TDEE calculator gives me more calories than MFP!??

kpsyche

Jrpwgr wrote: »

cwolfman13 wrote: »

Toshberry25M wrote: »

basically i feel i am overeating some days and other days i feel i'm under eating' bits balancing out my weight and i want it to go down obviously... i have it set to lose 1.5 pounds a week and for a couple weeks at a time the scale doesn't budge or goes up and down,for instance 158-161

That's normal...weight loss isn't a linear line down, it's a trend over time...it looks like this:

Where is this graph from, and WHERE CAN I GET ONE? thanks!

http://www.weightware.com/weighttrend.htm

LW3380

If you are using the MFP app and tools, why not just stick to numbers that gives you?

JoRolleNola

I just got my TDEE done yesterday and it said 1671. I spoke with the nutritionist and he explained that if I don't exercise for the day then that is where my calorie cut off should be for the day. With exercise I can eat as many as 1800-2000 calories a day as long as I have the 1671 deficit I'll continue to lose. MFP doesn not include the TDEE # in its calculation.

erickirb

OP, does MFP give you 1670 or was that the TDEE calculator?

As an example say MFP gives you 1450 calories to lose 1 lb/week, and you plan on exercising 5x/week for an average of 400 cals per workout. well MFP will tell you to eat 1450 on the days you don't workout and 1850 on the days you do whereas a "professional" or TDEE calculator may tell you to eat 1700 everyday regardless if you workout.

So for the week MFP will have you eat 12,150 (1450*2+1850*5) whereas doing it the other way will have you eat 11,900 (1700*7) almost the same number of cals for the week (250 dif). The issue in not following MFP is if you don't workout the full 5 days or burn more or less than planned. If that is the case you may lose more or less than your goal, whereas MFP will have you lose your goal amount regardless how much you actually workout.

What many MFPers do is take the low 1450 and not eat back exercise calories which is wrong, if you are not eating them back then your daily activity level should reflect the higher burn with would be covered in the 1700/day above.

So if the 1670 is what MFP gives you, then yes, eat at least a portion of the exercise calories back (the reason I don't say all, is that most estimates for cals burned are on the high side)

keeler521

I personally use a combination of both. Because the MFP confuses me as well, I take my TDEE Calc sedentary calulation - 500 and make that the MFP calorie daily goal. set exercise to zero, activity to sedentary, and log everything, including exercise. Set recommended macros to make sure I'm getting enough protein. My TDEE says 1913 Cals to maintain, 1413 to lose 1lb a week. Thats my goal manually set inside MFP. I use a Polar H10 chest heart rate monitor for cardio and calorie counting. Input my morning cardio, and this allows me to eat back an accurate amount of calories. My goal at the end of the day is to be around my 1413 set count.

lucerorojo

First, I think your weight was 150s-160s?. You should not be set to lose 1.5 lbs. per week. Unless you are 5'0 or less the most you should lose is 40-50 lbs. which will not sustain 1.5. Lbs. easily.

I think mfp is very easy. What's confusing about? Just eat the calories it tells you to eat.

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veganbaum

Toshberry25M wrote: »

basically i feel i am overeating some days and other days i feel i'm under eating' bits balancing out my weight and i want it to go down obviously... i have it set to lose 1.5 pounds a week and for a couple weeks at a time the scale doesn't budge or goes up and down,for instance 158-161

You're in a healthy weight range for your height, per BMI. At this point, weight loss is slow and easily masked by fluctuations. You shouldn't have a 1.5 lb/week goal, but if your logging's not accurate, you might be eating more than you think anyway and your deficit might be smaller than you think.

I'm 5'8", low 140s (weighing in at 139.5 this week) and changed my goal to .5 lb/week a long time ago, can't remember exactly when. But, I was about 165 one year ago, April 2017. So, it's taken me one year to lose 25 pounds. Pretty much on track. You need patience and consistency. Use a weight trending app or website. I use trendweight.com, so I could see my weight trending downwards even when I generally stayed at the same weight for days or weeks at a time, minus fluctuations. I weigh nearly every day, so I have a good trend line.

janejellyroll

Mr_L33 wrote: »

i stick with TDEE and not eat back my calories. simple enough.

TDEE is just another way of "eating back your calories," you're just building them into your initial goal and going by a general average.

If done correctly, TDEE and NEAT are just two different ways to get to the same place.

Francl27

lucerorojo wrote: »

First, I think your weight was 150s-160s?. You should not be set to lose 1.5 lbs. per week. Unless you are 5'0 or less the most you should lose is 40-50 lbs. which will not sustain 1.5. Lbs. easily.

I think mfp is very easy. What's confusing about? Just eat the calories it tells you to eat.

You'd think, right? And still people don't eat exercise calories. Baffles me a little.

OP, your 500 calories of exercise a day are probably inflated, so I'd eat half back if you decide to go with MFP. I liked TDEE because adding exercise was annoying and I never knew how much I burned.

Tacklewasher

Francl27 wrote: »

lucerorojo wrote: »

First, I think your weight was 150s-160s?. You should not be set to lose 1.5 lbs. per week. Unless you are 5'0 or less the most you should lose is 40-50 lbs. which will not sustain 1.5. Lbs. easily.

I think mfp is very easy. What's confusing about? Just eat the calories it tells you to eat.

You'd think, right? And still people don't eat exercise calories. Baffles me a little.

OP, your 500 calories of exercise a day are probably inflated, so I'd eat half back if you decide to go with MFP. I liked TDEE because adding exercise was annoying and I never knew how much I burned.

I like NEAT as my exercise is not consistent enough to use TDEE. Comes with longer runs getting longer training for a 1/2 marathon.