BMR and TDEE

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_jayciemarie_
_jayciemarie_ Posts: 574 Member
edited February 8 in Health and Weight Loss
So unless we go to a place like the Bod Pod, the calculators we find on multiple sites are just a reference. How much should I account for error? 100-200 calories? Has anyone that has had the bod pod experience compared your results to the online calculators?

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  • hwoeltjen
    hwoeltjen Posts: 199 Member
    No matter who calculates what....the numbers you get are starting points.

    It's then up to you to try them out and adjust as necessary. You aren't going to find the magic number for you from other people. Even it it's close....it is probably still going to need some adjustments.

    Get a digital caliper and step on the scale once a week. That's how you accurately determine BMR.
  • _jayciemarie_
    _jayciemarie_ Posts: 574 Member
    Well...my BMR is around 1600 and my TDEE is around 2000. Before I found these boards I went with the 1200 MFP gave me as a goal. I was losing weight consistently. Then I started to up my calories based on so many people saying 1200 is too low. Since bumping up my calories, my weightloss has drastically slowed down. I can't figure out where I need to be as far as intake.
  • hwoeltjen
    hwoeltjen Posts: 199 Member
    How much weight on average are you losing at 1600 calories?

    Are you measuring your food or just estimating the 1600 number?
  • _jayciemarie_
    _jayciemarie_ Posts: 574 Member
    I have a food scale...which I just bought in November. August I lost 10lbs, September 10lbs, October 8lbs, and November 8lbs. I changed from 1200 to 1500ish late October. I guess I just wish I could figure out a good solid healthy number.
  • hwoeltjen
    hwoeltjen Posts: 199 Member
    8lbs a month isn't bad at all. I would say you are at a healthy number right now.

    You could always go back down to 1200. It's really a matter of how you feel at 1200 per day.

    Is that 1200 per day after exercise....or are you eating 1200 and then burning calories through exercise?
  • CorlissaEats
    CorlissaEats Posts: 493 Member
    8lbs per month is still good. You have a goal of 75 lbs total, so to be honest it will be easiest in the first few months to lose weight. I wouldnt worry about the impact of increasing your intake by 300 cals.

    You can check your TDEE by adding all the calories you consumed in the month, then adding the lost pounds multiplied by 3500 calories. Then divide that total by the number of days in the period. ie. 40,000+(8X3500)=X X/30= tdee You want the deficit to stay under 1000 calories. You lost 8lbs in November- thats somewhere around 900 per day so I would stick with the 1500 for now. Its more sustainable than 1200.
  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
    So unless we go to a place like the Bod Pod, the calculators we find on multiple sites are just a reference. How much should I account for error? 100-200 calories? Has anyone that has had the bod pod experience compared your results to the online calculators?

    Even BodPod has 10% error bars on it.

    Just pick a number, it doesn't matter much which one - log diligently - and after a few weeks you'll have enough results to figure out your own number precisely.
  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
    Before I found these boards I went with the 1200 MFP gave me as a goal. I was losing weight consistently. Then I started to up my calories based on so many people saying 1200 is too low. Since bumping up my calories, my weightloss has drastically slowed down. I can't figure out where I need to be as far as intake.

    Sounds to me like you already have figured it out. The answer is right there in your post.
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