Calorie Deficit/min calories -confused

Mysteryblonde
Mysteryblonde Posts: 14
edited January 1 in Health and Weight Loss
Ok question......so my BMR on here says 1242? i thought the minimum calories a day was 1200? so if i need to create a calorie deficit surely im going below the recommended minimum?Confused! Even if i burned 500 clas a day im then only having 700 cals a day? do i eat the other calories back? and if i do then im not creating a deficit am i? sorry if i sound stupid...think my brain has given up today ;0(

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  • cb83580
    cb83580 Posts: 136 Member
    Your BMR is what you need to survive if you were in a coma, basically. You take your deficit from your TDEE (Total Daily Energy Expenditure). If you click on the "my home" tab and then goals, you can see an estimate of your TDEE under calories burned from normal daily activity. There are also calculators online that can help you estimate your TDEE.
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    Yes eat them back. Just eat what MFP tells you to in order to reach your weekly weight loss goal
  • morganadk2_deleted
    morganadk2_deleted Posts: 1,696 Member
    Bump
  • belladonna786
    belladonna786 Posts: 1,165 Member
    http://www.fitnessfrog.com/calculators/tdee-calculator.html go here and see what your TDEE is
  • jaxxie
    jaxxie Posts: 576 Member
    Fitness Frog has great calculators to help you figure out your TDEE and then you simply subtract about 15% to create your deficit. That will allow for a loss. The TDEE is what you would eat if you were at maintenance or goal. Hope this helps, best of luck to you!
  • jacksonpt
    jacksonpt Posts: 10,413 Member
    Your BMR is what you need to survive if you were in a coma, basically. You take your deficit from your TDEE (Total Daily Energy Expenditure). If you click on the "my home" tab and then goals, you can see an estimate of your TDEE under calories burned from normal daily activity. There are also calculators online that can help you estimate your TDEE.

    This. Your deficit is not based on your BMR, it's based on your TDEE.
  • jacksonpt
    jacksonpt Posts: 10,413 Member
    Yes eat them back. Just eat what MFP tells you to in order to reach your weekly weight loss goal

    This too. Don't over think it... just do what MFP tells you to do.
  • debbiekuhn123
    debbiekuhn123 Posts: 67 Member
    I truly dont understand it either..

    i am supose to eat 2050 a day & im more than coping eating 1400-1800,

    then i can burn 200-600 calories,

    theres just no way i can eat 2050 then eat an extra 200-600 on top if i have burnt them off during exercises
  • jacksonpt
    jacksonpt Posts: 10,413 Member
    I truly dont understand it either..
    What exactly don't you understand?



    theres just no way i can eat 2050 then eat an extra 200-600 on top if i have burnt them off during exercises
    why not?
  • debbiekuhn123
    debbiekuhn123 Posts: 67 Member
    I truly dont understand it either..
    What exactly don't you understand?



    theres just no way i can eat 2050 then eat an extra 200-600 on top if i have burnt them off during exercises
    why not?

    I have a lapband hun, It doesnt let you eat much foods, thats why my calories are low, i drink energy/vitamins drink too
  • Mysteryblonde
    Mysteryblonde Posts: 14
    My TDEE says 1863? I'm confused sorry ladies :0/
  • jacksonpt
    jacksonpt Posts: 10,413 Member
    I truly dont understand it either..
    What exactly don't you understand?



    theres just no way i can eat 2050 then eat an extra 200-600 on top if i have burnt them off during exercises
    why not?

    I have a lapband hun, It doesnt let you eat much foods, thats why my calories are low, i drink energy/vitamins drink too

    unless I'm mistake, It doesn't let you eat much volume of food, that doesn't mean you can't eat a lot of cals.
  • jacksonpt
    jacksonpt Posts: 10,413 Member
    My TDEE says 1863? I'm confused sorry ladies :0/

    That sounds a little low to me, but could be reasonable... BMR of 1242 and TDEE of 1863.

    It'll take some patients and maybe some tweaking, but start at TDEE - 15% for you daily goal... that would be ~1550. Don't log your exercises, don't eat back the cals. Hit 1550 each day with a reasonable balance of fats, carbs and protein. Do it for a month and see what happens.
  • My1985Freckles
    My1985Freckles Posts: 1,039 Member
    I truly dont understand it either..
    What exactly don't you understand?



    theres just no way i can eat 2050 then eat an extra 200-600 on top if i have burnt them off during exercises
    why not?

    I have a lapband hun, It doesnt let you eat much foods, thats why my calories are low, i drink energy/vitamins drink too

    I wouldn't mind eating them for you if I wouldn't gain anything from it :flowerforyou:
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