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Sweettart
Sweettart Posts: 1,331 Member
edited February 5 in Food and Nutrition
Im planning on starting tdee -25% today. My question is what if im eating more calories then if I just ste my 1200 calories and my exercise calories?

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  • Sweettart
    Sweettart Posts: 1,331 Member
    Will I still lose weight?
  • Docpremie
    Docpremie Posts: 228 Member
    Depending on the calorie increase, you might notice a little gain. If the increase is fairly substantial, you could increase by 100-200 calories every week or so, until you reach your goal. I just increased to goal & never gained any extra weight. My sister just increased to goal & lost weight immediately, so "results may vary," LOL! Also, TDEE-25% is pretty aggressive. I used TDEE-20% and am now eating at TDEE-15%, since I'm only 15 pounds from my goal weight. Unless you're morbidly obese & under a physician's care, I would use a deficit of more than 20%. 20% is sustainable!
  • YouMadBro8281
    YouMadBro8281 Posts: 269
    Yes you will lose. Yet it also depends on certain factors.
    1) How accurate you are with your intake. (weighing everything)
    2) Actually working out.
    3) You COULD and most likely will gain in the beginning.. unless your TDEE-25% equals 1200+exercise calories (if you were losing on that).
    4) IMO stick with TDEE - 20 %
  • Sweettart
    Sweettart Posts: 1,331 Member
    Well I want to lose 60-80 pounds. I go to boot camp 6 days a week.
  • YouMadBro8281
    YouMadBro8281 Posts: 269
    How are you tracking your calories burned?
  • Sweettart
    Sweettart Posts: 1,331 Member
    I have a heart rate monitor
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Will I still lose weight?

    If you've correclty calculated your TDEE, then yes. This is just a simple math formula...that's all weight control is...it's just a simple mathematic formula. A= the calories you burn just being alive and breathing; B = the estimated calories you burn from your day to day...cooking, cleaning, working, driving, and the Thermal Effect of Food, etc; C= your estimated exercise burn...

    A+B+C = TDEE...this is the calorie requirements necessary to maintain weight...when you cut from that, you lose weight provided that A, B, and C have been estimated as accurately as possible. Here's what my numbers look like:

    A (1850) + B (510) + C (400) = 2,760...on average I require 2760 calories just to maintain my weight (I know this from a lot of trial and error and having been doing this for over a year). To lose roughly 1 Lb per week, I would take roughly 20% cut...which would be about 552 calories.
  • spookiefox
    spookiefox Posts: 215 Member
    Depending on the calorie increase, you might notice a little gain. If the increase is fairly substantial, you could increase by 100-200 calories every week or so, until you reach your goal. I just increased to goal & never gained any extra weight. My sister just increased to goal & lost weight immediately, so "results may vary," LOL! Also, TDEE-25% is pretty aggressive. I used TDEE-20% and am now eating at TDEE-15%, since I'm only 15 pounds from my goal weight. Unless you're morbidly obese & under a physician's care, I would use a deficit of more than 20%. 20% is sustainable!

    How could she gain weight on TDEE-25%? That's a deficit by definition.
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