Having trouble w/ calories? Read this :)

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  • bump-thanks
  • KCramer12
    KCramer12 Posts: 153 Member
    This wants me to have 2583 and i only do 1200. I think i will stick w my 1200 cause if i ate that many i would most def gain weight.thanks for sharing though!
  • confettibetti
    confettibetti Posts: 405 Member
    MFP gives me 1760 this calculation gave me 1770 pretty damn close! :)
  • StephieF87
    StephieF87 Posts: 60 Member
    WOOOW 794 CALORIES! (To loose weight)... rice cakes and water for me! haha
  • marsellient
    marsellient Posts: 591 Member
    Mine came out to within 80 calories of what MFP does....and thanks. It's the first time I've bothered to do the calculations. Easy.
  • sugboog29
    sugboog29 Posts: 630 Member
    It puts me at 1592?! MFP calculated mine at 1415? I just reduced it to 1210 to try and lose 1.5 pounds per week. hmmmmm :grumble:
  • sbarbry
    sbarbry Posts: 38
    bump
  • talaysia3
    talaysia3 Posts: 84 Member
    TDEE 1881
    MFP 1820

    Pretty close! At least I know I should be on the right track to losing weight ;)
  • Mischievous_Rascal
    Mischievous_Rascal Posts: 1,791 Member
    bump
  • jchrisman717
    jchrisman717 Posts: 780 Member
    Oh I just saw where I completely missed a step - I didn't do the xheight in inches. Ok - Now I feel better. I had my beachbody coach figure mine for me - good think - I guess I'm not good at math formulas!
  • pink2lady
    pink2lady Posts: 111 Member
    Bump,,,thanks for this post
  • Gave me 959 calories a day. Darn that's not much.
  • jchrisman717
    jchrisman717 Posts: 780 Member
    Gave me 959 calories a day. Darn that's not much.

    Are you sure you didn't miss a step like I did? I didn't do the xheight in inches. Makes a huge difference. You can also try this website - I found it very helpful and easy to follow www.free-workout-routines.net/tdee.html
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  • Mine came to 1518 calories/day to lose weight. That is 300 more than MFP says--which may/may not be a good thing. I def think 1200 is a bit low but 1500 might be too much. Maybe if I switch it up between 1200-1500 during the week, then it will be OK. I have heard that it helps to change it up and alternate higher calore days with lower calorie days. Has anyone else heard that or found success with it?
  • lessofme65
    lessofme65 Posts: 107 Member
    Hmmmm, not so sure this is right for me. MFP has me at 1200 and this calculation comes to 1967.91. Huge difference, think I'll stick with the 1200 and eating half of my exercise calories. Thanks for the calculations though, it was fun to figure out :)
  • Natster_uk
    Natster_uk Posts: 13 Member
    TDEE 1350
    MFP 1200

    I don't know which to follow!! Think I'll stick with MFP!
  • AquaDITN
    AquaDITN Posts: 35 Member
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  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    should the men's figure be 66 + whatever, when the womens is 655??

    mine worked out the same as MFP which is still a bit lower than the figure i actually maintain on.
  • shsdlt
    shsdlt Posts: 2 Member
    Hi. Thanks for the formula, but wanted to check one number...are you sure the starting number in the formula for women is "655" and not "65"? Just found it odd that the number in the beginning of the formula for women is 3 digits and for men is only 2 digits. Thanks much!
  • BaileyBoo13524
    BaileyBoo13524 Posts: 593 Member
    Hi. Thanks for the formula, but wanted to check one number...are you sure the starting number in the formula for women is "655" and not "65"? Just found it odd that the number in the beginning of the formula for women is 3 digits and for men is only 2 digits. Thanks much!
    Yep I know it seems a lot different and I was confused when I first saw this formula but yes it's the correct number :)