**READ THIS** Figuring out your calorie goals

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  • carolemack
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    henrybob123 - because MFP does not include exercise calories in its calculations. It makes you eat back the calories when you do the exercise.

    f2f - lets you spread out the exercise calories over the week evenly. mfp lets you eat the calories only when you exercise

    Sorry you were addressing BMR not allowed calories. Different formulas.
  • henrybob123
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    Yeah I was talking about BMR.

    My TDEE is around 2900. If that is the case then the MFP target of 1790 is way too low.

    What's with all the 'bump's
  • mrsdizzyd84
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    Ok, the charts on fat2fit are confusing the hell out of me.

    My Katch-McArdle BMR is 1568.

    I'm Moderately Active, so my TDEE would be 1568 * 1.55 = 2430. Right? And, in theory, if I eat 2430 calories a day I will maintain my weight. Correct?

    OK, if this is the case, why is Fat2Fit telling me to eat 2427 calories if I am moderately active. There is no deficit here, so how I'm I supposed to lose weight like this?

    Clearly, I'm missing something here. I was under the impression that in order to lose weight I need a deficit.
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  • purple_jelly_bean
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    My BMR is 1759
    My TDEE is 2726

    Why are they so different..?
    These numbers confuse me I put in my info and got.those numbers so which calories should I be eating..?
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  • em9371
    em9371 Posts: 1,047 Member
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    Ok so I input all my numbers and this is what I got...

    Harris-Benedict Formula- BMR is 1975
    Katch-McArdle BMR is 1362

    Height: 5'7
    My CW: 258
    My GW: 165
    BF%: Roughly 61%(yikes I know.)

    I workout 5-6 days a week for 30-45 minutes a day. So I chose moderately active which according to that website I should be eating 3108 calories. MFP has me eating roughly 1800 calories to lose 2 lbs a week. I figured since I have more than 75 lbs to lose 2 lbs is safe for now. 3000 calories seems like an awful lot. So which number do I go with? MFP or the calculations I got from the fat 2 fit website? Thanks for any help you can give me!

    The mfp number is net so once you add back your exercise cals the 1800 will be higher, I guess at least 2100 depending on your workouts.

    Your 2 bmr calcs seem very different, how did you measure your bf?
    I take it the 3108 is from the Harris bendict?
    Assuming your body fat is correct, you should work from the katch mcardle which would give you 1362 x 1.5 for mod active = 2043, which is around the same as what mfp gives you when exercise is added in.
    To get your tdee, which you would eat to maintain, add 20% to 2043.

    Hope this helps x

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