you DO eat back exercise calories.

Log accurately for a month and see how it goes. Adjust accordingly.

Thank you. I think I am confusing myself by using MFP and also looking at tdee. When in fact I need to keep them seperate

quiksylver296

thielke2015 wrote: »

cmriverside wrote: »

Since we seem to not be able to communicate...here:

Set up your goal. IF you are using a TDEE minus some small deficit for weight loss method, you DO NOT eat back exercise calories. If you are using Myfitnesspal's method, you DO eat back exercise calories.

Log accurately for a month and see how it goes. Adjust accordingly.

Thank you. I think I am confusing myself by using MFP and also looking at tdee. When in fact I need to keep them separate

Yes. One or the other, not both.

cmriverside

thielke2015 wrote: »

cmriverside wrote: »

Since we seem to not be able to communicate...here:

Set up your goal. IF you are using a TDEE minus some small deficit for weight loss method, you DO NOT eat back exercise calories. If you are using Myfitnesspal's method, you DO eat back exercise calories.

Log accurately for a month and see how it goes. Adjust accordingly.

Thank you. I think I am confusing myself by using MFP and also looking at tdee. When in fact I need to keep them seperate

You're welcome. Now, TDEE is the amount of calories your body uses doing all its daily work. Exercise included.

It's easier for some people to use the TDEE method. So. If you use this, then you deduct a small amount from your calculated TDEE as your "weight loss" deficit. Most people use 500 calories PER DAY deficit, that works out to 3500 calories per week, or a one pound weight loss per week. (500 X 7 = 3500)

If you are under by 300 calories every day in a week, that will work out to a little more than a half pound per week. (300 X 7 = 2100)

I think it's more important (for everyone) to make sure they are logging all their food accurately. The only way to know if you are using a good base calorie amount is to keep accurate records over TIME - so over a period of a month or so. It's really difficult to just magically hit on the correct numbers for you, so you have to run the experiment.