Eating the calories you burn

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  • njmark72
    njmark72 Posts: 99 Member
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    No she won't gain if eating over her BMR she will likely lose....my BMR is 1400...I eat 2k a day and maintain on 2137...you have mixed up BMR (calories required to function) and TDEE calories required to maintain.


    If you read my entire post and didn't pull out one sentence you would understand what I was saying. What I said was, if she is burning 300 additional calories through exercise and then eats those calories and her BMR is > than the 1400 calorie allowance she is taking in she will lose weight.

    I am not confusing anything. You are obviously burning more calories than your BMR in order to maintain your current weight.

    Mark
  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
    I found my happy place. I set my activity for sedentary (I am mostly sedentary with a few lightly active days unless I am actually exercising) and my goal for 1 lb a week. I eat back about 1/2 to 2/3 of calories earned both from targeted activity which is the only thing I log, and my fitbit steps (which is where cleaning house, etc. comes in) and I have been averaging about 1.25 to 1.5 lb a week loss.
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
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    No she won't gain if eating over her BMR she will likely lose....my BMR is 1400...I eat 2k a day and maintain on 2137...you have mixed up BMR (calories required to function) and TDEE calories required to maintain.


    If you read my entire post and didn't pull out one sentence you would understand what I was saying. What I said was, if she is burning 300 additional calories through exercise and then eats those calories and her BMR is > than the 1400 calorie allowance she is taking in she will lose weight.

    I am not confusing anything. You are obviously burning more calories than your BMR in order to maintain your current weight.

    Mark

    I did read your entire post....and what you said was " Unless of course your 1400 calories is greater than your Basal Metabolic rate. Then you will gain."

    that statement is wrong flat our wrong. If the 1400 is greater than her TDEE then she will gain, If the 1400 is greater than her BMR (depending on how much she will continue to lose or maintain or gain...) not flat out gain.

    People burn their BMR in a coma...as it is defined as the rate at which the body uses energy while at rest to keep vital functions going, such as breathing and keeping warm. Anything above that activity requires additional calories otherwise you lose weight...hence the definition of TDEE which is Total Daily Energy expenditure which includes BMR+daily activity which includes exercise = Maitenance.

    Your entire statement except for the last part really doesn't make a whole lot of sense...

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