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BMR and daily calorie allowance
suziethomas6062
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I’ve just used the BMR calculator to see what my BMR is per day, but the daily calorie allowance. The 
app is giving me to eat is far higher, why is this please?
app is giving me to eat is far higher, why is this please?
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Because your BMR is what you burn just being alive.
Your actual calorie needs are your BMR +TEF (calories burned to digest food) +any activity from regular life and exercise.
BMR is not a useful number directly to calculate your calorie goal for weight loss.2 -
Here's the longer myfitnesspal explanation:
https://support.myfitnesspal.com/hc/en-us/articles/360032625391-How-does-MyFitnessPal-calculate-my-initial-goals1
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