TDEE Question

csaul777
csaul777 Posts: 14 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
My weight loss had plateaued recently, so I switched to the TDEE method over the weekend. By that estimation, I should be eating 1640 calories (2052 - 20%). My question is, should I eat back exercise calories, or not?

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  • Greenrun99
    Greenrun99 Posts: 2,065 Member
    no you should of factored exercise time into your calculation..
  • csaul777
    csaul777 Posts: 14 Member
    Thank you!
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    My weight loss had plateaued recently, so I switched to the TDEE method over the weekend. By that estimation, I should be eating 1640 calories (2052 - 20%). My question is, should I eat back exercise calories, or not?

    did you include exercise when you calculated your TDEE?
  • Stage14
    Stage14 Posts: 1,046 Member
    Nope, you should figure your exercise into the lifestyle selection you make when figuring your TDEE and then eat the same amount of calories each day.
  • jacksonpt
    jacksonpt Posts: 10,413 Member
    no you should of factored exercise time into your calculation..

    agreed.
  • csaul777
    csaul777 Posts: 14 Member
    When I calculated it, for a light activity level it gives me 2052 (-20% = 1641) and for moderate 2313 (-20% = 1850). So, assuming I did the calculations right (I did check twice), those are the amount of calories I should be eating every day.
    I did unlink my fitbit to MFP to clear up any confusion on my part so I don't need to see it subtracting exercise calories and I don't think I can eat more calories.

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