Help working out tdee please xx

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Serena272
Serena272 Posts: 53 Member
edited February 13 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi went onto scooby and got two results I am only 5 foot and have lost 9 stone over the last 3 year and have 8lb left to take me to just under 9 stone as that s where I would like to be,when I put in all my info Harris benedict at 3/5 hours moderate excercise came at BMR 1323/tdee 2051 20% of came in at 1640 the other mifflin st jeor same details was was 1195/tdee 1852 and 20% 1462 as you can see quite a difference I put in moderate 3/5 hours but I do Monday to Friday 1 and half hours a day of cardio and lifting mixed any help would be great of where I should be thankyou.

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  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    That's only 200 calories difference between the 2 numbers if I'm reading right. That's a very small amount. Either pick one or do the average of the two.
  • Serena272
    Serena272 Posts: 53 Member
    Bump
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    That's only 200 calories difference between the 2 numbers if I'm reading right. That's a very small amount. Either pick one or do the average of the two.

    this TDEE formula is really just a starting point because it's just a formula based on averages and you are an individual. mathematically individual numbers within a sample are rarely exactly equal to the average. just pick a number, and experiment. your tdee will more than likely end up being somewhere over or under that initial number you start with.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,368 Member
    I just use the numbers scooby gives me by default http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/. It's been pretty accurate for me (I don't even know where to find the other formula anyway).

    It's trial and error. Try that, and if you're not losing as fast as you like, cut 100 calories.
  • WBB55
    WBB55 Posts: 4,131 Member
    You've lost 126 pounds in 3 years? That's AWESOME! I'm tempted to tell you that you know by now what you're doing and should just listen to your body to tell you what's right.

    But here's my thoughts, if you're only 8 pounds from your goal weight, choosing the 20% reduction on the calculator is usually not advised. I'd change it to the 10% number, if it was me. And average the two different formulas. So that would mean about 1700-1800 each day.
  • Serena272
    Serena272 Posts: 53 Member
    Brilliant thankyou for the help,am going to do that x
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