BMR and TDEE Explained for Those Needing a Guide
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Given that fact, what we are told with 1200 cal / day is simply false and very detrimental to our body. Some call it "starvation mode" but a more accurate description would be "nutrient deficient." The body looks at that 1200 calories and says, ok, I need (in my case to get specific) 1529 a day to keep you living and breathing and you are giving me 1200, a 300 deficit.
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.
This is rubbish especially if you are eating healthy and have plenty of fat stores.0 -
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Activity Level Daily Calories
Sedentary (little or no exercise, desk job) 1686
Lightly Active (light exercise/sports 1-3 days/wk) 1932
Moderately Active (moderate exercise/sports 3-5 days/wk) 2178
Very Active (hard exercise/sports 6-7 days/wk) 2424
Extremely Active (hard daily exercise/sports & physical job or 2X day training, i.e marathon, contest etc.) 2670
Sorry, thicko here I just don't get it.
I work full time at a desk job, I'm a mom of 3 and endeavour to do a circuit training workout 5 times a week.
Which level do I pick? Do I deduct and eat back calories burnt?0 -
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Excellent post--thank you.0
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kmcosgrove,
thanks so much. All that helped. It cleared my head from some confusement.
I think I will do the simple thing: on the days when I work out (and I do it hard) AND I'm hungry (which I am most of those days), I will eat more. But If I'm not especially hungry I will just eat little bit more but not all the "given" calories.
Bad thing about these types of boards is that there is SOOO much info "for this" and "against this" that you get freaking confused and you start doubting everything. I just have to keep my head straight and trust my instincts on this (as other things in life). And keep on going....0 -
I huge THANK YOU! This was a fantastic read!0
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Thank you, bumping this so I can do the calculations because right now it is all Latin to me Thanks!0
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Awesome, thank you! I have read so many of these threads and they were so confusing.0
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This REALLY helped.
For the life of me I could not figure out why MFP was telling me to eat 1200 cal's when my BRM is 1439!!
I only want to loose10-15 pounds and the scale has not moved an inch. After reading this, calculating my TDEE (2482)-20%, I realize I should eat 1985 cals. Soo I guess I have to work up the courage to eat more.0 -
Great, thank you!0
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confucious say BUMP 'cause it's more clear, but still kinda long. and I need to read it when I'm NOT tired from a long day.1
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