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missjmariam
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Hey everyone. I just want to find out what you guys think my activity level is.
M-F i sit at a desk for 8hrs (work)
Other than that..
I work out 6 days a week, 1 hour i spend it on the treadmill (30 minutes at 4.5mph and 30 minutes at 6.5 mph) i usually end up burning 550 calories on the treadmill. Then about 3 times out of the 6 times I usually go on the eliptical after for 10 minutes and burn 100 cals. Also I do strength training but no more than 15 minutes per gym session (usually twice a week i do this).
Would you consider my lifestyle sedentary? lightly active? moderately active?
I am just trying to figure out how much calories i should be eating to lose good amount of weight. I want to know my TDEE and go off that.
M-F i sit at a desk for 8hrs (work)
Other than that..
I work out 6 days a week, 1 hour i spend it on the treadmill (30 minutes at 4.5mph and 30 minutes at 6.5 mph) i usually end up burning 550 calories on the treadmill. Then about 3 times out of the 6 times I usually go on the eliptical after for 10 minutes and burn 100 cals. Also I do strength training but no more than 15 minutes per gym session (usually twice a week i do this).
Would you consider my lifestyle sedentary? lightly active? moderately active?
I am just trying to figure out how much calories i should be eating to lose good amount of weight. I want to know my TDEE and go off that.
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Do you want to do strictly TDEE or do you want to do a hybrid of TDEE and MFP?
I do a hybrid. I set my TDEE to sedentary and do Sedentary TDEE -20% then eat back 50% of my exercise calories. That way, I can eat more food on days that I work out and I don't feel like I'm forced to work out or I'll gain weight.0 -
I suppose I can do a mix of both.
But what category would you fit me into from the information i provided?
Sedentary still? Or lightly active?
Ok so if i use tdee that is sedentary that is 1745 - 349 (20%) = 1396 calz + half exercise calz so lets say 250 = 1646 on days that i exercise.
On days that I don't exercise 1200-1396 should be good.0 -
I suppose I can do a mix of both.
But what category would you fit me into from the information i provided?
Sedentary still? Or lightly active?
Ok so if i use tdee that is sedentary that is 1745 - 349 (20%) = 1396 calz + half exercise calz so lets say 250 = 1646 on days that i exercise.
On days that I don't exercise 1200-1396 should be good.
I did sedentary because a desk job is sedentary. I figure better to be safe than sorry, and if I am hungry I can always add more calories later.
Be careful with 1200, you don't want to cause metabolic damage by eating consistently below your BMR. My BMR is 1370 and I try to hit within a narrow range of 1370-1390 on days I don't exercise.
Otherwise, your stuff looks a lot like what I've been doing and its working well, but slowly
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