confused on calories

sweetg150
sweetg150 Posts: 17
in Health and Weight Loss
Okay I need to know what calorie in take I should follow. First my tdee is 2565 Calories, and its shows I should eat 2052 Calories for 20% weigh loss, but my fitness pal has me way under at 1610. So what do I need to follow??

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  • sweetg150
    sweetg150 Posts: 17
    bumping
  • sweetg150
    sweetg150 Posts: 17
    Anyone have any advice?!?!
  • ThePunkHippie
    ThePunkHippie Posts: 213
    I'm hoping someone does, because after using http://www.fitnessfrog.com/calculators/tdee-calculator.html to calculate my TDEE, it's telling me I should be eating 2083 calories, but MFP has been telling me around 1600
  • LittleRedBoots
    LittleRedBoots Posts: 20 Member
    We're going to need some more info about you to help you on this. Could you tell us your age/gender/weight/height/activity level? Calorie intake is based on a number of things and any number you get is always going to be an estimate.
  • ThePunkHippie
    ThePunkHippie Posts: 213
    We're going to need some more info about you to help you on this. Could you tell us your age/gender/weight/height/activity level? Calorie intake is based on a number of things and any number you get is always going to be an estimate.

    I put the same info into MFP as I did into http://www.fitnessfrog.com/calculators/tdee-calculator.html & I got a difference of over 400 calories.
    31/f/215/5'3/little to no
  • LittleRedBoots
    LittleRedBoots Posts: 20 Member
    We're going to need some more info about you to help you on this. Could you tell us your age/gender/weight/height/activity level? Calorie intake is based on a number of things and any number you get is always going to be an estimate.

    I put the same info into MFP as I did into http://www.fitnessfrog.com/calculators/tdee-calculator.html & I got a difference of over 400 calories.
    31/f/215/5'3/little to no

    It sounds to me like the MFP estimate is more accurate if you're wanting to lose weight. At little to no activity 2k cal seems a bit high for a female. Having said this, it is different for everyone and you might find you get great loss with 2k calorie intake but personally I would stick with MFP for now and see how it goes for you. Feel free to add me and let me know how you get on. :D
  • ThePunkHippie
    ThePunkHippie Posts: 213
    I have been slowly upping my activity rate, but I still wouldn't classify me as active ;D

    I just calculated my BMR & it also said over 2000 though
    http://weightloss.about.com/od/eatsmart/a/blcalintake.htm
  • stanvoodoo
    stanvoodoo Posts: 1,023 Member
    Go by what MFP says as it already includes the deficit so you don't have to worry about that part!

    Best of Luck!!!
  • LittleRedBoots
    LittleRedBoots Posts: 20 Member
    I have been slowly upping my activity rate, but I still wouldn't classify me as active ;D

    I just calculated my BMR & it also said over 2000 though
    http://weightloss.about.com/od/eatsmart/a/blcalintake.htm

    But if you aren't doing much exercise your daily energy expenditure won't be much over 2000 and to lose weight you want to be consuming less than you're expending, thats why MFP is giving you a calorie intake of 1600 to account for a deficit so you lose weight.
  • sweetg150
    sweetg150 Posts: 17
    I have been doing the mfp and havent been losing anything.I did slack some and I gained back 4 of my 8lbs ( thats before) and when I went back to mfp I have lose 3 of the 4 and nothing else. I have plugged all my info into 3 different web sites and all 3 say 2000 to 2100, only mfp is this low. Almost I was exercising, but due to a small medical problem, Ive had to put it on hold.
  • sweetg150
    sweetg150 Posts: 17
    Enter it your self: age 27, height 5'3, weight 302 and little/ no exercise, for right now....

    Maybe I am miss reading it....
  • LittleRedBoots
    LittleRedBoots Posts: 20 Member
    What you have to remember is that MFP is giving you the amount you should be consuming (i.e worked out your daily expenditure and taken some off it so you lose weight). I am assuming these other websites are simply giving you your BMR or your daily expenditure, they aren't taking into consideration a deficit for losing weight.

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