TDEE is BS!
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mgobluetx12
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My TDEE is 3049. I eat, on average, 1500 cals a day. So that's a deficit of 10,500 calories a week, right? So I should be losing 3lbs. I have lost 3lbs this MONTH. Not even one pound a week.
I say that there's no way my body is burning 3000 cals a day, especially on days when I don't work out!!!
Why do so many people follow the TDEE?
I say that there's no way my body is burning 3000 cals a day, especially on days when I don't work out!!!
Why do so many people follow the TDEE?
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it is all so confusing....i think we all just have to tweak our calories until something works. I just increased mine..was starving on 1200...and I know full well..I'll just gain it all back if I have to eat like that.0
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All these people on the boards and no one has any idea? Is it just that you're all stumped at how this TDEE works as well?0
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go by BMR not TDEE.
Give us your Height, Weight and Age.0 -
Can't see you stats to check you numbers - so can't comment!
TDEE - 20% works for me
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12
Work out the numbers - use this link0 -
My TDEE is 3049. I eat, on average, 1500 cals a day. So that's a deficit of 10,500 calories a week, right? So I should be losing 3lbs. I have lost 3lbs this MONTH. Not even one pound a week.
I say that there's no way my body is burning 3000 cals a day, especially on days when I don't work out!!!
Why do so many people follow the TDEE?
Where did you get your TDEE from?
TDEE are your maintenance calories, and all websites can do is give you an estimate.0 -
maybe your TDEE calculation is wrong. you should list your stats so someone can confirm it.0
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Either your TDEE calculation is incorrect, or if it is correct, no wonder you aren't losing much weight. Eat!0
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I used that Fitness Frog website. I am 37, 262lbs, 6'2 tall. Thank you!!!0
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Well it work to me. It is not because it does not work for you that it is BS.
Oh and why this again......you didn't liked the answers you got yesterday0 -
Website calculations give you a GUESS. Only you can figure out your actual maintenance calories. That is why everyone who joins MFP should log for at least a week their NORMAL food intake before slashing calories.0
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I used that Fitness Frog website. I am 37, 262lbs, 6'2 tall. Thank you!!!
At a moderate exercise level (3-5 times per week), yes, that sounds about right. You are 6'2" and eating 1500 calories per day? Yikes. Like I said, EAT! You could eat 2500 calories on an exercise day and still have a deficit. Eat fooood.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/3817-eat-more-to-weigh-less0 -
Maybe the way that you are calculating it is BS? But the concept that you expend a given number of calories in a day is simply a fact.0
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Big deficits can work against weight loss.0
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I just checked mine earlier.
I am 40 yrs old, female, 5'6", and weigh about 143
According to 2 sites, my BMR is 1399. I just started looking into TDEE TODAY, so, according to the place I looked it up, using lightly active, my 'TDEE minus 20%' is 1539.
Hmmmm, that is more than what I had. I was just using my BMR and had my goal at 14000 -
true losses are often masked by water retention and waste. i always get discouraged too and then all of the sudden i lose 5lb in one night, putting me right back on track. always remember, things are happening underneath even if the scale says otherwise0
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My TDEE is 3049. I eat, on average, 1500 cals a day. So that's a deficit of 10,500 calories a week, right? So I should be losing 3lbs. I have lost 3lbs this MONTH. Not even one pound a week.
There are other factors that go into it...but that seems super high for your TDEE. Mine is only 2600 and I'm 5'9" with 21% body fat and I hit the gym hard 6 days a week.
Use: www.1percentedge.com/ifcalc/ Make sure to put your approximate body fat in there to make it accurate.0 -
I'm 5'7, 266 and my TDEE is 2763.
I eat 2220 calories a day.0 -
That sounds quite high for a tdee. What did you use to calculate it? You need to do the math based on your hieght wieght and age for your bmr, then calculate your tdee based on your estimated activity level. 3000 really sounds quite excessive.0
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My TDEE is 3049. I eat, on average, 1500 cals a day. So that's a deficit of 10,500 calories a week, right? So I should be losing 3lbs. I have lost 3lbs this MONTH. Not even one pound a week.
There are other factors that go into it...but that seems super high for your TDEE. Mine is only 2600 and I'm 5'9" with 21% body fat and I hit the gym hard 6 days a week.
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I wear a Fitbit all day and this calculates my TDEE
I have an office job but I do on average 30 mins walking a day, I am 5'5, 26 and weigh 161 and I burn on average 2200 calories a day so 3000 sounds right for you at the height and weight you are
You definately need to eat at least 2000 calories a day and more on exercise days x0
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