New and confused

lemonblondie21

Just like the title says really.

I know my BMR and my TDEE, so now where do I go from there?

It seems that I am supposed to eat at least my BMR or 15% less than my TDEE. That's a lot of calories for someone who has been cutting down.

I guess this goes against things we've been told ie cut down on calories to lose weight, and this sort of goes in the opposite direction. So how do I go about setting up my goals to reflect the above?

It has pretty much set itself to IIFYM and wondering how to change if I am to try this out.

Thanks for any help
Lemonblondie21

heybales

So you know what the numbers are that go along with the terms - but you don't know what the terms mean.

TDEE - Total Daily Energy Expenditure

What you burn daily on average, based on what you do through the week in TOTAL.

You eat that - you maintain your weight.

You eat less - you lose weight. (you eat more - you gain weight)

Now - you say it seems like a lot of calories - compared to what exactly?
What you used to eat, which was only logged when dieting?
Did you even log prior to dieting, to know how much you ate that got you to the point of needing to lose weight?
If not, do you really have any concept of calorie levels then except for perhaps 1200 you may have attempted or seen plenty of times?

So decide if you actually have any experience with calorie levels to decide if it seems high or low, if it still seems like a lot of calories why exactly?

So several of your comments tells me you should read through the sticky notes again for this group, you got some of the points, but perhaps missing the concept, and the specific instructions as to what to change.
The spreadsheet on my profile page may help too for understanding, and it explains what to change exactly.
Stay on Simple Setup tab and Progress tab only. Enter your stats you know, measurements you should know, your planned weekly activity, and there's your TDEE figure, below Your Results is what to change where in MFP.
Read the instructions too about deleting the sample data in the yellow cells once you see what is being done, you can change those numbers there before putting in your own to see how things change.
That visual sometimes helps to understand.

yopeeps025

So you know what the numbers are that go along with the terms - but you don't know what the terms mean.

TDEE - Total Daily Energy Expenditure

What you burn daily on average, based on what you do through the week in TOTAL.

You eat that - you maintain your weight.

You eat less - you lose weight. (you eat more - you gain weight)

Now - you say it seems like a lot of calories - compared to what exactly?
What you used to eat, which was only logged when dieting?
Did you even log prior to dieting, to know how much you ate that got you to the point of needing to lose weight?
If not, do you really have any concept of calorie levels then except for perhaps 1200 you may have attempted or seen plenty of times?

So decide if you actually have any experience with calorie levels to decide if it seems high or low, if it still seems like a lot of calories why exactly?

So several of your comments tells me you should read through the sticky notes again for this group, you got some of the points, but perhaps missing the concept, and the specific instructions as to what to change.
The spreadsheet on my profile page may help too for understanding, and it explains what to change exactly.
Stay on Simple Setup tab and Progress tab only. Enter your stats you know, measurements you should know, your planned weekly activity, and there's your TDEE figure, below Your Results is what to change where in MFP.
Read the instructions too about deleting the sample data in the yellow cells once you see what is being done, you can change those numbers there before putting in your own to see how things change.
That visual sometimes helps to understand.

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