working out too much?

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  • redmamacita
    redmamacita Posts: 43 Member
    ahhh. ::light bulb::

    so how does one calculate TDEE? BMR + calories burned through exercise + ....?
  • mmapags
    mmapags Posts: 8,934 Member
    Try going to fat2fitradio.com and use thier BMR calculator. It actually gives much more than BMR. You won't put in acutal calories but select an activity level. You don't eat back exercise calories using thier recommedation. Or you can take their recomendation for you, subtract exercise and add it back in on the days your do it. Very helpful site!
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    ahhh. ::light bulb::

    so how does one calculate TDEE? BMR + calories burned through exercise + ....?

    Ok. You can figure it yourself by taking your BMR and use the following table.
    To determine your total daily calorie needs, multiply your BMR by the appropriate activity factor, as follows:

    If you are sedentary (little or no exercise) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.2
    If you are lightly active (light exercise/sports 1-3 days/week) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.375
    If you are moderatetely active (moderate exercise/sports 3-5 days/week) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.55
    If you are very active (hard exercise/sports 6-7 days a week) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.725
    If you are extra active (very hard exercise/sports & physical job or 2x training) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.9

    Using this formula you do not "eat back" your exercise calories as they are already calculated.

    Or you can use MFP to do it for you and eat back some or all of your exercise calories (since you use a heart rate monitor you can be sure you are not overestimating too far.
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    ahhh. ::light bulb::

    so how does one calculate TDEE? BMR + calories burned through exercise + ....?

    Go to the goals tab and look at the top right, calories burned from normal daily activity. That is your maintenance assuming no exercise, add exercise cals burned to that to get TDEE.
  • redmamacita
    redmamacita Posts: 43 Member
    got it! you were actually almost spot on with your first guessed calculations.. MFP has my maintenance/daily activity as 2070.

    thanks again for all your help!

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