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lesc0721
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MFP says 1430 to lose weight. I am 5'3 and 154 lbs. I lift weights 5xs a week and I am muscular. I would like to lose 10 maybe 15 lbs. I used a TDEE calculator and it gives me 1,832 for Iight exercise. That's more then MFP.
I'm confused. How many calories should I eat? 😁
I'm confused. How many calories should I eat? 😁
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MFP expects you to add your exercise calories back in and eat them. TDEE does not. When you add back the exercise calories, your MFP # and TDEE # should be close to the same.4
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TDEE calculators include your exercise calories. MFP's method goes by NEAT, which doesn't include exercise calories. So you probably could use either. Try one for a couple months and see how it goes. Just remember that little weight will come off slowly.1
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The TDEE calculator has taken your exercise into account.
With MFP which calculates your NEAT you log and eat back your exercise calories.
They should more or less align.
I got 1200 from MFP, and added ~200 for exercise. When I was consistent 5x a week my TDEE and MFP numbers were interchangeable.
Try one method and be willing to adjust depending on results. All these calculators are estimates only.
Cheers, h.2
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