Ok I am confused now..

jaymikhail69
jaymikhail69 Posts: 40 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Ok I keep seeing you need to lose 3500 calories to lose a pound or burn 500 more calories than I eat a day. So my goal to lose two pounds a week is 2310 calories without exercise, but I always exercise 5 days a week, so for example is it saying that If I eat 1500 calories today I have to burn 2000 calories that day to lose weight? That just doesn't sound right to me, yeah I am losing weight, but would like to know "how" I am doing cause that whole "Burn more than you take in equation" doesn't quite make sense to me

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  • ab_1203
    ab_1203 Posts: 88 Member
    How many calories do you need to maintain your weight? If you eat 1500 calories today, you'd already burn around 1500 calories without exercise if your maintenance calories are 3000. Does that make sense?
  • mreeves261
    mreeves261 Posts: 728 Member
    Ok so you are 21, 6'5" and I just assumed 250 (just as a rough number) and your BMR is 2259. Your TDEE is roughly 3303.

    BMR = Basal Metabolic Rate = The amount of calories to needed to maintain normal body functions, example most often used is if you were in a coma.

    TDEE = Total Daily Energy Expenditure = The TOTAL amount you need to MAINTAIN your current weight.

    This is where the 500 number you are hearing comes into play. Using the TDEE method people either deduct 500, effectively losing the 3500 calories it takes to lose 1 pound, or a %. You don't want to burn more than you take in. You want to burn slightly less than what you need to maintain but usually not more than what your body needs to survive. The exception being morbidly obese people eating below BMR, please note I said MORBIDLY OBESE.

    Try this link, it should give you some more answers.

    http://iifym.com/tdee-calculator/

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