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TDEE???

caitipa
caitipa Posts: 11
edited February 26 in Getting Started
So, I do not think I've been eating enough and that's why I have lack of energy. I have been eating roughly between 1200-1500 calories (Depending if I am hungry or not and how my body feels). But according to my TDEE, it says 2505 cal a day. Is that normal? Is that what I should be eating? My BMR is 1713 cal/day. I'm sooooo confused with this lingo. What happened to eating when I am hungry and stopping when I am full. Can anyone enlighten me? :) thanks!!!

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  • kshadows
    kshadows Posts: 1,315 Member
    TDEE is basically your maintenance calories. It's recommended to take a cut of your TDEE to lose weight (ex, TDEE-20%, would be ~2,000 calories a day). 1200-1500 is quite low, if you're exercising too. I eat about 1600 PLUS all my exercise calories.

    Check out this link.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/974888-in-place-of-a-road-map-2k13
  • Saramelie
    Saramelie Posts: 308 Member
    TDEE is basically your maintenance calories. It's recommended to take a cut of your TDEE to lose weight (ex, TDEE-20%, would be ~2,000 calories a day). 1200-1500 is quite low, if you're exercising too. I eat about 1600 PLUS all my exercise calories.

    Check out this link.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/974888-in-place-of-a-road-map-2k13
    Well, TDEE already takes in consideration your physical activity, so I would not eat calories on top of it. But this is right, you take your TDEE and subtract anywhere from 25% to 5%, depending of your goal. For myself, example, my TDEE is 2650 right now and I want to lose 2 pounds per week ( safe at my size), so I subtracted 1000 calories per day and now eat 1650 per day. I will have to recalculate every 5 pounds, more or less. If you want to lose 1 pound per week, then substract 500 calories from TDEE.
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    So, I do not think I've been eating enough and that's why I have lack of energy. I have been eating roughly between 1200-1500 calories (Depending if I am hungry or not and how my body feels). But according to my TDEE, it says 2505 cal a day. Is that normal? Is that what I should be eating? My BMR is 1713 cal/day. I'm sooooo confused with this lingo. What happened to eating when I am hungry and stopping when I am full. Can anyone enlighten me? :) thanks!!!

    It's hard to answer if it is normal without knowing your stats - age, height, weight, activity level, what you actually do for activity.

    2505 is not a huge TDEE for an active person. Keep in mind that would be your maintainance so to lose weight you would eat less than that (unless that is your number with the deficit included).

    If you figure correctly, both TDEE and MFP plus exercise should put you around the same intake.

    The problem with eating when you are hungry and stopping whenyou are full is that hunger is not always a reliable indicator of whether or not we need food. Eating too little food can actually supress appetite. Many people suffering from anorexia report they are not hungry. Some overweight people report constant hunger.
    You don't have to stuff yourself but I would avoid very low calorie I takes.
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