Scooby TDEE

silken555

Hi everyone!

Oof...it's hard to believe it's been nearly 7 years since I've been in here. But hey, we can always start again, right!

I did a quick forum search but the entries were 6 years old...😅

Is Scooby's still one of the best TDEE calculators or has anything more recent come out?

Thanks for answering...🥰

PAV8888

sail rabbit @heybales 's just tdee please and scooby was still good last time I checked.

AnnPT77

Specfically:

https://www.sailrabbit.com/bmr/

and

Just TDEE Please spreadsheet:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1G7FgNzPq3v5WMjDtH0n93LXSMRY_hjmzNTMJb3aZSxM/edit?usp=sharing

Better than either (with no shade to that spreadsheet, especially): Pick one to start, stick to the estimate for one or more full menstrual cycles (since you look like you might be in that demographic - otherwise 4-6 weeks), calculate average weekly weight loss, then adjust intake based on the result. Personal experience data, in a context of reasonably accurate logging, is about as good as it can possibly get.

As somewhat of a statistical-averages outlier, personal experience data is pretty much the only one that works really well for me. YMMV.

silken555

Thank you to both of you.

AnnPT77, yup...always adjusting as you go. That's how I was taught...:)

steveko89

silken555 wrote: »

Thank you to both of you.

AnnPT77, yup...always adjusting as you go. That's how I was taught...:)

Another vote to continually adjust as you go. For years my observed TDEE fell right on "lightly active" for Tdeecalculator.net, or "1-3 hours/week" on scooby and I assumed it was a fairly static number. However, after years of eating at a deficit or maintenance I finally embarked on an intentional mass phase last fall and was surprised to see my TDEE increase by about 7%. What's been even more interesting is that it's remained elevated after gradually cutting ~5lb of the ~8-9 I gained. I didn't think I'd wandered into the chronic dieting waters but seeing that increase (despite no change an activity) it's the only thing I can conclude.

wunderkindking

steveko89 wrote: »

silken555 wrote: »

Thank you to both of you.

AnnPT77, yup...always adjusting as you go. That's how I was taught...:)

Another vote to continually adjust as you go. For years my observed TDEE fell right on "lightly active" for Tdeecalculator.net, or "1-3 hours/week" on scooby and I assumed it was a fairly static number. However, after years of eating at a deficit or maintenance I finally embarked on an intentional mass phase last fall and was surprised to see my TDEE increase by about 7%. What's been even more interesting is that it's remained elevated after gradually cutting ~5lb of the ~8-9 I gained. I didn't think I'd wandered into the chronic dieting waters but seeing that increase (despite no change an activity) it's the only thing I can conclude.

I had this happen - my TDEE/calories to maintain is higher now at 135 than it was at 190. I took diet breaks often (every 5lbs or so). so I got to watch it creep upward. My base movement/activities I do has stayed about the same. All I can really figure is that my NEAT has increased with less weight. It's not a crazy amount higher - maybe 150-200 calories? - but it's kind of interesting.