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REALITY CHECK!

BeckyMBisMe
Posts: 215 Member
Has anybody else ever played around with the BMR calculator?
I put in my goal weight as if it was my actual weight.
If I were at goal (which is on the high side of "ideal weight") I would need even LESS calories to just exist than the 1220 calorie base line I'm using now for weight loss. (I'm only 5'2" - when I stretch! :ohwell: )
Quite the eye opener! :noway: It really cements the realization that this is a NEW LIFESTYLE not a diet.
All the more reason to make sure it's an eating and exercise program you can sustain.
I put in my goal weight as if it was my actual weight.
If I were at goal (which is on the high side of "ideal weight") I would need even LESS calories to just exist than the 1220 calorie base line I'm using now for weight loss. (I'm only 5'2" - when I stretch! :ohwell: )
Quite the eye opener! :noway: It really cements the realization that this is a NEW LIFESTYLE not a diet.
All the more reason to make sure it's an eating and exercise program you can sustain.

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I want to try that. What BMR calculator did you use?0
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How do you spell BMR?0
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Yup, my BMR is 1194! I'm short, old and small. Sucks to see people whining about "only" being able to eat 1800 or more calories a day. I average between 1200 and 1500 just to maintain. That isn't even to lose!0
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yup mine is 1190 and my TDEE is 1445 :laugh:0
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it's here on the myfitnesspal under apps.
And I just checked my TDEE on fitnessfrog and it's higher than my BMR at 15120 -
Yup, my BMR is 1194! I'm short, old and small. Sucks to see people whining about "only" being able to eat 1800 or more calories a day. I average between 1200 and 1500 just to maintain. That isn't even to lose!
exactly! And I have no desire or intention to NEVER be able to sit down and rest again like some people I know.
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it's here on the myfitnesspal under apps.
And I just checked my TDEE on fitnessfrog and it's higher than my BMR at 1512
They don't measure the same thing. BMR is if you were in a coma calories (you know like just to keep your organs functioning) and the TDEE takes into account your activity0
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