Help me out with TDEE?

sm0113
sm0113 Posts: 89 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I am in the process of re evaluating my calorie/nutrient goals because I'm not losing and haven't been for a while... My goal has been to eat 1200 calories + some (if not all) of my exercise calories.
I'm about to start week 3 of jillian michael's body revolution, so on a good day I burn 350+ 6 days a week.
I really need to stay in control of my eating, and I need some help. I found this post about TDEE and I think i'm going to try increasing my calories, even though it makes me nervous...
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/512956-tdee-what-is-it-and-why-you-should-not-eat-below-your-bmr?hl=tdee

With the tool that it gave, I got these results:

BMR:1621
TDEE: 2513
TDEE - 20%: 2010

So if I understand this right, it means that I need to eat at least 1621 on days that I don't workout and I eat 2010 on days that I do work out, and I don't eat my exercise calories unless my net is under 1621? So I always want my net to be around 1621?
I don't want to change my goals on my diary until I know that I have my head screwed on straight... Also, any success stories about people who have lost by eating this way and following the TDEE calculator will be much appreciated :)

Clearly, I'm stepping into muddy water and i'm nervous! But at this point, I'm lacking success and I'm desperate to try something that works!

Thanks :)

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  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    BMR:1621
    TDEE: 2513
    TDEE - 20%: 2010

    A simple approach would be to eat the 2010 daily. If you were sedentary for a day your TDEE for that day would be about that and on the exercise days you would have a deficit of 500 calories ( ~ 1 lb/week )

    Or you could eat a bit less, say 1800, and have a deficit every day but a smaller one one sedentary days.

    Depends how you can best control your eating - same every day, or feasting after exercise ?
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