BMR and TDEE Explained for Those Needing a Guide

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  • jcbgs
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    thanks thishas help. i am so bad at math that i cant figure out all this math to get me results.
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  • pamswopestrahlem
    pamswopestrahlem Posts: 3
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    great explanation - thanks!
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  • pamswopestrahlem
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    I figured mine, but my total intake comes out to less than my BMR should be. My BMR is 1608 and my TDEE is 1798. Subtract the 20%, 360, and I end up with a calorie goal of 1438, below my BMR. Now what do I do?
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    I figured mine, but my total intake comes out to less than my BMR should be. My BMR is 1608 and my TDEE is 1798. Subtract the 20%, 360, and I end up with a calorie goal of 1438, below my BMR. Now what do I do?

    You do absolutely no exercise then, because you picked sedentary.

    You sit around the vast majority of the day, maybe an hr of cooking a day, and that's it?

    That's sedentary.
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  • kmcosgrove115
    kmcosgrove115 Posts: 260 Member
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    Glad this is helping so many of you.............I just posted my updated pics on the Success Boards from Day 5 to Day 100 - eating whole food plant based is my biggest factor but TDEE less 20% is for sure a close second! I am by no means done but the pics do help me see the progress and that this method works! Check it out:

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/990161-day-100-progress-check-in-with-pics
  • redhen966
    redhen966 Posts: 6 Member
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    Thank you xx
  • jrjordan79
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    Bump ... so I can read at home tonight. :)
  • rhonnik
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    Need to read this. Thanks!
  • kmcosgrove115
    kmcosgrove115 Posts: 260 Member
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    monica1184 - your calc's look dead on correct - remember if it has been some time undereating - it can take a few weeks for that metabolism to come back - but it will - and some have a slight gain until it turns back on - don't panic - my advice would actually be stay away from the scale, eat at TDEE less the % and weigh around 4-6 weeks later................good luck!
  • kmcosgrove115
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    ruthc69 - the concept is scary - but after you eat more and it really sinks in WHY you are doing this to fuel the body and burn the excess, the fear does go away - I actually am now always in awe at the body and how amazing it is and how smart it is to know how to stay alive - you gotta eat - you just need to - your body wants to be healthy and thriving - without eating too much.............keep me posted!
  • kmcosgrove115
    kmcosgrove115 Posts: 260 Member
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    calaz84 - what I found in researching this is that the TDEE # has your normal activity level built in by the level of activity you select - it's there - so for anything ABOVE my "normal activity" only THEN do I log in my exercise if I know it's more then typical and even then I only eat back SOME of the calories...............make sense?

    And if you are one who likes to see your exercise logged in as you do it, as many do, people have taken to putting in the exercise and manually changing the calories burned to "1" so it does not impact their daily calories since the exercise is already figured in to their TDEE amount.

    Good luck!
  • kmcosgrove115
    kmcosgrove115 Posts: 260 Member
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    mommypeanut - absolutely! send me an email and I can calculate for you!
  • kmcosgrove115
    kmcosgrove115 Posts: 260 Member
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    cfredz - yes - you have it right!
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