new to EMTWL and just want an outline!
Dfracassa
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Hi everyone! I definitely want to eat more to weigh less. Well, I definitely want to weigh less. I'm new to this, and find that eating more -- while not terribly hard -- has me worried that I'll just continue to gain weight. I have calculated my BMR and TDEE several times and always seem to come up with different numbers, so I am appealing to my friends here to give me an outline I can actually follow and, hopefully, stick to.
A bit of information, and then the numbers. I'm 28, 5'7", and my current weight is 162. I'd love to be at 130, but I'll take 140 or 145 with some more tone and all that. I'm trying to eat better and exercise more, but really, exercise has never been an issue for me. I've been lifting weights since high school, and doing cardio since college. That's not a problem. I am also on the Pill, and while there is a divide between those who think it can't/doesn't mess with weight and those who disagree, and I'm in the second camp, myself. I don't blame my weight gain on the Pill, obviously, but I don't think it's entirely guiltless.
Anyway, I'm learning still, and I hope you enlightened people can help me out.
Calculation #1
BMR: 1543
TDEE: 2382
Calculation #2
BMR: 1538
TDEE: 1394 (seems off...)
My BMI is calculated at 25, which I realize is pretty high, so I'd like to get that lowered and be healthier inside as well as out. Right now I've moved my daily calorie allotment to 1400 but I seem to always go over it. I try to bring good, healthy foods to work and make myself a reasonable dinner, but occasionally life gets in the way. Suggestions? How many calories should I be eating a day? And what sorts of exercises should I start trying for myself? Side note: I am starting 30DS next Monday.
A bit of information, and then the numbers. I'm 28, 5'7", and my current weight is 162. I'd love to be at 130, but I'll take 140 or 145 with some more tone and all that. I'm trying to eat better and exercise more, but really, exercise has never been an issue for me. I've been lifting weights since high school, and doing cardio since college. That's not a problem. I am also on the Pill, and while there is a divide between those who think it can't/doesn't mess with weight and those who disagree, and I'm in the second camp, myself. I don't blame my weight gain on the Pill, obviously, but I don't think it's entirely guiltless.
Anyway, I'm learning still, and I hope you enlightened people can help me out.
Calculation #1
BMR: 1543
TDEE: 2382
Calculation #2
BMR: 1538
TDEE: 1394 (seems off...)
My BMI is calculated at 25, which I realize is pretty high, so I'd like to get that lowered and be healthier inside as well as out. Right now I've moved my daily calorie allotment to 1400 but I seem to always go over it. I try to bring good, healthy foods to work and make myself a reasonable dinner, but occasionally life gets in the way. Suggestions? How many calories should I be eating a day? And what sorts of exercises should I start trying for myself? Side note: I am starting 30DS next Monday.
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I plugged you in to Scooby http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/
Lightly active, meaning 1-3 hours of exercise per week:
BMR 1536
TDEE 2112
15% cut 1795
Moderately active, meaning 3-5 hours of exercise per week:
BMR 1536
TDEE 2381
15% cut 2024
I think you need to eat a lot more because you're not even hitting your BMR at 1400. If your only exercise is Shred, I'd call you lightly active. You may benefit from eating at full TDEE for a few weeks before trying a cut simply because a 15% cut is considerably higher than what you're eating right now.
I hope someone wiser and more experienced with this comes along to help you.0 -
I plugged you in to Scooby http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/
Lightly active, meaning 1-3 hours of exercise per week:
BMR 1536
TDEE 2112
15% cut 1795
Moderately active, meaning 3-5 hours of exercise per week:
BMR 1536
TDEE 2381
15% cut 2024
I think you need to eat a lot more because you're not even hitting your BMR at 1400. If your only exercise is Shred, I'd call you lightly active. You may benefit from eating at full TDEE for a few weeks before trying a cut simply because a 15% cut is considerably higher than what you're eating right now.
I hope someone wiser and more experienced with this comes along to help you.
Thanks! I actually forgot to say that I work out every other day (Mon, Wed, Fri, Sun, Tues, Thurs, Sat...you get the idea) and I am usually doing it for about an hour, maybe 45 minutes. I will be adding 30DS to my regular workouts, so that'll total more than an hour once I get started. I guess, then, I'd fall more into the second calculation you put in, right? I have a desk job, so my only activity is my working out and the times throughout the day I get up and move around. So I should eat at my BMR, then?0 -
No, you should eat at the TDEE - 15% number, if not TDEE (if you need a reset).
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No, you should eat at the TDEE - 15% number, if not TDEE (if you need a reset).
Holy crap, that seems like a hell of a lot of calories, doesn't it? I mean...I can do it, I suppose, but how long is this reset suppposed to last? I'm getting married in August and I guess at this point I'm pretty resigned to not weighing what I think my ideal weight is, but it still seems like a lot.
You know what -- I'll do it. I will pack a bigger lunch, with more protein, and better snacks, and a better dinner, and so on and all that. Thank you!0 -
Yup. My TDEE - 15% is 2100 or so calories! It's a little scary, but my body is adapting to the increase in food really well.0
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You can do it!0
