Help with BMR / TDEE

KatyAverill

I'm trying to set a daily calorie goal based off of my BMR and TDEE.

I went through and followed this post as well as I could:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/931670-bmr-and-tdee-explained-for-those-needing-a-guide

However, I'm a little stuck.

As a 24 year old woman at 5'8" and 190 lbs, my BMR is 1460 kcals
My military body fat percentage is 41.7%
TDEE is 2332 kcals
Subtracting out 20% leaves 1858 kcals per day.

However, when I enter my goal weight into the calculator (http://www.fat2fittools.com/tools/bmr/), my goal is 1994 kcals per day

Which of the two options should I set as my daily kcal goal? 1858 or 1994?
Also, would that be my net goal to hit?

AmyRhubarb

If you want to find your current TDEE, enter your goal weight as your CURRENT weight - as you lose, you can redo the numbers to adjust cals every 5-10lbs down or so. But entering current weight in the goal weight box will give you a TDEE for the weight you are now.

If you included your exercise in the configuration, then you do not eat back exercise cals - your daily goal is the same every day no matter what.

amylg05

Im also confused, I have just read the guide in the link you posted and used the calculators on the fat2fit site.

My body fat was 148% omg

I currently weigh 182lbs and put my goal weight in as 150lbs. It came up with the below:

Sedentary (little or no exercise, desk job - 1458
Lightly Active (light exercise/sports 1-3 days/wk) - 1671

If I look at the lightly active one, and minus 20%, which is 334 then I am left with 1336. What I want to know is, is that 1336 what I am supposed to be eating daily in order to lose weight? The sedentary worked out as like 1166 calories....I do work a desk job but I exercise 3 times a week at least so I am guessing im lightly active?

SezxyStef

Im also confused, I have just read the guide in the link you posted and used the calculators on the fat2fit site.

My body fat was 148% omg

I currently weigh 182lbs and put my goal weight in as 150lbs. It came up with the below:

Sedentary (little or no exercise, desk job - 1458
Lightly Active (light exercise/sports 1-3 days/wk) - 1671

If I look at the lightly active one, and minus 20%, which is 334 then I am left with 1336. What I want to know is, is that 1336 what I am supposed to be eating daily in order to lose weight? The sedentary worked out as like 1166 calories....I do work a desk job but I exercise 3 times a week at least so I am guessing im lightly active?

YOu are better off starting your own thread but before you do check your numbers...you are not 148% BF...and unless you are very short your TDEE is highly unlikely 1458.

Frood42

MFP is a NEAT calculator.
TDEE should take into account your exercise calories already, so there is no NET goal.

If you want to track via MFP, set your TDEE -20% as a Custom Goal and then log your exercise as 1 calorie.


http://iifym.com/tdee-calculator/
IIFYM has an activity level option if you want to try it


You're confusing two different ways of thinking to create a deifict.
You can use either number, you will lose weight on both, they are just different ways of getting to your goal weight.


TDEE -20% creates a deficit by using your total energy expenditure and subtracting a number from it to create the deficit.

Fat2Fit creates a deficit by suggesting you eat the maintenance calories you would eat at target weight, which would be lower than the maintenance calories you would eat now at your current higher weight. With the Fat2Fit way, you start with a larger deficit which will slowly get smaller as your get nearer target, which for some people makes maintenance easier.

With MFP you choose your deficit, with the idea being that the closer to goal weight you get, you will want to adjust the deficit to more manageable levels so that as you get closer to goal it will be easier to move into maintenance.

With TDEE -20% you will want to recalculate your number every so often to make sure you maintain your chosen deficit (as losing weight will mean that your burns from exercise will be less).
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KatyAverill

Hmm...thank you for the help everyone! It's a bit confusing and a lot to think about so I really appreciate it