Just some general help please

AdiposeRapture

Im sure these have been asked a bunch and I've read a ton of posts that relate and I just CAN'T seem to fully understand.
I would like help calculating my BMR, my TDEE (and an explanation of these) and a more in depth answer to how many calories to eat per day than the number that shows up on my food diary every day.

When I joined, 3 weeks ago, I was 230 and inactive, I set it to SEDENTARY, but after reading some posts, most said SEDENTARY was less active then I was, as I do spend a good deal of the day on my feet wandering around cleaning.
Then I started walking everyday, starting at 15 min working up to 30-60 minutes a day, every day. Then I added a cardio workout every couple days and now I'm doing 30DS every day and walking twice a day for 30 minutes.

Im down to 220, lost inches in neck, waist and hips. Changed my activty level to LIGHT ACTIVE, but was told if I did to not log exercise...

Anyway, long story made a bit shorter- can someone (or multiple someone's) please help me out in better understanding exactly what I should be doing, logging and why?

I would really appreciate it.

yarwell

the correct way to use the tools on this site is to set your routine activity level to represent your lifestyle / routing, and then enter exercise that is not routing as and when you do it.

MFP will calculate your food / calorie goal from the first part, and set a deficit based on your loss rate. It will then add the calories that you spend on exercise into your food allowance, increasing the calorie goal. You can eat all or some of these extra calories, depending on your point of view.

The BMR calculator is at http://www.myfitnesspal.com/tools/bmr-calculator and is built into the goal setter at http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/my_goals

AdiposeRapture

Bump :P