Advice on how I should be doing this!

SerahLaffere

So I've been sticking to 1200 cals, eating some of my exercise cals back SOMETIMES!

I work on a farm 4 days a week for 5 hours a day.
I'm on day 12 of the 30 day shred.

I dropped 11lbs in about a month and a half (yay)
But 2 months later nearly I've not dropped anymore!
It just goes up and down, up and down.

I'm 5'2
167-170lbs

I'd love to know the ideal calorie burn I should be aiming for daily, how many cals I should be eating and so fourth.
I know everyone is different, But I have no idea what My next step should be.
Some experienced advice is appreciated!

BMR - 1574
TDEE - 2431

Hope y'all having a good day ^_^

Mokey41

Over your BMR and under your TDEE.

AmyRhubarb

Daily calorie burn isn't so important to aim for as daily calorie consumption.

1200 cals per day, especially without eating back exercise cals, is likely too low for you - it is for the majority of women. You did well for awhile, dropping weight at first, but now you're likely stuck because your body is adjusting to the low intake plus exercise, and is now doing everything it can to store fat rather than burn it because you're not giving it enough fuel.

You don't have heaps of weight to lose, so make sure your weekly loss goal is not set to lose 2lbs a week. 1lb is far more realistic and will give you more daily cals. And you should be eating those exercise cals back - MFP has you a deficit on the daily goal even without exercise - that's why they add them to your daily goal when you log your workouts - you're expected to eat them back.

OR, you can use a site to calculate your BMR and your TDEE and eat in between those numbers. A lot of people here do things that way (myself included) and set up MFP manually for their goals. Great information on that in this topic: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/937712-in-place-of-a-road-map-ver-3-0

psuLemon

Take 20% from your TDEE and try that for a month.

kikicooks

Take 20% from your TDEE and try that for a month.

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