Very different calorie goals

RUNucbar
RUNucbar Posts: 160 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
MFP states I will maintain my weight in 1650 calories per day while MND suggests 1923. One of these is clearly incorrect but which one? My weight loss plan is to set my goal to my TDEE and not go over that, if I maintain then fine, if I am slightly under and lose that is also fine but I am struggling to work out what my TDEE actually is. Can anyone say which is closer to being accurate?

Stats - 5 foot 2 inches tall, weight 135lbs, body fat percentage - no idea but I can safely say I have the muscle tone of a very soggy trifle so probably slightly high. Lifestyle - pretty sedentary.

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  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    MFP doesn't follow TDEE. It follows NEAT, which accounts for all the calories you burn outside of exercise. Once you exercise and burn those calories, it's likely the number will be closer to TDEE.
  • jelleigh
    jelleigh Posts: 743 Member
    Not sure if I am allowed to post external links here or not, but I love this calculator because it lets you fine tune your daily activity expenditure etc.

    http://www.health-calc.com/diet/energy-expenditure-advanced
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