BMR?

TiffanyV25
TiffanyV25 Posts: 96 Member
edited October 7 in Health and Weight Loss
Not sure I understand this. My BMR is 1,769 cals/day for basic functioning. So how does calories burned/ate play into this and losing weight? Thanks for any help!

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  • TiffanyV25
    TiffanyV25 Posts: 96 Member
    Not getting much love with this whole posting thing. Second post with no reply. Maybe I am the only one wondering??
  • carrie_eggo
    carrie_eggo Posts: 1,396 Member
    BMR is used to figure out your TDEE (total daily energy expenditure)....basically you take your BMR and multiply by an activity factor (sedentary, lightly active, etc) to get to your TDEE. Then a certain % or number of calories is subtracted from the TDEE to create a deficit (MFP has done this for you)....resulting in weight loss.
  • TiffanyV25
    TiffanyV25 Posts: 96 Member
    Ah. I see! Thank you for the reply :bigsmile:
  • Petey81
    Petey81 Posts: 1
    lots and lots of water
  • My1985Freckles
    My1985Freckles Posts: 1,039 Member
    I have recently learned this.... Be careful to not eat below your BMR for too long or you can throw your body into a starvation mode resulting in a plateau.

    I was going along, eating healthy, exercising, drinking my water, and staying under my MFP calories (1200). I was doing well. Did this for about 2.5-3 months. I lost 25 pounds. Then BAM! I suddenly stopped losing. I was depressed. I was doing everything I was "supposed" to do. I increased my exercise and my calories to 1340. Still nothing......

    Then I calculated my BMR (I used a formula I found online for obese/overweight women- it is more accurate than MFP's). That number was 1466! I wasn't eating enough for my body to function properly!

    I took a two week break to reset my body and changed my calories. I now make sure to eat at least 1450-1500 calories a day and not have a total calorie deficit of more than 1000 for the day (it's the Olivia method, you can search it in the threads).

    Anywho, moral of the story.... The belief that "eat less" is always the answer is WRONG and can cause more harm than good. Periodically, you should calculate your BMR to make sure you are eating enough. :-)
  • carrie_eggo
    carrie_eggo Posts: 1,396 Member
    Yeah....so what I meant to say was it's basically the starting point for figuring out how many calories you need. Thanks Pu :)
  • TiffanyV25
    TiffanyV25 Posts: 96 Member
    Thanks. Makes sense :smile:
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