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bmr?

sylverhawk
sylverhawk Posts: 4
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
just a question and i could be way off on this. if the BMR is the minimum amount of energy your body needs per day... my bmr is like 1584 , but MFP says i only need to eat 1200 cals a day... so which one is correct? lol or am i just not thinking of that in the right way?

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  • now_or_never12
    now_or_never12 Posts: 849 Member
    You burn a lot more calories in a normal day than your BMR (It's the amount of calories your body will burn just to stay alive in a coma type state).

    MFP will set your calorie goal lower depending on how agreesive you selected in your weekly weight loss goal. For every half lb you want to lose it will take away 250 per day from your TDEE that it calculated.
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