My Resting Metabolic Rate is 2040

jlaurena
jlaurena Posts: 60
in Food and Nutrition
I saw the nutritionist today!

My Resting Metabolic Rate is 2040. She put me on a plan to net 1650 calories a day. With 3 hours of cardio a week, she has me losing 2 lbs a week.

Does this sound right? I am 5'5 and currently 170.

Thanks!

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  • clobercow
    clobercow Posts: 337 Member
    That's one way to go about it and sounds perfectly fine.

    I find that most nutritionists are just parroting common diet advice, and that advice is usually not solving the problem that caused the extra weight to start with. You can count calories to help lose weight, but that's not a long term solution. You need to find a diet that you can stick to that will help you keep your consumption down and feel normal about it. That's the solution to the problem. It's not like we eat to get fat. It happens over time because our bodies are telling us to eat more. We eat to feel good and normal. Obviously the foods you eat control that, and finding the right diet were you can naturally keep your consumption down without having to fight for it is best. What you eat is far more important than how much you eat. A calorie is not a calorie. Did your nutritionist give any advice for that?
  • FredDoyle
    FredDoyle Posts: 2,273 Member
    That RMR sounds high to me, but who knows. It may be your TDEE. Still I think you can probably lose weight at 1650 if you log your food accurately and exercise. See how it goes for a month and adjust from there.
    My guess is you will be closer to a pound a week loss and that is healthy for your weight. It's a guess until you start logging.
  • Danilova82
    Danilova82 Posts: 27
    Are you talking about your BMR? Basal Metabolic Rate? And if so, how was it measured? Did you actually have it measured with a machine? I've had that done where you breathe in and out into a machine and then a trainer inputs your weight, height, age, etc. and it calculates how much energy you need just for basic functions. Mine is 1742 and I am 5'5" and 102 pounds. I don't think 2040 seems high for someone your size especially if you already have a lot of muscle mass. However, to put you on a diet that is less than your BMR can be iffy because if your BMR is 2040 then your actual calorie needs to maintain your weight including daily activities and exercise would be 400-800 calories more than your BMR so technically if your BMR is 2040 you could lose on that amount. Does that make sense?
  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    When I put your numbers in the BMR calculator I get 1500 so I think the number they gave you is your TDEE which makes perfect sense to eat at a deficit to that. I'd be finding a new nutritionist if they told you to eat below BMR.
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    When I put your numbers in the BMR calculator I get 1500 so I think the number they gave you is your TDEE which makes perfect sense to eat at a deficit to that. I'd be finding a new nutritionist if they told you to eat below BMR.
    not everyone fits neatly in he formula since the formula is just based on averages which means there's probably noone who they fit exactly.

    OP those numbers sound about right. i'm the same height as you, larger but older so those details probably even out. my TDEE on a non active day is a little over 2600 calories (confirmed by me having ate at that level for a few weeks and having neither lost nor gained weight or inches), so my BMR is probably also somewhere around 2000 too
  • MysticRealm
    MysticRealm Posts: 1,264 Member
    I thought you were never suppose to eat below you BMR?

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