Are my calculations correct?

fresh_start59

I am new to MyFitnessPal and to this group. Unfortunately, I am not new to dieting. Worse, last year I had surgery and did not bounce back very well. While I did not gain a lot of weight, I did lose my appetite. I'm rarely hungry, yet I am class 3 morbidly obese. So ... I'm going to give EM2LW a chance.

I just purchased the starter kit and have a few questions:

1) Is the full TDEE setting "gain muscle, lose fat"?
2) Will my current inability to do aerobics or heavy lifting require some sort of calorie adjustment? (I can walk and do light hand-held weights)
3) Are the following calculations correct for this stage of my journey into EM2WL?

Female
239 lbs
64 inches
53 years
Desk job with little exercise
gain muscle, lose fat
6 meals a day
40 protein
30 carb
30 fat

BMR: 1741
TDEE: 2089 <

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This is how much I should eat during the first 8 weeks or so, right?

KarenJanine

To answer your questions:

1. Yes, based on Scooby's calculator the "gain muscle, lose fat" setting is for eating at TDEE.

2. Your activity level is factored into your TDEE calculation so if you are not working out much you will be towards the sedentary end of the scale. This will give you a lower calories allowance than someone who does more activity but you should still eat based on the numbers given by Scooby.

3. I've entered your number based on the info you gave and got the same figures as you. So yes, if you are planning to do the metablism reset then eat 2089 calories per day for the first 8 weeks.

Then if//when you want to go on to 'cut' (i.e. lose weight/fat) then recalculate and shoot for a 15% calorie reduction which puts you at 1775 based on your current weight. This is just over your BMR which is what you should be aiming for - try to always net over your BMR.

fresh_start59

Thank you, Karen.
I thought I had it but wanted to double check since it seemed like a lot of calories to eat in one day.