Advice on "Netting" My BMR
Cristofori44
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I'm at 208 pounds, trying to get down to about 180 pounds or 12-13 percent body fat from around 21 percent.
I'm at a BMR of 1,800 to 1,900, depending on which calculator I go with, so I set it at 1,850. My TDEE is around 2,300, based on being sedentary--desk job--and I factor in exercise manually, then eat back exercise calories to get to about 1,500, which represents a calorie deficit of 800 for the day, or about a 1.5 lb. loss per week.
If I must "net" my BMR every day, I'm only at a 400 to 450 per day calorie reduction, which comes out to losing less than a pound per week.
No problem with eating my BMR--I believe that's totally healthy--but "netting" the BMR does not seem to make sense from a weight loss perspective.
Advice?
I'm at a BMR of 1,800 to 1,900, depending on which calculator I go with, so I set it at 1,850. My TDEE is around 2,300, based on being sedentary--desk job--and I factor in exercise manually, then eat back exercise calories to get to about 1,500, which represents a calorie deficit of 800 for the day, or about a 1.5 lb. loss per week.
If I must "net" my BMR every day, I'm only at a 400 to 450 per day calorie reduction, which comes out to losing less than a pound per week.
No problem with eating my BMR--I believe that's totally healthy--but "netting" the BMR does not seem to make sense from a weight loss perspective.
Advice?
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