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Have you tried the Fat2Fit method?

heatmack
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Hey! I calculated my TDEE at my goal weight and it says I should eat 2100 calories for being moderately active. My BMR is 1391, I was eating under my BMR at 1300 calories a day. Is 2100 calories a day crazy? Has anyone tried this and seen results?
here is the link: http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/
here is the link: http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/
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I have no idea. My personal trainer told me to eat 1700 cals and no more than 40 grams of sugar. That website told me I needed 2226 for being moderatly active. I wished I could tell you more! And here I thought 1700 was a lot!
That website also told me I should weigh 228 lbs...I've been 238 before and I'm still fat! I'm talking size 20 fat. I've also been 180lbs and I'm still fat! Seriously I really think the website is flawed!0 -
Sorry, I didn't post this: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/912914-in-place-of-a-road-map-3-2013
That post states that if you take your 2226 calories for being moderately active and -20% for wt loss, your trainer is bang on, your calculation would be 1780.
How are you finding the wt loss on 1700 calories?0 -
Hi i am sticking to 1650 calories and have lost 4 pound in about 10 days x0
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Sorry, I didn't post this: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/912914-in-place-of-a-road-map-3-2013
That post states that if you take your 2226 calories for being moderately active and -20% for wt loss, your trainer is bang on, your calculation would be 1780.
How are you finding the wt loss on 1700 calories?
I like the tools at Fat2Fit over MFP because you can enter a bit more info, such as body fat %, so I think their BMR and TDEE numbers are bit more accurate.0 -
Fat2Fit says I have a BMI of 27, which is obese, when actually it's around 18/19 and I am at the low end of 'healthy weight' - so I'm not sure about it being entirely accurate.0
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From what I understand, the whole BMI system is inaccurate and outdated - I didn't even figure my BMI at Fat2Fit.
But as far as the tools for calculating BMR, I like the Military Body Fat Calculator which gives an estimated BF%, which then gets figured into the BMR equation, and you get both the Katch McArdle and Harris Benedict BMR estimates. Overall, everything is an estimate - the calculators, the HRMs, calories from restaurants, etc, etc. But the more info you can enter into an equation, I figure the better the resulting estimate will be - that's why I like Fat2Fit over MFP's calculators/estimates on BMR.0 -
Sorry, I didn't post this: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/912914-in-place-of-a-road-map-3-2013
That post states that if you take your 2226 calories for being moderately active and -20% for wt loss, your trainer is bang on, your calculation would be 1780.
How are you finding the wt loss on 1700 calories?
I like the tools at Fat2Fit over MFP because you can enter a bit more info, such as body fat %, so I think their BMR and TDEE numbers are bit more accurate.
Thanks for explaining that to me! It makes sense now. I will give it a try at 1800 calories and see what happens.0
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