TDEE help?

Anna_Joys_Journey

Okay...I've been all over the place "diet" wise...but I'm so over that.

Just under a month ago I switched from doing nothing but cardio to doing resistance training instead. I decided that I would also do the TDEE -20% method instead of whatever nonsense I was doing before. It's not been perfect...some days have been way over where they're supposed to be...but I'm getting there slowly. There are SO many calculators and methods out there though, and I'm not sure which one is the right one I'm supposed to be following. All the numbers are different. I enter my info into the calculators and get a HUGE range--BMR from 1580-1717, and TDEE from 1990-2361.

I'm female, 26 years old, 201lbs, 5'5", and sedentary aside from an hour a day workout 4 days a week...

Help?

(ETA: I'm not sure which one I'm following at the moment...but whichever one it is puts my cals at 1640. My hubby suggested averaging a few of the numbers I get from the calculators and going from there...)

SugaryLynx

I would pick one and stick with it for a few weeks, see where the scales go. Adjust from there. None of them will be 100% on intake.

cathipa

The difficult part is always trying to decide what the "activity level" is. Since you workout 4 hours per week go with the 3-5 range. Why not go with an average TDEE and subtract 20%. Try this for 2 weeks and see if you notice any change.

Anna_Joys_Journey

Thanks.