what is bmr? and those other letters you guys keep using?

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ivyslocum
ivyslocum Posts: 21
in Food and Nutrition
Ok, I'm really trying here. I even did the search but I cant follow.
I'm just eating the calories in the green text at the top of my page.
Am I wrong? What am I missing? Why all these other letters?
BMR? TTE?? something something?
Please help me learn more.
THANKS

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  • sarahdee2007
    sarahdee2007 Posts: 257
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    Bmr= basal metabolic rate. Aka what your body would burn in calories if you stay in bed and rested all day.
    Tte= ?? Lol
  • ivyslocum
    ivyslocum Posts: 21
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    Thank you for the def.
    The other letters are TTDE?

    also, do I need to take this into account as to how much I get to eat?
  • sarahdee2007
    sarahdee2007 Posts: 257
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    That is something people argue about on here all the time. I'm not really qualified to say.

    There is an option to calculate this for you under the 'tools' toolbar. I probably would have started out with a higher calorie goal if I really understood how it worked. I am not at a place yet to increase my calories that much right now though.
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
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    TDEE or TEE are Total (Daily) Energy Expenditure

    your BMR is energy use at rest, on top of that you move about and use energy to digest food and maybe even exercise, so adding these things on gets you from BMR to TDEE

    so perhaps 1500 calories a day BMR and 2100 calories a day of TDEE, that sort of thing.

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