Difference between the MFP BMR and the other one.

ell5bell5
ell5bell5 Posts: 38 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I know they are two seperate ways of looking at the BMR and MFP claims theirs is more accurate. But I think the differences are quite high . Mines around 100 cal ( ish. )


My BMR with MFP is 1312, on the other sites with the other technique, its 1428 , that's a big difference ?.

My TDEE at sedentry is 1707 at lightly active its 1956 (i still can't figure which I am so going with sedentry and eating excersice calories )

So when my TDEE is only about 400 more than my BMR (the MFP one,) and 300 on the other method, that's not much to figure out where your calories should be at.

Which method of BMR do you use ?

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  • ell5bell5
    ell5bell5 Posts: 38 Member
    Anyone have any thoughts on the 2 BMRs ? Which is right ?
  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    The only way to know for sure is to be medically tested, otherwise you make your best guess and play with the numbers until you find what works for you.
  • bridgelene
    bridgelene Posts: 358 Member
    All of the websites I've calculated my BMR at give close to the same thing, within a 25 calorie range.
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    The difference between BMR estimates is only 112. That is not large at all. These are all estimates. Everything is an estimate. Even the food you eat, no matter how diligently you weight, measure and log, is still an estimate.

    The other thing is MFP does not estimate TDEE. It does not account for exercise in its estimate therefore is not a true TDEE. That is why MFP suggests you "eat back" the exercise calories you log where,when using other methods that account for exercise, you don't.

    Unless you do next to nothing every day, you are probably lightly active.

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