Fitness profile Help needed!

4daluvof_candice

:huh: I calculated my BMR, TDEE and Body fat % and I want to custom update my fitness profile. It asks net calories carbs, protein, etc How should this be done. Is my TDEE my net or will I subtract what I want to burn each day as my net.. Im confused, Here is the stats I came up with. BMR 1945 TDEE 2139. The MFP way is okay but Im at a stand still and I want to try this new calculation just to see if I will lose with this many calories. MFPhas me eating 1360/day and as heavy as I am, Im not sure if that is a healthy amount with all the excersice I do and trying to eat that back.


thanks
candice

p.s all commnets welcome..

IrritatedDoro

I think that this is a very good post that may help you: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/931670-bmr-and-tdee-explained-for-those-needing-a-guide

erickirb

To make the change got to goals, select custom, change the cals and % macros that you want to have, then save changes.

MFP has you at 1360, but you are suppose to eat back the cals you burn from exercise, or you can enter the 2139, and not eat the exercise calories back, either way you should be close to the same total cals at the end of the week.

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" 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.

4daluvof_candice

Actually this is the post I read, LOL!! But My question I guess is should I be eating teh TDEE or the BMR in corporated with my exercise?

I think that this is a very good post that may help you: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/931670-bmr-and-tdee-explained-for-those-needing-a-guide

ttknowles01

To make the change got to goals, select custom, change the cals and % macros that you want to have, then save changes.

MFP has you at 1360, but you are suppose to eat back the cals you burn from exercise, or you can enter the 2139, and not eat the exercise calories back, either way you should be close to the same total cals at the end of the week.

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" 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.

^^^ This is exactly what I do :-). On the days I workout I try to eat between around 1950-2000 cals (depending on how much I burn), on the days I don't I try to stick to 1450

erickirb

Actually this is the post I read, LOL!! But My question I guess is should I be eating teh TDEE or the BMR in corporated with my exercise?

I think that this is a very good post that may help you: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/931670-bmr-and-tdee-explained-for-those-needing-a-guide

Yo0u either eat what MFP suggests and eat back the exercise cals, or eat the TDEE amount and don't eat back the exercise cals. No need to look at BMR, that number was just used to calculate TDEE, and MFP caloric goals.

4daluvof_candice

okay, Thanks ericrib...I think Im gonna add you for for help, LOL...