BMR

Trinketona
Trinketona Posts: 190
in Health and Weight Loss
My bmr is 1672.50 and then I multiply it by 1.2 for sedentary it equals 2007. How many calories should I cut? Also I chose to multiply it by 1.2 since I work at an officer and sit the entire day. Did I do that right?

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  • thegreatcanook
    thegreatcanook Posts: 2,419 Member
    If you are getting 30 min of exercise, 5-6 days a week, you would be good around 1500-1600a day!
  • stephe1987
    stephe1987 Posts: 406 Member
    You need to calculate your TDEE (not BMR) and should probably eat around 20% less than that number. So multiply your TDEE by 0.8. I'm not sure if the factor for sedentary is 1.2 from your BMR to TDEE (it may very well be correct) but there are calculators to help you find your TDEE. 20% is a small deficit so you can maintain your weight loss and are less likely to gain it back (and also minimize the saggy skin for people with large amounts of weight to lose).

    ETA: This is assuming you don't exercise. If you exercise, you should eat back some of those exercise calories but be careful that the number burned is correct (and the amount you're eating is correct) so you don't eat back more than you burned.

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