TDEE and calories....HELP

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  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    Actually, Livin_Large, you need to eat 1034 calories a day to lose weight. After you multiply 197 * 15 = 2955, you multiply 2955 by 0.35 (that's 35% in decimal) to get 1034.25 calories a day. You WILL lose weight eating only 1035 calories a day. You will loose it quickly. I've been eating less than 1000 cal/day and have lost between 2-3 lbs a week on average.

    Try it; you may do well, especially if you eat a high protein diet while on this restricted amount of calories.

    Cheers and all the best!

    Carla

    You did that wrong, you should take the 2955 and minus 1034 as you need to eat no more than 35% below TDEE which is 65% of TDEE but can go as higher as 90% and still lose weight. So if your TDEE is 2955 you should be eating at least 1921 (2955-(0.35*2955)) or (2955*.65) and up to 2659 (2955*.9) to lose weight.

    I repeat, do not eat less than 1921, if your TDEE is 2955, and I would suggest the higher such as 80% of TDEE (2364) .

    That being said I don't agree with the method used to calculate TDEE, but it gives a rough estimate

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