BMR or MFP? Conflicting numbers

dmenchac

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They are two different methods but they usually get to around the same number if you set them up equally.

MFP takes your information and calculates your assumed TDEE with no exercise included. It then takes your goal, which I assume is to lose 2 pounds per week (almost everyone chooses 2 pounds/week), and subtracts a certain number of calories to get you there (for 2 pounds per week it takes 1000 calories from your TDEE), keeping 1200 as the absolute minimum threshold.

The TDEE method that Scooby's uses takes a percentage from your TDEE instead of a set number of calories to keep you from losing weight too fast. In this case, you'd only be losing around a pound a week (maybe a little less). This is the biggest discrepancy between the two for you since you're setting both to sedentary.

With the MFP method you're meant to log your exercise and eat back the extra calories you earn. You should also be setting a reasonable goal (1 pound per week for most people).

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/819055-setting-your-calorie-and-macro-targets

Ah, ok...so this makes sense then! Still can't figure out why I'm not losing anything though. I've got to set up a dr appt. though....I think I may have a thyroid issue!

When in doubt, always blame a medical condition rather than what is really responsible.

belanna5

If you're only eating back half your exercise calories to make up for inaccurate calorie counting…

...what happens if you're calculating your exercise burn incorrectly?

Are you using a chest strap heart rate monitor?

This! I use a chest strap and I log 30% less of what it says. I've seen people logging 160 cal for 30 min of cooking or 250 for singing. Really? Where you doing a concert? 'no but I was using my diaphragm' :noway:

asciiqwerty

A person is able to burn up to 1100 calories in one hour boxing.

*a person* might
but how much I burn will depend on my weight and actual intensity of my activity, i could spend an hour in a boxing gym, but would probably not be boxing for all of that time and the intensity would vary
and if 4-10-100 (however many) people spent a hour boxing it is very unlikely that any of them actually burn exactly 1100 calories