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calorie confusion

Posts: 219 Member
edited February 10 in Food and Nutrition
Ok so MFP gave me 1770 calories aday

Your BMR is:1802 Calories/Day
Your TDEE is:2556 Calories/Day
http://iifym.com

I am trying to lose about 60-70 pounds.
I exersize atleast 4 times a week (20-40 minutes on a stationary bike)

How much should i be eating?!?!?!?!

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  • Posts: 2,848 Member
    IF your numbers are correct (and they're all really estimates) you could eat at a 20% - 25% deficit to your TDEE with 70 pounds to lose. Using 20%,that is roughly a 500 calorie deficit per day, or eating around 2000 a day.

    You could eat around 1800, as MFP suggested, and if you lose too fast up your calories a bit. I find that if I track (weigh and measure) all my food consistently and track my exercise as concisely as possible, I can about predict what I will lose for the week. Be sure you are NETTING 1800 for the day.

    Start with 1800 and then see how you do. Good luck.
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