Hit a plateu, calorie intake is already low enough..help?

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  • melissavaughan5
    melissavaughan5 Posts: 16
    Ok, thanks everyone. Everthing seems a lot clearer now, just need to put it into practise. One last thing though, on the days that i don't exercise, how many calories should I be aiming to eat? Would it be whatever my BMR is?
  • deksgrl
    deksgrl Posts: 7,237 Member
    No. BMR is the amount they would feed you if you were in a coma, just to keep your basic bodily functions working.

    You need to eat between BMR and TDEE.

    You can do this one of two ways: - eat 1500 PLUS exercise calories OR -eat 1800 total cals every day whether you exercise or not.

    It will equal out. But you have to pick one way and do it.
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,427 MFP Moderator
    Ok, thanks everyone. Everthing seems a lot clearer now, just need to put it into practise. One last thing though, on the days that i don't exercise, how many calories should I be aiming to eat? Would it be whatever my BMR is?

    1800 everyday if you follow the TDEE method.

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