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Question for TDEE folks

mmarcy11
mmarcy11 Posts: 38 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I calculated my TDEE and it came out to be 2377 and that is with 3-5 days of exercise. Is the 2377 every day or just on the days that I work out? Thanks!

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  • mydeloo78
    mydeloo78 Posts: 328 Member
    As I understand it you don't eat your exercise calories back with TDEE because they are already calculated in there. I would say this would only be on days you exercise, on non exercise days it would be less.
  • treetop57
    treetop57 Posts: 1,578 Member
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  • mallory3411
    mallory3411 Posts: 839 Member
    Your TDEE is what it would take calorie wise to maintain your weight. You deduct calories from that for weight loss, add for weight gain etc.

    You don't eat back your exercise calories with TDEE
  • Rae6503
    Rae6503 Posts: 6,294 Member
    I calculated my TDEE and it came out to be 2377 and that is with 3-5 days of exercise. Is the 2377 every day or just on the days that I work out? Thanks!

    That's your average over a week. So yeah, it's probably 2000 on no work out days and 2600 on workout days (or whatever). You do NOT eat your exercise calories using this method.
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    You don't eat back your exercise calories with TDEE
    That's not true if you're using MFP to calculate it, actually. See the post above yours. MFP does NOT include exercise when figuring TDEE, so you ARE supposed to eat them. It's your choice, but MFP is set up so that you eat them.
  • thedreamhazer
    thedreamhazer Posts: 1,156 Member
    You don't eat back your exercise calories with TDEE
    That's not true if you're using MFP to calculate it, actually. See the post above yours. MFP does NOT include exercise when figuring TDEE, so you ARE supposed to eat them. It's your choice, but MFP is set up so that you eat them.

    Except that the OP calculated their TDEE including their activity level from working out. Therefore their exercise is already included in this TDEE estimate.
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