TIRED..PLATEAUD...SCALE NOT MOVING !!!FOUND MY ANSWER !!!!

2BeHealthy4Life

bump...I'm onboard!

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THATS GREAT !!!!

mcpherson4

bump. very iteresting. I would need to eat 1840 daily (tdee) 1574 (bmr)

waldenfam2

Bump for later!

waldenfam2

Hi, can someone please explain this to me.

Mine is 2129 - but I don't understand how I can lose weight on this amount when I didn't even eat that much before trying to lose weight.

The online calculator thing isn't really custom fit to each individual. My guess is that it takes average and do some math on those numbers. It could be your actual number is totally different. I like the idea of the other poster did. She wore a HRM from the moment she jumps out the bed and until she goes to sleep. She actually captured how many calories she burned for real. I think I am gonna try this method to figure it out.

I've worn my bodybugg for the last 5 days or so and couldn't believe how many calories I burn in a day. Anywhere from 2200 to 2700. Which means 1200 to 1400 calories is way to low for me! Yay!

Kmsnomaha

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2BeHealthy4Life

Hi, can someone please explain this to me.

Mine is 2129 - but I don't understand how I can lose weight on this amount when I didn't even eat that much before trying to lose weight.

The online calculator thing isn't really custom fit to each individual. My guess is that it takes average and do some math on those numbers. It could be your actual number is totally different. I like the idea of the other poster did. She wore a HRM from the moment she jumps out the bed and until she goes to sleep. She actually captured how many calories she burned for real. I think I am gonna try this method to figure it out.

I've worn my bodybugg for the last 5 days or so and couldn't believe how many calories I burn in a day. Anywhere from 2200 to 2700. Which means 1200 to 1400 calories is way to low for me! Yay!

REPLY:
YES !!!! HOW MUCH WE ACTUALLY BURN CAN BE SHOCKING... SO MANY ARE UNAWARE OF THIS .... THAT'S WHY ITS SO IMPORTANT TO FUEL OR BODIES WITH ENOUGH FOOD...UPON DOING THIS THE BODY WILL EVENTUALLY LET GO OF THE WEIGHT AND FAT IT SO DESPERATELY HOLDS ON TOO BECAUSE ITS NOT GETTING ENOUGH FOOD !!!!

CONGRATS ON YOUR 59 LB WEIGHT LOST......

Lightbulb1088

bump

2BeHealthy4Life

bump. very iteresting. I would need to eat 1840 daily (tdee) 1574 (bmr)

REPLY:

Take your tdee and subtract 15% from it and thats what you should be eating.

Kindone

After not really seeing much loss at all on the scale following 1200 pretty religously, I think I will read more on this.

cristenjo

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imchicbad

TDEE 2091
BMI 26.56 Overweight
RMR 1333
BMR 1349

2091- 15% (313.65)=1777.35 So I should eat 1700 calories a day?

2BeHealthy4Life

TDEE 2091
BMI 26.56 Overweight
RMR 1333
BMR 1349

2091- 15% (313.65)=1777.35 So I should eat 1700 calories a day?

About 1750 sould be pretty good .....

kiku76

what confuses me is that the formula takes into account your activity level but everyone burns differnt amount of cals. I mean, for me, I work out 6x a day for about 30 min each day. I plug it into MFP and it tells me I burn 250 calories. but I see people work out for that same amount of time and burn twice that.

Fashionnerd22

bump!

2BeHealthy4Life

what confuses me is that the formula takes into account your activity level but everyone burns differnt amount of cals. I mean, for me, I work out 6x a day for about 30 min each day. I plug it into MFP and it tells me I burn 250 calories. but I see people work out for that same amount of time and burn twice that.
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REPLY :

Yes thats correct... some burn more....Alot of mfp members rely on heart rate monitors, body bugs and body fit medias to know what they burn. This is formula to get a ball park figure of what amount to eat so your body is properly fueled.

verapamil

bump!

Ironducky

bump

divamsm

Ok my BMR is 1519, and my TDEE is 2354. So I should eat 15% less than the 2354? I'm sorry if I sound slow, but this confuses me so much and I am stuck in a 4 month plateau. Losing some inches, but no pounds. Thanks so much!! I have tried eating back all my calories, and it doesnt seem to be helping. Maybe this is what I need??

I'm in the same boat. I am eating more than 1200 now but losing only ounces if anything each week. But, when I was eating 1200, I pretty much didn't lose anything. I started this journey in January, and have just now lost only 10 lbs. I'm so afraid this won't work for me, but I'm at my wits end. I have lost a few inches, but now, I've also stepped up the exercise to include Jillian Michaels 6 Week 6 Pack in addition to my other workouts. Anyway, thanks everyone for the inspiration. Wish me luck.

GoddessJuliya

~ Bump - might as well as try this method b/c not seeing the results I'd like as far as lbs lost goes but am losing inches from the 3 - 4 days of cardio that I do! Though if I calculated this correctly, my BMR is 1671 and my TDEE is 2590 so my total daily calorie intake would be 2200 which seems like a lot of calories to fit into one day. :-)

Zonera15

According to the formula my TDEE-15% is coming out to be 2005, so does that mean I need to eat that much daily to lose weight? With a 1522 BMR, aren't I taking in 500 more calories than necessary? If I want to lose 1 lb a week, how does that factor in to the number of calories I consume?

moosmumma

Hi thanks for sharing this. It makes perfect sense to me. I had a week away and only exercised once. I ate all maner of foods and went way over my 1200 cals MFP had calculated. I came back expecting to break the scales but found I'd actually lost 1.5 kg! I will keep you updated on my progress. Have been stuck for well over 2 months and just seem to be maintaining it.

missxjuicy

Interesting. bumping for later

Byrdsong1920

thanks for sharing

NanaKK1234

OK so I have the figures but need help !!!!!!!!!!

Fitness Frog has me as follows

BMR 1894
TDEE 2604
Cut 2213

So what should my calorie intake be???????

MFP has me at 1420

megamom3kck

Bump for later -

Explains why I lost weight before on 1800 but seem to be stagnant now at 1600. Interesting!

3Sarah333

BUMP

amypitsor

bump

heybales

OK so I have the figures but need help !!!!!!!!!!

Fitness Frog has me as follows

BMR 1894
TDEE 2604
Cut 2213

So what should my calorie intake be???????

MFP has me at 1420

Well, you got it right there - 2213, just make it even 2200.

Every single day until you lose 5 lbs, then recalc time. Or workout routine changes number of hrs / wk, then recalc.

NanaKK1234

LOL I wasn't sure if that was it or not............

So I should expect a slight gain the first couple of weeks as my body adjust to the higher calorie intake and then back to losing if I read everything correctly.

Thanks a bunch

Jezbell05

Oh my goodness... I have no idea how I am going to consume1946 calories in one day, but I'll give it a go. I've always been an "under eater" and have difficulty with putting away 1500 calories... Wish me luck!