Confused about Calorie/day ?? HELP

RBhyan
RBhyan Posts: 31 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I am 31 , 5'11" , CW : 165.8 lbsand presently doing Exercises 6 days/week . When I checked on IIFYM calculator it tells this :
TDEE : 2637
BMR : 1751
For Fat Loss (15-20% ) : 2110 Calories/day

But here when i set my Goal to losing 2 pounds/week it shows 1440 calories/day . So i am confused now because of huge gap between 2110 & 1440 . Is it because of my Cardio & Exercises OR I am doing something wrong . Please HELP

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  • norcalskater
    norcalskater Posts: 194 Member
    1440 makes sense for 2 lbs a week. 2 lbs per week is a lot for your body type so you need a significant deficit. At 2100 calories a day that's setup more for losing half a pound per week.. I would trust the calculator on this site. Set it at half a lb per week and it will most likely give you close to 2100 calories too.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    They're two different systems calculating your goal in two different ways.

    MFP does not take your exercise into account and will add more calories to your goal as you log your exercise and earn them. The TDEE method takes your exercise into account from the beginning, so you don't add any extra calories after exercise. Once you log your exercise into MFP it should bring the numbers closer together.

    Also, MFP takes a flat number of calories from your estimated maintenance calories depending on what you tell it you want to lose. 500 calories for 1 pound/week, 1000 for 2 pounds/week, etc. It doesn't worry about whether or not this is a reasonable goal. Most of the TDEE methods, on the other hand, will subtract about 20% of your TDEE to figure your goal, instead of a flat number. It tends to keep your calorie goal a little higher but it keeps you from setting a goal that's too aggressive for your body.

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