To much calories?

kuh2010
kuh2010 Posts: 1 Member
edited November 2024 in Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
Hello :)
The app say, i have to eat arround 3500 calories/day. Im working every day 2,5h as a loader at UPS. Its kind of a hard work and i wonder, if they include this work in my daily calculation.
When i add my basketball training i have to eat 4500 kcal. Isnt that way to much, compared to a average calorie coverage?

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  • Rusty740
    Rusty740 Posts: 749 Member
    Hey there, yeah that seems like a lot.

    What is your age, weight, height? Go ahead and google your Base Metabolic Rate (BMR) calculators and your Total Daily Energy Expenditure (TDEE) calculators and you'll get some suggestions.

    Many calculators will take your BMR and multiply by a factor like 1.2 for sedentary 1.4 for slightly active etc. MFP has no clue how many calories you actually burn at your job. The best thing would be to wear an activity tracker of some kind with heart rate, then you'd have a decent guess.
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