TDEE

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  • 4daluvof_candice
    4daluvof_candice Posts: 483 Member
    So I just eat 1690 regardless....I don't know why I can't get this!

    Yes!
  • 4daluvof_candice
    4daluvof_candice Posts: 483 Member
    Whenever you alter a method, then you need to give it 4-6 weeks to adjust.
  • MinnieInMaine
    MinnieInMaine Posts: 6,400 Member
    This is what I'm afraid of too! MFP tells me to lose 2lbs a week to eat 1200 calories. If I calculate my TDEE it says to eat 1690. WHAT one do I follow? So frustrating!

    If you have your goals set correctly they shouldn't be that far off. 1) Your weekly weight loss is too high - 2 pounds per week was even a bit high for you when you started - 1.5 per week would've been more realistic. With the amount of weight you have left ot lose, your goal should be 1 pound per week. 2) MFP doesn't include exercise calories but TDEE does. This can make a huge difference in the numbers depending on how active you are.

    For instance, if I do guided goals with MFP, choosing 1/2 pound per week (realistic goal for me). it gives me 1610 per day. That's net so add in what I burn for exercise over the week and my actual consumed would be about 1860 (average burn of 350 times 5 days, divided by 7 to get a weekly average).

    If I go to Scooby, I'm somewhere between 1-3 and 3-5 hours of exercise per week so I took an average of the two and came up with 1894 for a daily goal. That's with a 15% calorie deficit. Pretty closer to what MFP game me
  • Chain_Ring
    Chain_Ring Posts: 753 Member
    You gotta do what works for you.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    This is what I'm afraid of too! MFP tells me to lose 2lbs a week to eat 1200 calories. If I calculate my TDEE it says to eat 1690. WHAT one do I follow? So frustrating!

    The two methods are six of one if you do them right. The only difference between the two methods is where you account for exercise. Your MFP 1200 calorie goal is NET of exercise...meaning that activity isn't accounted for...you get credit for it when you log it which is why MFP gives you extra exercise calories to eat back. Exercise activity is accounted for on the *kitten* end of the equation.

    TDEE makes some estimation of your exercise burn in your activity level...therefore those addition calories MFP gives you after the fact are already estimated in your activity level and therefore included in you calorie goal on the front end of the equation. Therefore you overall goal up front is higher.

    You also have to do an apples to apples loss goal comparison....your 1200 calorie goal is 2 lbs per week...TDEE - 20% is closer to 1 Lb per week loss goal for most people.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    This whole TDEE thing is like dangling a bone into a pit of snarling dogs, plus you're about to be hit by a wall of conflicting opinions.

    Honestly? Just obsessively log the calories and dont eat them back, that's what's working for me. This whole "eat to lose" nonsense is just confusing and I'm not convinced it's backed up by the research.
    Amen!!

    It's 5th grade math...it's not hard at all...all it is, is calculating a reasonable calorie deficit for weight loss...people just like to overcomplicate the uncomplicated.
  • _jayciemarie_
    _jayciemarie_ Posts: 574 Member
    This is what I'm afraid of too! MFP tells me to lose 2lbs a week to eat 1200 calories. If I calculate my TDEE it says to eat 1690. WHAT one do I follow? So frustrating!

    If you have your goals set correctly they shouldn't be that far off. 1) Your weekly weight loss is too high - 2 pounds per week was even a bit high for you when you started - 1.5 per week would've been more realistic. With the amount of weight you have left ot lose, your goal should be 1 pound per week. 2) MFP doesn't include exercise calories but TDEE does. This can make a huge difference in the numbers depending on how active you are.

    For instance, if I do guided goals with MFP, choosing 1/2 pound per week (realistic goal for me). it gives me 1610 per day. That's net so add in what I burn for exercise over the week and my actual consumed would be about 1860 (average burn of 350 times 5 days, divided by 7 to get a weekly average).

    If I go to Scooby, I'm somewhere between 1-3 and 3-5 hours of exercise per week so I took an average of the two and came up with 1894 for a daily goal. That's with a 15% calorie deficit. Pretty closer to what MFP game me

    Really? You think that me starting at 230lb and shooting for 2lbs a week is too high? My BMR was (I believe) 37---I am way obese!!! I was honestly projecting myself to lose 2lbs a week until 175, and then hopefully try to inch it down from there. I'm happy with 175 though.

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