HELP PLEASE with TDEE!

pkaur3000

So I've started doing TDEE -20% 2 days ago. I'm currently doing Jillian Michaels 30day shred upto 4 x week but otherwise not very active. I weigh 135lbs and am 5ft 3". I was following MFP's 1200kcal a day and eating back my burnt calories but didn't notice any weight/inches change and was constantly hungry (looking at my BMR calories below probably explains why)

I used the online calculator at http://iifym.com/iifym-calculator and my BMR is 1334 kcal, and my TDEE is 1834 with the exercise taken into account.

I'm going for the TDEE -20% fat loss category which allows me 1450 kcal daily and as per their recommendation I'm having 1g of protein per lb and 0.40g of fat per pound and the rest is carbohydrates.

So that roughly gives me 145g protein a day, 110g carbs and 54g fat. I've changed the settings on the MFP calorie counter accordingly and found that I always hit the carbs target (LOVE carbs!) but am consistently only taking 90g of protein and that's at a push, forcing myself to, but nonetheless sticking to my calories and exercise.

I was wondering whether by having a greater % of carbs vs % proteins but still staying within my recommended macro TDEE -20% limits got stall my weight loss?? Or will it be okay as I am still exercising and not going above my carbohydrate limit??


Any advice would be greatly appreciated, I really want to stick with this but want to make sure I'm not going to end up gaining weight due to the lower proportion of protein. I just really don't think the 1200kcal a day is working for me either.

Phoenix_Warrior

For weight loss, it is calories in vs out. Make sure you are weighing and measuring your food and tracking consistently. Protein, carbs, fat and fiber are macronutrients and while important, won't cause you to stall in weight loss if imbalanced. I would stick to it for a few weeks and go from there. I tend to be carb heavy and have zero issues losing. Hope this helps :flowerforyou: