Tdee help

ksmommy5

According to iifym my tdee is 2255. It says I should eat 1800 cals to reach my goal weight but mfp says I should eat 1540. If I'm calculating correctly that's almost 5000 deficit? An I calculating this correct?

What's the formula?

leanjogreen18

TDEE is total daily energy expenditure which includes purposeful exercise.

Mfp is calculated on NEAT which does not include purposeful exercise. So if you go by mfp (NEAT) you will need to log your exercise and eat back those calories. Having said that most exercise calories are overinflated so most people only eat back 50-75% of the earned exercise calories.

ksmommy5

I keep my Net calories on a spreadsheet so I can track. How do I determine my deficit?

CafeRacer808

The TDEE number includes your daily activity level and exercise. MFP was designed around NEAT, which only includes activity level. That's why you're expected to eat back your exercise calories on MFP. Hence the difference in the two different numbers you're seeing.

To be honest OP, I've read lot of your posts over the past week and you seem to be getting caught in the weeds. I think you should simplify your approach for the next couple of weeks and just focus on the daily calorie goal MFP gave you. Once you get into the flow of logging/tracking accurately, you'll start to gain more insight into what works for you and what doesn't.

ksmommy5

CafeRacer808 wrote: »

The TDEE number includes your daily activity level and exercise. MFP was designed around NEAT, which only includes activity level. That's why you're expected to eat back your exercise calories on MFP. Hence the difference in the two different numbers you're seeing.

To be honest OP, I've read lot of your posts over the past week and you seem to be getting caught in the weeds. I think you should simplify your approach for the next couple of weeks and just focus on the daily calorie goal MFP gave you. Once you get into the flow of logging/tracking accurately, you'll start to gain more insight into what works for you and what doesn't.

Yes. I am over analyzing everything. I guess I should just eat mfp cals, exercise and eat those back and see what happens, eh? Thanks.

kimny72

ksmommy5 wrote: »

CafeRacer808 wrote: »

The TDEE number includes your daily activity level and exercise. MFP was designed around NEAT, which only includes activity level. That's why you're expected to eat back your exercise calories on MFP. Hence the difference in the two different numbers you're seeing.

To be honest OP, I've read lot of your posts over the past week and you seem to be getting caught in the weeds. I think you should simplify your approach for the next couple of weeks and just focus on the daily calorie goal MFP gave you. Once you get into the flow of logging/tracking accurately, you'll start to gain more insight into what works for you and what doesn't.

Yes. I am over analyzing everything. I guess I should just eat mfp cals, exercise and eat those back and see what happens, eh? Thanks.

Yes All the calculators are estimations. You are never going to know the right amount of calories for YOU until you pick a number start logging, and see what results you get over the next 4 - 6 weeks. Then you can tweak if you need to.

ksmommy5

kimny72 wrote: »

ksmommy5 wrote: »

CafeRacer808 wrote: »

The TDEE number includes your daily activity level and exercise. MFP was designed around NEAT, which only includes activity level. That's why you're expected to eat back your exercise calories on MFP. Hence the difference in the two different numbers you're seeing.

To be honest OP, I've read lot of your posts over the past week and you seem to be getting caught in the weeds. I think you should simplify your approach for the next couple of weeks and just focus on the daily calorie goal MFP gave you. Once you get into the flow of logging/tracking accurately, you'll start to gain more insight into what works for you and what doesn't.

Yes. I am over analyzing everything. I guess I should just eat mfp cals, exercise and eat those back and see what happens, eh? Thanks.

Yes All the calculators are estimations. You are never going to know the right amount of calories for YOU until you pick a number start logging, and see what results you get over the next 4 - 6 weeks. Then you can tweak if you need to.

Trust in the system I guess lol

CafeRacer808

ksmommy5 wrote: »

Yes. I am over analyzing everything. I guess I should just eat mfp cals, exercise and eat those back and see what happens, eh? Thanks.

I tend to be an over-analyzer as well, so I totally understand where you're coming from. But yeah, try to put that on hold for a couple of weeks and just stick to the MFP plan. While you're doing that, your can focus your analytical tendencies on things like: "Hmmm...my breakfast had more protein than carbs and I haven't had a pre-lunch snack yet..." or "Wow, eating a carb-heavy breakfast really gave me some energy for the rest of the my morning," etc.

kgirlhart

As others have said, Mfp does not use TDEE, it uses NEAT. It does not take exercise into consideration when giving you your goal. TDEE does take exercise into consideration. If you exercised and burned 250 calories then you would log it and Mfp would add that to your goal which would make your goal for that day 1790 which would be practically the same as your TDEE goal of 1800.