TDEE, cycle calories or consistent daily?

ctheluck
ctheluck Posts: 14 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Ok, so I have really upped my exercise (added 4 spin classes a week) since September and have not lost any weight. I started logging my food again and discovered I was under-eating by a lot.

When I started reading the boards more, I found the TDEE info and entered my info in multiple calculators, landing on this one because it had them most input fields for how my day is broken up. http://iifym.com/tdee-calculator/

it says my TDEE is 2110, so 20% less would be 1688 per day

I have my MFP goal set at 1 lb a week, putting me at 1320/day plus exercise

If I calculate the weekly MFP goal, add in my 2000 exercise calories, and average it out by day, it ends up being 1605/day which is actually pretty close.

So am I better to eat that 1600-1700 every day, or keep alternating, eating extra on my spin days and less on my rest days?

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  • kcritter77
    kcritter77 Posts: 162 Member
    Good question. I've been wondering the same thing. I can think of arguments for both that make perfect sense. I'm interested to see what the concensus is.
  • HMVOL7409
    HMVOL7409 Posts: 1,588 Member
    Either or. I maintain with cycling cals. On rest days I eat less than my TDEE but not a large cut and on heavy lifting or run days I eat my TDEE or plus depending. It is what works for me.
  • 8Sam12
    8Sam12 Posts: 61
    I eat back on exercise days because a) I like the reward/motivation (or the drive to exercise when I 'accidentally' had a too big lunch) and b) my exercise patterns aren't as regular as yours so I can't quite be sure how much I'm going to do in a given week.

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