Confused about BMR

BrownEyedJerseyGirl

The BMR tool on MFP states that my BMR is 1410. However, when I use the goals tools it states that I burn 1810 calories (not including exercise) and it has me on a 1200 calorie daily caloric intake for a 1.2 pound per week weight loss. (1810-1200=(610*7)/3500).

If it is calculating my BMR at 1410 then why is it using 1850 as the guide of how many calories I burn in a day to calculate my projected weight loss?

:huh:

3dogsrunning

BMR is the amount of calories your body burns just to survive. That does not iinclude your daily activities that burn additional calories. Your BMR is multiplied with a factor of how active you are daily to calculate your TDEE, total daily energy expenditure. That is the number you create a deficit from, not your BMR.

Edit - some formulas include your exercise when they calculate TdEE, MFP does not.

Paiscool

Your BMR is a measure of what calories your body consumes without doing any activity.In other words,if you laid in bed all day for 24 hours your body would still burn your BMR calories.The additional calories above that are calories burned walking,talking,climbing steps,etc.Whatever activities that you do other than just exist.

BrownEyedJerseyGirl

Thank you for the explanation.