Eating at BMR but not losing weight?

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  • MinnieInMaine
    MinnieInMaine Posts: 6,400 Member
    Really super important that I didn't pick up on...if you are using TDEE, which it sounds like you are, do NOT eat exercise calories. And by using TDEE, what I mean is you are manually selecting your calorie amount, instead of letting MFP select for you. When you manually select your calories, YOU DO NOT EAT BACK EXERCISE CALORIES because they are already calculated in that number. So, this might be your problem. You might be over eating.

    Try 1400 and do not eat back exercise calories.

    She's not using TDEE, she's using BMR. In which case, she should eat back her exercise calories.
  • Yooperm35
    Yooperm35 Posts: 787 Member
    I eat about 200 cals under my bmr. Because I have an office job my activity level is set at sedentary. I log my exercise using a hrm for accuracy and eat back my exercise calories. I am and have been consistantly losing about 1lb a week.

    Approx bmr 1850
    Approx tdee 1950
    Daily calorie limit 1650

    That tdee seems low considering your BMR, even if at sedentary. Really, like any movement at all (i.e., going to the bathroom, eating your food) really bumps up the tdee.

    Especially for a male
  • Yooperm35
    Yooperm35 Posts: 787 Member
    I put your info in to Fat2FitRadio.com

    Assuming you would like to be at a healthy BMI (24.6%) I put your goal weight at 130lbs. Here are the results and how many calories you can eat to still lose weight

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  • hulahoopmama
    hulahoopmama Posts: 140 Member
    I switched to intermittent fasting and have been steadily losing almost 2 pounds a week EATING MORE. My body does better this way as I need to get to fasting mode to kick out the junk so I can break through my plateaus.

    I calculated my BMR @ 1400 and was eating 1200/day and working out 4 days a week about 350 cals and went up in weight 3 pounds since I ate my workout calories back.

    I am following 5:2 (5 days eating TDEE-20%, 2 days fasting and eat 500 cal meal at night time on fast days).

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