BMR is 1353...but told to eat 1200

DivaDiane

The more I read, the more I learn. Thanks, guys. TDEE was not something I knew about.

ladyraven68

I am very new to all this and enjoy reading threads such as these. This is a calculator I found a few days back and messed around with a bit: http://calorieline.com/tools/tdee If you want to find your current TDEE at different levels of activity, enter your current weight as your goal weight.

Fat2Fit also works in that way - it tells you to eat at the TDEE of a person at your goal weight
http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/bmr/

If you want to work out your current TDEE you need to put your current weight as your goal weight.

This method, or deducting 15-20% from your TDEE seem a far more logical way of setting your numbers than just deducting 500 calories.

neverstray

I am very new to all this and enjoy reading threads such as these. This is a calculator I found a few days back and messed around with a bit: http://calorieline.com/tools/tdee If you want to find your current TDEE at different levels of activity, enter your current weight as your goal weight.

Fat2Fit also works in that way - it tells you to eat at the TDEE of a person at your goal weight
http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/bmr/

If you want to work out your current TDEE you need to put your current weight as your goal weight.

This method, or deducting 15-20% from your TDEE seem a far more logical way of setting your numbers than just deducting 500 calories.

Agreed 100%. Also, let's say you reach your goal weight, and the decide you would like to shave off an extra 5 or 10 lbs. Well, the percentage methodology is more logical to me than just lopping off 500 calories.

time2bhealthy

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Eats_With_A_Fist_Returns

Assuming your set your activity level to sedentary your maintenance caloric needs (not including exercise) would be around 1623 ( 1353 x 1.2), subtract 500 cal deficit (needed for 1lb loss per week) gives you 1123 cal - MFP doesn't go below 1200. So it would be reasonable to eat 1200 + your exercise calories.

Its usually extremely low caloric diets that will mess with your metabolism (below 1000 cal)

You seem quite switched on... Does the below 1000 mean NET or GROSS calories? I mean, I can eat 1800calories on a day AND burn that through EXERCISE alone giving me a net of 0 yet eaten 1800...

Just wondering if it counts the same, especially as am eating throughout the day so the energy balance is at the END of the day and fluctuates throughout the day! If that makes sense!

I know you asked them, but if I may offer an answer. The 1200 + your exercise calories would be your Net. If the minimum is 1200 and you eat 1200, but then burn 200, your Net would be 1000. This is lower than it should be. The 1200 calorie limit is set at the level you need to eat if you want to lose. You could only eat that level without exercise and lose (theoretically). So when you exercise, you're creating a bigger deficit and you need to refuel your body after doing so by eating back as many of those calories as you can. That's the way I've always understood and approached it.

lin7604

I am very new to all this and enjoy reading threads such as these. This is a calculator I found a few days back and messed around with a bit: http://calorieline.com/tools/tdee If you want to find your current TDEE at different levels of activity, enter your current weight as your goal weight.

Thanks for that site, i like it alot better then others i was using..... it figured mt tdee to be 1535 so i will take 15% off that and it gives me 1304... so i will set my goals to that now..

ElizabethRoad

The site told you to eat 1200 because you said you wanted to lose one pound per week. It's a calculator. It isn't saying it's healthy for you to eat that amount.