confusing!!

goldilocks509

ok so i have been watching my calories and staying at about 1200 to 1300 calories net and havent really lost anything for awhile now...so the last couple days I went way over...like between 300 and 500 over and have started losing again! this happen to anyone else?

Before i was going way under and starting to gain so do i need to be eating 1500 cal net?

LoraF83

Yes, you probably weren't eating enough before.

Read this:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12

goldilocks509

thanks! this has been confusing to me because it says that i burn only about 1500 cal a day before exercise. i have very muscular legs and have been lifting weights for a couple of years now so i think it has to be wrong if i only go by my weight.

Yes, you probably weren't eating enough before.

Read this:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12

LoraF83

thanks! this has been confusing to me because it says that i burn only about 1500 cal a day before exercise. i have very muscular legs and have been lifting weights for a couple of years now so i think it has to be wrong if i only go by my weight.

Yes, you probably weren't eating enough before.

Read this:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12

Does it say that you only burn 1500 a day before exercise or that your BMR is 1500? Because that's 2 different things. TDEE is BMR plus any and all other calorie burns - so every time you wash the dishes, walk to the mailbox, fold the laundry is adding to your BMR. BMR is only the amount of calories your body needs to function - to keep your organs going. You would burn this number of calories lying in a coma.

For example - my BMR is about 1600 (and yes, it just goes by weight....I have muscular legs too....that doesn't matter). My TDEE is 2800 (average). So, my calorie goal is set to 2100 (but I don't mind eating a little over).

Hope that helps!