BMR and TDEE Explained for Those Needing a Guide

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  • Mischievous_Rascal
    Mischievous_Rascal Posts: 1,791 Member
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    Glad this one got a little bump!
  • rgrady33
    rgrady33 Posts: 48 Member
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    Bump
  • mizroxy13
    mizroxy13 Posts: 466 Member
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    Awesome! Thanks for the refresh on this!
  • Slinky92
    Slinky92 Posts: 36 Member
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    Bump and thanks!
  • new_me_14
    new_me_14 Posts: 87 Member
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    Thank you, helpful post!
  • sixxpoint
    sixxpoint Posts: 3,529 Member
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    THIS IS ACTUALLY GOOD INFORMATION PEOPLE!!!

    FAVORITE THIS THREAD!
  • leblanc_tracy
    leblanc_tracy Posts: 11 Member
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    Bump - saving for later
  • fionamantle1
    fionamantle1 Posts: 2 Member
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  • MelWick524
    MelWick524 Posts: 215 Member
    edited June 2015
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    So, in order to keep you living and breathing, again, body NOT caring about weight loss, the body will slow or stop some other systems (metabolism being the 1st it stops) and hang on to those 1200 calories b/c all it knows is that you are under-feeding it and so it must "hoard" that 1200, store it as fat and keep you alive. You essentially are stopping the metabolic process to a halt when you under eat.

    ... wait a minute here ... ??? ... isn't this post feeding into the Starvation Mode myth? Maybe I'm reading something wrong?
  • MelWick524
    MelWick524 Posts: 215 Member
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    and then this later on by the OP...

    The first week, I lost the slight 3 lb gain I had when I was eating at a deficit - despite eating below 1200 when I was "unschooled" my body kept and retained even the plant based food - it was hungry! But after that bump to 1680, I lost those 3 lbs PLUS another 1 lb at that weigh in

    i'm sorry, but i don't think this post should be on the announcements...

    "i gained 3lbs in one week when eating at a deficit" ... no.no.no.no.no. Why is this post getting so much praise? It's taken me a long time to unwrap my head around bro-science.
  • megb0224
    megb0224 Posts: 4 Member
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    BUMP!
  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
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    Why on earth is this a sticky thread? The OP is basically a rehash of the completely-inaccurate "starvation mode" nonsense that gets so many people in trouble.

    If anything, this thread should be deleted.

  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
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    Epic fail. Lost at 'coma" - BMR is measured on concious subjects at rest.
  • Annie_01
    Annie_01 Posts: 3,096 Member
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    sixxpoint wrote: »
    THIS IS ACTUALLY GOOD INFORMATION PEOPLE!!!

    FAVORITE THIS THREAD!

    Are you sure?

    Maybe I should go back and read it again...it made my eyes cross the first time.

    It is not that complicated and it seems as if she is combining different methods.

    The Fat to Fit site that she referenced is about eating at your TDEE of you GOAL weight not TDEE minus a percentage.

  • jkal1979
    jkal1979 Posts: 1,896 Member
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    Only two words can describe the OP... super helpful.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    edited June 2015
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    Annie_01 wrote: »
    sixxpoint wrote: »
    THIS IS ACTUALLY GOOD INFORMATION PEOPLE!!!

    FAVORITE THIS THREAD!

    Are you sure?

    Maybe I should go back and read it again...it made my eyes cross the first time.

    It is not that complicated and it seems as if she is combining different methods.

    The Fat to Fit site that she referenced is about eating at your TDEE of you GOAL weight not TDEE minus a percentage.

    This is true.

    You can also explain the TDEE minus a percentage method and the fat2fit eat the TDEE of your goal weight (which are different, although both nice methods) without all the false starvation mode stuff or the scare tactic about how eating less than BMR will prevent you from losing and put your life at risk.
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,220 Member
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    jkal1979 wrote: »
    Only two words can describe the OP... super helpful.

    You forgot the sarcasm font.

    Overall the first post is long and not quite factually correct.
  • Azexas
    Azexas Posts: 4,334 Member
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    jkal1979 wrote: »
    Only two words can describe the OP... super helpful.

    I almost choked on my beer from laughing. Thank you for that :D
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,220 Member
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    Troutsy wrote: »
    jkal1979 wrote: »
    Only two words can describe the OP... super helpful.

    I almost choked on my beer from laughing. Thank you for that :D

    It was pretty funny!
  • flamingblades
    flamingblades Posts: 311 Member
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    What on earth is "bump"????????

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