What's your BMR and TDEE

chubtofit

I found this website to give the best calculation of how much you should eat based on your weight, age and lifestyle.

http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/

Mischievous_Rascal

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sammniamii

I use that site all the time, but I do the advanced version of the cal. (http://scoobysworkshop.com/accurate-calorie-calculator/)

My last readings for my weight activity level are:

BMR:1801
TDEE: 2477
20% < TDEE: 1981

I adjust my values here on MFP to the 20% less value and tweak my macros.

erickirb

MFP does it too, as long as you choose the proper weight loss goal/week and activity level. And on top of that eat back what you burn from exercise, for the week it should be about the same. The less you have to lose, even on that site the smaller closer to TDEE you should eat.

As an example say MFP gives you 1450 calories to lose 1 lb/week, and you plan on exercising 5x/week for an average of 400 cals per workout. well MFP will tell you to eat 1450 on the days you don't workout and 1850 on the days you do whereas a "that site" may tell you to eat 1700 everyday regardless if you workout that day, based on weekly average amount.

So for the week MFP will have you eat 12,150 (1450*2+1850*5) whereas doing it the other way will have you eat 11,900 (1700*7) almost the same number of cals for the week (250 dif). The issue in not following MFP is if you don't workout the full 5 days or burn more or less than planned. If that is the case you may lose more or less than your goal, whereas MFP will have you lose your goal amount regardless how much you actually workout.

What many MFPers do is take the low 1450 and not eat back exercise calories which is wrong, if you are not eating them back then your daily activity level should reflect the higher burn with would be covered in the 1700/day above.


Here is a good reference, if you have over 100 lbs to lose you can lose more than 2 lbs/week safely, that being said it is best to set a realistic safe weekly loss goal and:
If you have 75+ lbs to lose 2 lbs/week is ideal,
If you have 40-75 lbs to lose 1.5 lbs/week is ideal,
If you have 25-40 lbs to lose 1 lbs/week is ideal,
If you have 15 -25 lbs to lose 0.5 to 1.0 lbs/week is ideal, and
If you have less than 15 lbs to lose 0.5 lbs/week is ideal.

The reasons: the less you have to lose the less fat stores you have to pull from. The less fat you have to pull from the less your body wants to take any. So if your deficit is too large given your stats you will burn a large % of lean muscle. Doing the above also helps set you up for maintenance without a large increase in caloric intake all at once.

TrailRunner61

My bmr is only 1210 and that's for my current weight of 138. I don't even want to know what it will be for my goal weight.

ladyraven68

My bmr is only 1210 and that's for my current weight of 138. I don't even want to know what it will be for my goal weight.

You can't do anything about BMR, as it's the energy your body uses at total rest.
But by being active you can do something about TDEE which is the most important number for losing/maintaining / gaining weight.

rcharlee

I love the scooby site! MFP set my BMR too low, and for almost 2 months I plateaued due to it. Once using the scooby calculations, I started losing at a great rate. My numbers on here are based on scooby.

Mrsbrandnewmeslimandtrim

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erickirb

My bmr is only 1210 and that's for my current weight of 138. I don't even want to know what it will be for my goal weight.

really at that weight that is your BMR, that seems extremely low for 138lbs.

StormyGal8

MFP does it too, as long as you choose the proper weight loss goal/week and activity level. And on top of that eat back what you burn from exercise, for the week it should be about the same. The less you have to lose, even on that site the smaller closer to TDEE you should eat.

As an example say MFP gives you 1450 calories to lose 1 lb/week, and you plan on exercising 5x/week for an average of 400 cals per workout. well MFP will tell you to eat 1450 on the days you don't workout and 1850 on the days you do whereas a "that site" may tell you to eat 1700 everyday regardless if you workout that day, based on weekly average amount.

So for the week MFP will have you eat 12,150 (1450*2+1850*5) whereas doing it the other way will have you eat 11,900 (1700*7) almost the same number of cals for the week (250 dif). The issue in not following MFP is if you don't workout the full 5 days or burn more or less than planned. If that is the case you may lose more or less than your goal, whereas MFP will have you lose your goal amount regardless how much you actually workout.

What many MFPers do is take the low 1450 and not eat back exercise calories which is wrong, if you are not eating them back then your daily activity level should reflect the higher burn with would be covered in the 1700/day above.


Here is a good reference, if you have over 100 lbs to lose you can lose more than 2 lbs/week safely, that being said it is best to set a realistic safe weekly loss goal and:
If you have 75+ lbs to lose 2 lbs/week is ideal,
If you have 40-75 lbs to lose 1.5 lbs/week is ideal,
If you have 25-40 lbs to lose 1 lbs/week is ideal,
If you have 15 -25 lbs to lose 0.5 to 1.0 lbs/week is ideal, and
If you have less than 15 lbs to lose 0.5 lbs/week is ideal.

The reasons: the less you have to lose the less fat stores you have to pull from. The less fat you have to pull from the less your body wants to take any. So if your deficit is too large given your stats you will burn a large % of lean muscle. Doing the above also helps set you up for maintenance without a large increase in caloric intake all at once.

Thanks so much for this. While I am a LOOOONG way off, I wondered how one transitioned into maintenance without suddenly jacking the calories. I couldn't figure out how one wouldn't gain weight again with a sudden increase.


Now, I did the calculator, I am not entirely sure what any of it means. I know it's been explained time and time again, but for the life of me, I can't grasp it, so I just eat what MFP tells me to...lol

BMR: 1904
TDEE: 2952

It also says I should eat 2214 Cals per day to lose 1.5lbs per week. MFP has me at 1730 cals a day.

erickirb

MFP does it too, as long as you choose the proper weight loss goal/week and activity level. And on top of that eat back what you burn from exercise, for the week it should be about the same. The less you have to lose, even on that site the smaller closer to TDEE you should eat.

As an example say MFP gives you 1450 calories to lose 1 lb/week, and you plan on exercising 5x/week for an average of 400 cals per workout. well MFP will tell you to eat 1450 on the days you don't workout and 1850 on the days you do whereas a "that site" may tell you to eat 1700 everyday regardless if you workout that day, based on weekly average amount.

So for the week MFP will have you eat 12,150 (1450*2+1850*5) whereas doing it the other way will have you eat 11,900 (1700*7) almost the same number of cals for the week (250 dif). The issue in not following MFP is if you don't workout the full 5 days or burn more or less than planned. If that is the case you may lose more or less than your goal, whereas MFP will have you lose your goal amount regardless how much you actually workout.

What many MFPers do is take the low 1450 and not eat back exercise calories which is wrong, if you are not eating them back then your daily activity level should reflect the higher burn with would be covered in the 1700/day above.


Here is a good reference, if you have over 100 lbs to lose you can lose more than 2 lbs/week safely, that being said it is best to set a realistic safe weekly loss goal and:
If you have 75+ lbs to lose 2 lbs/week is ideal,
If you have 40-75 lbs to lose 1.5 lbs/week is ideal,
If you have 25-40 lbs to lose 1 lbs/week is ideal,
If you have 15 -25 lbs to lose 0.5 to 1.0 lbs/week is ideal, and
If you have less than 15 lbs to lose 0.5 lbs/week is ideal.

The reasons: the less you have to lose the less fat stores you have to pull from. The less fat you have to pull from the less your body wants to take any. So if your deficit is too large given your stats you will burn a large % of lean muscle. Doing the above also helps set you up for maintenance without a large increase in caloric intake all at once.

Thanks so much for this. While I am a LOOOONG way off, I wondered how one transitioned into maintenance without suddenly jacking the calories. I couldn't figure out how one wouldn't gain weight again with a sudden increase.


Now, I did the calculator, I am not entirely sure what any of it means. I know it's been explained time and time again, but for the life of me, I can't grasp it, so I just eat what MFP tells me to...lol

BMR: 1904
TDEE: 2952

It also says I should eat 2214 Cals per day to lose 1.5lbs per week. MFP has me at 1730 cals a day.

MFP says 1730 plus eat back what you burn, that site says 2214 everyday, so if you burn 600 cals one day MFP will day 2330 whereas that site would say 2214.

The best way to transition is by following the smaller deficit as you have less to lose then from 0.5lbs/week to maintenance, just add 100 or so cals/day for 3-4 weeks then add another etc. until you find your true maintenance (stop losing, but not gaining)

TrailRunner61

My bmr is only 1210 and that's for my current weight of 138. I don't even want to know what it will be for my goal weight.

really at that weight that is your BMR, that seems extremely low for 138lbs.

Yeah, because I'm old. lol I'm 51 and the older you get, the lower your bmr is.

weird_me2

MFP does it too, as long as you choose the proper weight loss goal/week and activity level. And on top of that eat back what you burn from exercise, for the week it should be about the same. The less you have to lose, even on that site the smaller closer to TDEE you should eat.

As an example say MFP gives you 1450 calories to lose 1 lb/week, and you plan on exercising 5x/week for an average of 400 cals per workout. well MFP will tell you to eat 1450 on the days you don't workout and 1850 on the days you do whereas a "that site" may tell you to eat 1700 everyday regardless if you workout that day, based on weekly average amount.

So for the week MFP will have you eat 12,150 (1450*2+1850*5) whereas doing it the other way will have you eat 11,900 (1700*7) almost the same number of cals for the week (250 dif). The issue in not following MFP is if you don't workout the full 5 days or burn more or less than planned. If that is the case you may lose more or less than your goal, whereas MFP will have you lose your goal amount regardless how much you actually workout.

What many MFPers do is take the low 1450 and not eat back exercise calories which is wrong, if you are not eating them back then your daily activity level should reflect the higher burn with would be covered in the 1700/day above.


Here is a good reference, if you have over 100 lbs to lose you can lose more than 2 lbs/week safely, that being said it is best to set a realistic safe weekly loss goal and:
If you have 75+ lbs to lose 2 lbs/week is ideal,
If you have 40-75 lbs to lose 1.5 lbs/week is ideal,
If you have 25-40 lbs to lose 1 lbs/week is ideal,
If you have 15 -25 lbs to lose 0.5 to 1.0 lbs/week is ideal, and
If you have less than 15 lbs to lose 0.5 lbs/week is ideal.

The reasons: the less you have to lose the less fat stores you have to pull from. The less fat you have to pull from the less your body wants to take any. So if your deficit is too large given your stats you will burn a large % of lean muscle. Doing the above also helps set you up for maintenance without a large increase in caloric intake all at once.

Thanks so much for this. While I am a LOOOONG way off, I wondered how one transitioned into maintenance without suddenly jacking the calories. I couldn't figure out how one wouldn't gain weight again with a sudden increase.


Now, I did the calculator, I am not entirely sure what any of it means. I know it's been explained time and time again, but for the life of me, I can't grasp it, so I just eat what MFP tells me to...lol

BMR: 1904
TDEE: 2952

It also says I should eat 2214 Cals per day to lose 1.5lbs per week. MFP has me at 1730 cals a day.

That sounds about right. My BMR is 1889 and TDEE around 2900 according to the scooby site. My guess is that on MFP you put sedentary. On the scooby calculations, your TDEE was based on your average amount of exercise, so you are probably burning about 500 extra calories a day in exercise. That's how mine works out. For a true comparison, you'd have to do the same activity level on both sites.

kimbrlele

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StormyGal8

MFP does it too, as long as you choose the proper weight loss goal/week and activity level. And on top of that eat back what you burn from exercise, for the week it should be about the same. The less you have to lose, even on that site the smaller closer to TDEE you should eat.

As an example say MFP gives you 1450 calories to lose 1 lb/week, and you plan on exercising 5x/week for an average of 400 cals per workout. well MFP will tell you to eat 1450 on the days you don't workout and 1850 on the days you do whereas a "that site" may tell you to eat 1700 everyday regardless if you workout that day, based on weekly average amount.

So for the week MFP will have you eat 12,150 (1450*2+1850*5) whereas doing it the other way will have you eat 11,900 (1700*7) almost the same number of cals for the week (250 dif). The issue in not following MFP is if you don't workout the full 5 days or burn more or less than planned. If that is the case you may lose more or less than your goal, whereas MFP will have you lose your goal amount regardless how much you actually workout.

What many MFPers do is take the low 1450 and not eat back exercise calories which is wrong, if you are not eating them back then your daily activity level should reflect the higher burn with would be covered in the 1700/day above.


Here is a good reference, if you have over 100 lbs to lose you can lose more than 2 lbs/week safely, that being said it is best to set a realistic safe weekly loss goal and:
If you have 75+ lbs to lose 2 lbs/week is ideal,
If you have 40-75 lbs to lose 1.5 lbs/week is ideal,
If you have 25-40 lbs to lose 1 lbs/week is ideal,
If you have 15 -25 lbs to lose 0.5 to 1.0 lbs/week is ideal, and
If you have less than 15 lbs to lose 0.5 lbs/week is ideal.

The reasons: the less you have to lose the less fat stores you have to pull from. The less fat you have to pull from the less your body wants to take any. So if your deficit is too large given your stats you will burn a large % of lean muscle. Doing the above also helps set you up for maintenance without a large increase in caloric intake all at once.

Thanks so much for this. While I am a LOOOONG way off, I wondered how one transitioned into maintenance without suddenly jacking the calories. I couldn't figure out how one wouldn't gain weight again with a sudden increase.


Now, I did the calculator, I am not entirely sure what any of it means. I know it's been explained time and time again, but for the life of me, I can't grasp it, so I just eat what MFP tells me to...lol

BMR: 1904
TDEE: 2952

It also says I should eat 2214 Cals per day to lose 1.5lbs per week. MFP has me at 1730 cals a day.

That sounds about right. My BMR is 1889 and TDEE around 2900 according to the scooby site. My guess is that on MFP you put sedentary. On the scooby calculations, your TDEE was based on your average amount of exercise, so you are probably burning about 500 extra calories a day in exercise. That's how mine works out. For a true comparison, you'd have to do the same activity level on both sites.

Actually I think what changed is that I told MFP that I wanted to lose 2lbs per week, which wasn't an option on scooby. I believe i put moderately active for both sites.
With MFP I would/could have put sedentary but seeing 13oo calorie range, at this point in my weight loss journey scared the ****ens out of me, since that doesn't leave a lot of room to go down.
For the record, I would say "moderately active" is a fair description of my life.

jillebean60

Depending on source- my BMR = 1465-1568
TDEE= 2261

Shooting for somewhere in between and will reevaluate in a couple weeks. So far it's been a VERY lengthy process to lose just 1 lb on the 1200 cal MFP calc. Can't hurt to try this. I will eat more on workout days of course.

Sabine_Stroehm

My bmr is only 1210 and that's for my current weight of 138. I don't even want to know what it will be for my goal weight.

Mine is 1333, so I hear you. But my TDEE is 2100. To me that's the more important number.

weird_me2

MFP does it too, as long as you choose the proper weight loss goal/week and activity level. And on top of that eat back what you burn from exercise, for the week it should be about the same. The less you have to lose, even on that site the smaller closer to TDEE you should eat.

As an example say MFP gives you 1450 calories to lose 1 lb/week, and you plan on exercising 5x/week for an average of 400 cals per workout. well MFP will tell you to eat 1450 on the days you don't workout and 1850 on the days you do whereas a "that site" may tell you to eat 1700 everyday regardless if you workout that day, based on weekly average amount.

So for the week MFP will have you eat 12,150 (1450*2+1850*5) whereas doing it the other way will have you eat 11,900 (1700*7) almost the same number of cals for the week (250 dif). The issue in not following MFP is if you don't workout the full 5 days or burn more or less than planned. If that is the case you may lose more or less than your goal, whereas MFP will have you lose your goal amount regardless how much you actually workout.

What many MFPers do is take the low 1450 and not eat back exercise calories which is wrong, if you are not eating them back then your daily activity level should reflect the higher burn with would be covered in the 1700/day above.


Here is a good reference, if you have over 100 lbs to lose you can lose more than 2 lbs/week safely, that being said it is best to set a realistic safe weekly loss goal and:
If you have 75+ lbs to lose 2 lbs/week is ideal,
If you have 40-75 lbs to lose 1.5 lbs/week is ideal,
If you have 25-40 lbs to lose 1 lbs/week is ideal,
If you have 15 -25 lbs to lose 0.5 to 1.0 lbs/week is ideal, and
If you have less than 15 lbs to lose 0.5 lbs/week is ideal.

The reasons: the less you have to lose the less fat stores you have to pull from. The less fat you have to pull from the less your body wants to take any. So if your deficit is too large given your stats you will burn a large % of lean muscle. Doing the above also helps set you up for maintenance without a large increase in caloric intake all at once.

Thanks so much for this. While I am a LOOOONG way off, I wondered how one transitioned into maintenance without suddenly jacking the calories. I couldn't figure out how one wouldn't gain weight again with a sudden increase.


Now, I did the calculator, I am not entirely sure what any of it means. I know it's been explained time and time again, but for the life of me, I can't grasp it, so I just eat what MFP tells me to...lol

BMR: 1904
TDEE: 2952

It also says I should eat 2214 Cals per day to lose 1.5lbs per week. MFP has me at 1730 cals a day.

That sounds about right. My BMR is 1889 and TDEE around 2900 according to the scooby site. My guess is that on MFP you put sedentary. On the scooby calculations, your TDEE was based on your average amount of exercise, so you are probably burning about 500 extra calories a day in exercise. That's how mine works out. For a true comparison, you'd have to do the same activity level on both sites.

Actually I think what changed is that I told MFP that I wanted to lose 2lbs per week, which wasn't an option on scooby. I believe i put moderately active for both sites.
With MFP I would/could have put sedentary but seeing 13oo calorie range, at this point in my weight loss journey scared the ****ens out of me, since that doesn't leave a lot of room to go down.
For the record, I would say "moderately active" is a fair description of my life.

LOL, I hear you there! I currently have my goal set at only 1 lb per week, because I didn't like seeing such a low (for me) calorie goal.