MFP calorie goal help

EmmaReed84

So I have worked out my

BMR is 1338
TDEE is 2075
Daily calories is 1660

Using scoobys

So just to check, on MFP, should my calorie goal be 1660 net? I am struggling with days I exercise also, do I need to eat back all the calories to net 1660. or just ensure that I net 1338?

I am getting confused again. I see some people put 1 calories burned doing X time of "exercise" and one person commented, another replied it is because they factor in their exercise calories in their goal?

Currently my goal is set at 1670. So, please can someone tell me how they do theirs? Do you have your calories set at the BMR and make sure you do not go below it, or have it set at the higher number and make sure you do not net over it??

Lorix94

I set my goal to my TDEE with a little caloric surplus (because i lift)
At least I don't even know if it is better to use MFP with exercises...

sandradev1

You should net as close to 1660 as you can. This is why MFP changes your calorie 'GOAL'. A goal is a target to hit, not to miss.

EmmaReed84

You should net as close to 1660 as you can. This is why MFP changes your calorie 'GOAL'. A goal is a target to hit, not to miss.

But what I am confused about is eating 1670 calories on days where I am not exercising? I always try to hit it on the days I am at the gym, but didn't know if that goal was just a general everyday goal accounting for 3x workouts a week, or just for when I am working out.

sijomial

You should net as close to 1660 as you can. This is why MFP changes your calorie 'GOAL'. A goal is a target to hit, not to miss.

But what I am confused about is eating 1670 calories on days where I am not exercising? I always try to hit it on the days I am at the gym, but didn't know if that goal was just a general everyday goal accounting for 3x workouts a week, or just for when I am working out.

Bit of a guess here but I think you are mixing up the two main ways people use this site.

1/ "the MFP" way - the way the site is designed to be used. It works out a deficit to lose weight depending on your stats and your desired rate of weight loss (1lb a week loss = 500 cals a day deficit). Although you are asked your exercise goals it has no impact on the calorie deficit set. That's why you log your exercise daily and eat back those exercise calories - to maintain the correct deficit.

2/ The TDEE minus a percentage method. Where you work out your total calorie output (including exercise) and then take off a deficit. With this method people tend to either not log exercise or enter 1 calorie so that their daily goal doesn't change. The percentage is your deficit (normally 20% if you have a lot to lose and less if you only have a few pounds to go to goal).

Both methods have the same aim - to lose weight at a steady and sustainable rate rather than crash diet.

xidia

Did you include your exercise level when you got your TDEE? I'm assuming you did, because it's so much higher than your BMR. If you did, you don't eat back your exercise calories, you just eat 1660 every day and over the week it averages out to the deficit you need to lose weight.

EmmaReed84

Thank you, so much clearer now x