Bmr
tbow0023
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My bmr is around 1000 and I am trying to loose weight but this site has me eating 1,200?
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Ok?0
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Should I restrict my calories to around 500 to get results?5
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A 500 cal a day deficit will make me lose one lb a week right?2
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What are your stats? Age, weight, height, goal?0
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Should I restrict my calories to around 500 to get results?
Absolutely not. You would also have to be pretty short and/or old to have a BMR that low. But anyway. BMR is Basal Metabolic Rate, which is what you'd burn in a coma. You pretty much never eat to this number and you NEVER eat below it. MFP uses NEAT, Non Exercise Activity Thermogenesis which is how much you burn just going about your day. The site put you at 1200 most likely because the deficit you chose is too aggressive and by default the site doesn't go below 1200cal for women and 1500cal for men. Pick a more reasonable deficit to plug into MFP, and eat to the number it gives you.
ETA: MFP also expects you to eat your exercise calories back, and given that many estimations are over-inflated it's recommended to eat a portion back, like 50% or so.2 -
My bmr is around 1000 and I am trying to loose weight but this site has me eating 1,200?
Are you very short or perhaps bedridden? 1000 is an unusually low BMR.
Regardless, you need a deficit off your TDEE, not your BMR. Unless you're in a coma, you're using more calories than your BMR.1 -
My bmr is around 1000 and I am trying to loose weight but this site has me eating 1,200?
BMR = Basal Metabolic Rate = number of calories you'd burn in a coma, basically. That would be your 1000 number (estimated). It's the calories it takes to keep your blood pumping, and your lungs breathing, and your brain cogitating to run your body functions, and so forth.
NEAT = Non-exercise Activity Thermogenesis = your BMR plus the number of calories you burn just doing daily life stuff like job, home chores, non-exercise hobbies, etc. MFP calculates your NEAT, then substracts calories from it (based on the weight loss rate you request) to give you a calorie goal (that would be your 1200 number (estimated)).
EAT = Exercise Activity Thermogenesis = Calories you burn doing intentional exercise, a.k.a. "workouts". With MFP, you don't include this is your daily activity level setting, you estimate it separately, add it in your diary, and eat it back. (If you're worried that it's overestimated, you start by eating back part of it, to see what happens.)
TDEE = Total Daily Energy Expenditure = Calories you burn doing every single thing you do in a day. This is the number most non-MFP calorie "calculators" estimate, based on activity settings that include both NEAT and EAT.
So: Of course MFP has you eating more than your BMR. You're not in a coma, or you wouldn't be posting on the forums. Your daily life stuff burns calories. 1200 includes a calorie deficit. Since 1200 is the lowest MFP will go for a woman, you may not see the full weight loss rate you requested happen, in reality . . . because you may have requested an unhealthyfully rapid weight loss rate, if you have relatively little to lose.
Eat the 1200 for 4-6 weeks, and eat back at least part of your exercise calories. Look at your weight loss average over that time, and then adjust if necessary. Stay strong and healthy!2 -
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I keep it simple. My BMR = 1775 cal. My TDEE = 2400 cal.
I put my BMR calories burned as my diet and add my exercise calories burned which is usually about 300.
So I eat 2100 cal per day which is a calorie deficit of about 300 cal per day.
It's a numerical coincidence that that works out for you. My estimated BMR is about 1200. My exercise is around 300 most days. My TDEE is in the lower 2000s (2100-2400 depending on season).
So, BMR plus exercise, for me, would be around 1500. That would be a deficit of almost 1000, which would be sheer lunacy at my size (5'5", 135). (1200 net, eating back all exercise, was a really bad plan when I weighed something in the 150s, let alone now - I got weak and fatigued).
Folks, figure out your deficit in a sensible way: Use a TDEE calculator, and TDEE minus 15% or so. Or use MFP, with a sensible loss rate target. Follow that for 4-6 weeks, then adjust based on weekly average results.
OP: Do not cut to 500 calories. Toddlers require more calories than that. Don't risk your health. Eat the 1200 MFP estimates, plus at least a good-sized fraction of any exercise calories.6 -
TavistockToad wrote: »
I don't why but your 'cut and dried' responses made me chuckle.2 -
tramaine_21 wrote: »TavistockToad wrote: »
I don't why but your 'cut and dried' responses made me chuckle.
Me too!
I'd also offer my thoughts to the OP but all the smart people got here before me.1
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