BMR, TDEE, and exercise calories

jlcl119

I've had my body fat done (27.8% I'm a large frame female 5'3" 141lbs, 27-yo) and I've plugged my numbers into a calculator.
With moderate exercise 3-5X week and a goal of 20% body fat (this is not set in stone, just an arbitrary number to aim for) my caloric needs are as follows:

Estimated Base BMR: 1364 Calories.
Estimated TDEE: 2115 Calories.
Estimated Daily Caloric Need For Weight Loss: 1615 Calories.

So, I've got the MFP site set up as 1610 as my goal. Sometimes I go over, sometimes I'm under. Unless I'm consistently a few hundred over or under I don't worry about it. I am losing weight and I am getting stronger and developing more muscle. So this is working.

What I want to know is do I need to eat back my exercise calories? Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't, sometimes I only eat back some. I don't have a HRM right now, so what I'm logging is a total estimate and could be completely wrong. I've been eating when I'm hungry and skipping snacks when I'm not.

Anyway, do I eat 80% of my TDEE and ignore the exercise calories or do those get tacked back on?
Thanks for the help.

peachyxoxoxo

Your estimated daily caloric total for weight loss is the net total, including what you burn through exercise.

ahamm002

I believe TDEE already includes exercise calories?