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oonga
oonga Posts: 336 Member
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Ok so i can't work out how to set up my BMF with the whole calorie defecit?

It tells me to lose 250g which is about 1/2pound a week i need to eat about 1400 calories and burn about 1800 calories or something?

To lose 500g or about 1 pound a week the numbers change but it says i need a defecit of 550calories??

Does the same thing as MFP where it says you will reach X weight by this date on the different defecits.

So i have only had it since thursday and average around 2000cals on rest days. Today is really the first work out day it's predicting i will reach 2300 cals burnt.

How are those of you with BMF setting it up?? Are you just looking at the average burn over 1 week? then taking a % off that??

I don't have a lot of weight to lose, i am about 10pounds from goal weight, yep not so worried with the number on the scales, so long as this fat starts to go and measurements go down, so i do need to lose body fat.
Yes i am lifting but not really heavy yet, At this stage I carry about 20kg worth of dumbbells in my backpack to the oval, rottweiler in each hand (on leash i don't carry them as well LOL) and do the best i can with that.

I will be investing in a barbell in the future but for now thats the best i can do :)

Help please in how do i set it up on BMF??

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  • LuluProteinFueled
    LuluProteinFueled Posts: 261 Member
    I didn't set my BMF up to lose. I just set it up for maintenance so all it does is track my TDEE. If you know your average TDEE, just work out your cut number from that. So it sounds as if your average TDEE is 2100 (very similar to me)... I eat 1900 for 10% cut. If you've not much to lose, 10% cut is probably going to be your best option at the moment.

    I don't use it for tracking weight loss. Just use it so I know what I'm burning every day. I don't wear it during cut as I don't want to obsess over my deficit numbers and I know my averages... it's more a tool during maintenance for me so that I make sure I'm eating what I'm burning.

    Hope I'm making sense :smile:
  • oonga
    oonga Posts: 336 Member
    ahhh ok so you don't even use the BMF for putting your food in then?

    So you log food on MFP then use BMF just for your TDEE, yeh that makes sense :)
  • AnitraSoto
    AnitraSoto Posts: 725 Member
    I didn't set my BMF up to lose. I just set it up for maintenance so all it does is track my TDEE. If you know your average TDEE, just work out your cut number from that. So it sounds as if your average TDEE is 2100 (very similar to me)... I eat 1900 for 10% cut. If you've not much to lose, 10% cut is probably going to be your best option at the moment.

    I don't use it for tracking weight loss. Just use it so I know what I'm burning every day. I don't wear it during cut as I don't want to obsess over my deficit numbers and I know my averages... it's more a tool during maintenance for me so that I make sure I'm eating what I'm burning.

    Hope I'm making sense :smile:

    ^^^yep^^^ I do the exact same thing... I just use it to track my TDEE and figure my cut off of that. After a week, I averaged the week, then did two weeks, then three, then a month. I just keep an eye on the daily burn averages (basically to make sure I stay active)... I don't want to become too obsessed in the numbers, and at this point am really just at maintenance (although there is always some fat to lose :-)

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