TDEE

TopSurgery2014
TopSurgery2014 Posts: 5 Member
edited February 3 in Health and Weight Loss
Thoughts on TDEE? I have my mfp set to it, but have just read up more on it. turns out that i need to actually eat from 1600 to 1800 and i still lose weight. this includes eating exercise cals back. want to try it but am nervous. as all my life it has been eat less and you'll lose the weight.

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  • trudijoy
    trudijoy Posts: 1,685 Member
    Think of it as 'eat correctly and you'll lose the weight'.

    I was eating 1800 and now I'm eating 1875 and I've lost 50 lb/ 23 kg in 250 days :)
  • ChrisM8971
    ChrisM8971 Posts: 1,067 Member
    What harm can it do to give it a whirl for a couple of weeks :smile:

    Make sure you weigh and log the calories on everything you eat and drink so you know you really are only eating that amount of calories. Go for the healthy options and you might be surprised with the result
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,165 Member
    Your goal is 125 lbs. that would put your TDEE pretty high and it also means you can go for a bigger deficit. You should have no problem losing at 1800 assuming you are estimating correctly.

    To put in perspective, at 5'5 and 175lbs I was losing weight at 1800.

    Go for it. Give it a few weeks before deciding

    ETA - what % deficit from TDER did you go with?
  • michellekicks
    michellekicks Posts: 3,624 Member
    Your goal is to lose 128 lbs? You could probably eat even more than that.

    I came here at 5'7" and 180 lbs and lost to 160 eating 2100 calories daily. Now, I'm very active, but I just wanted to show that it's not outside the realm of possibility. If you're significantly heavier you could probably lose eating even more than 1800.
  • TopSurgery2014
    TopSurgery2014 Posts: 5 Member
    i went with 20% deficit from my TDEE, so i should be eating around 1850. if i chose 25% i would be eating around 1650 i think.
    i'm 5 ft 2 in and currently weight 246 lbs.
  • TopSurgery2014
    TopSurgery2014 Posts: 5 Member
    thank you everyone! i do believe i will give this a go for the next month or two and see how it goes :)
  • michellekicks
    michellekicks Posts: 3,624 Member
    If you find you prefer eating a bit more, you can still have a 20% cut at closer to 2000 calories if you walk briskly for 30 minutes 4-5 times a week.

    All the best to you!
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,864 Member
    Thoughts on TDEE? I have my mfp set to it, but have just read up more on it. turns out that i need to actually eat from 1600 to 1800 and i still lose weight. this includes eating exercise cals back. want to try it but am nervous. as all my life it has been eat less and you'll lose the weight.

    This is simple science and math. Your TDEE is your total daily expenditure. If you're doing TDEE your exercise activity is included in your activity level when calculating TDEE...you don't eat back those calories...they are already accounted for.

    I'm a 5'10" male with a desk job. My TDEE is 2700 calories...that's with roughly 300-350 calories burned on average for my workouts. To cut 1 Lb per week I eat around 2150 - 2200 gross calories when I was losing...lost 40 lbs. So...you are eating less...losing weight doesn't mean you have to starve yourself.
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