Are you losing on TDEE?

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  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    Hi I've been ignoring the TDEE calculators and MFP recommendations on how much I should eat because it seems so high. I just started Insanity and I think I need to eat properly to support this program. Is there anyone else out there with similar stats as me who is losing on TDEE recommendations?

    27 year old Female
    CW 201 lb
    GW 160 lb
    Height: 5' 6"

    Im doing Insanity...so I do 40 mins high impact aerobics 5 times a week. I work at an office job..so other than insanity im not very active. My BMR is 1713 cal and my TDEE is 2505. I want to lose 1 lbs per week. So I should eat 2005 cals a day.

    Anyone with similar stats as me having success?

    39 yr old female
    SW 265 lbs
    CW 192 lbs
    GW 175 lbs
    Height: 5'4"

    My TDEE is 2500. I am currently on maintenance and don't plan to log food again until January. (unless I begin to gain weight, so-far-so-good) I lost over 70 pounds by eating between 2000 and 2300 calories. My main cardio is walking.
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    I would like to switch to TDEE, to be honest, but I really hate seeing the calories go RED on days I don't exercise.

    TDEE users, do you just ignore that?

    I will NOT do 1250 calories on days I don't exercise. :mad: :explode: :mad: :explode:

    Normally on days I do exercise I'm at 1800 (TDEE-20, but it's also been the same as eating back a portion of exercise calories) and it's been working great. It's the off days I'm not sure about. I've just been putting up with red numbers and just being annoyed by it.

    I haven't logged my exercise for over a year or so. When I switched to TDEE, I quit logging exercise, and then changed my goal on MFP to use custom numbers.
  • littleburgy
    littleburgy Posts: 570 Member
    I would like to switch to TDEE, to be honest, but I really hate seeing the calories go RED on days I don't exercise.

    TDEE users, do you just ignore that?

    I will NOT do 1250 calories on days I don't exercise. :mad: :explode: :mad: :explode:

    Normally on days I do exercise I'm at 1800 (TDEE-20, but it's also been the same as eating back a portion of exercise calories) and it's been working great. It's the off days I'm not sure about. I've just been putting up with red numbers and just being annoyed by it.

    You are not doing TDEE correctly. You are supposed to log your exercise as 1 calorie burned and eat the same amount of calories everyday regardless of working out or not.

    That's why up until now I haven't been using TDEE yet ;)

    But I've now made the switch and changed the settings, because I'm losing 2 pounds a week with only 10 pounds to go to my goal. Which is nice in theory but sometimes I get "hangry" tired and irritable and my body seems to be telling me to slow down and eat a little more. No more annoying red numbers. :smile:

    Thanks for the feedback to those that responded to my question. I was a little unclear on how to tweak the settings but figured it out.
  • CorlissaEats
    CorlissaEats Posts: 493 Member
    I have my diary set with my TDEE number sitting on my rear all day at a desk job (2072 calories), and I log exercise because I see it as unusual to my daily pattern. Then I manually subtract 20% from that number for the day. Its in my diary notes for future reference. I like this because, in theory, the remaining calories represent my deficit for the day. It's motivating for me to see 300-500 extra calories sitting there! Days I exercise I get to eat more so exercising gets rewarded in a way. I keep my BMR in mind and try to never eat below that number. Undereating is not an option for me.

    Since I started doing this I started losing again, I feel better physically, and somedays I have a hard time "spending" all my calories. I think I did the 1200 calories for a week and decided not to kill my metabolism or someone else because I was hungry.
    5'8" and eating between 1735-1950 calories works for me. I try to underestimate my burn because some of those exercise calories are accounted for in the just sitting on my rear number.
  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
    I've had my best success since switching to the TDEE method - been nearly two years now. Love it.

    I log my exercise as .1 calorie burned, and since the site doesn't do decimals, it logs it as zero cals. :bigsmile: I usually make a note in the notes section or in the exercise description of my actual burn, because let's face it - it's nice to see that burn sometimes!! But this way it doesn't mess with my calorie or macro goals for the day.

    Best move I ever made was switching to TDEE.
  • littleburgy
    littleburgy Posts: 570 Member
    What happens if you don't log the exercise in at all (since you're not supposed to put that in)? I've now customized the calories and macros but am a little unsure about what to do about the fitness goals?
  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
    What happens if you don't log the exercise in at all (since you're not supposed to put that in)? I've now customized the calories and macros but am a little unsure about what to do about the fitness goals?
    Nothing - don't log it, or log it as zero, your cal and macros goals won't change for the day. I like to log it to track my time if nothing else, and for a record of what workouts I've been doing.
  • BenjaminMFP88
    BenjaminMFP88 Posts: 660 Member
    I don't have a heart monitor yet, but I input my workouts as 40 mins High impact aerobics, which says I burn 425 cals per workout.
    BMR is the amount of calories I would burn if I was lying in bed all day. TDEE is the calories I need to maintain my current weight working at an office and doing Insanity 5 times a week ( there is 1 yoga like workout that I don't count, cause its not cardio). So according to that I should eat 2005 cals a day to lose a lb week. :)

    Yes, your calculations are correct. Science says you'll lose weight... however it is still up to you to ensure accurate caloric counting...
  • deksgrl
    deksgrl Posts: 7,237 Member
    I would like to switch to TDEE, to be honest, but I really hate seeing the calories go RED on days I don't exercise.

    TDEE users, do you just ignore that?

    I will NOT do 1250 calories on days I don't exercise. :mad: :explode: :mad: :explode:

    Normally on days I do exercise I'm at 1800 (TDEE-20, but it's also been the same as eating back a portion of exercise calories) and it's been working great. It's the off days I'm not sure about. I've just been putting up with red numbers and just being annoyed by it.

    Set your MFP to Maintain weight. Then set your TDEE-20% calorie goal. Then do not log exercise, or log it as 1 calorie.

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