TDEE & BMR Questions

carolynhart01

Please bear with me as I try to sort all of this out. As a rookie it is very confusing. I started 1 week and a half ago with this site telling me to eat 1200 cal/day. This was good info as I was inadvertantly over dieting at about 880-950 cal. per day. So fast forward a week and half I am seeing all these poste about something called TDEE and BMR. Well, I need to figure out what I am doing first right? Before I start to complicate things. I have never calorie counted before so it is all new to me. But the more I read, the more I learn and decide that YES I do need to up my daily calories more. Right? So, I read up on these things called TDEE and BMR and while still somewhat confused I think I am getting a handle on it.

So... here is my questions.

#1: I am 36yo female, 155.8lb, 5'6". I today reset my cals to 1420 (from 1200) and changed my goals to include 30% protein, 30% fat (good fats) and 40% carb. Is this still too low? Scooby says I have a BMR of 1464 and a TDEE of 2013. I set the activity level at 1-3 hrs / week of light exercise as I am not able to squeeze in as much with current projects going on at home right now.

#2: Going from over dieting (880-950 cals) to appearantly still over dieting (1200 cals). Will there be an adjustment period as my body gets used to getting enough food where I may infact even *gasp* gain? I have a feeling I will see the scale go up while myself adjusts and I would rather just not look until the numbers go back in the right direction.

Thanks for bearing with me I am really trying to sort all of this out.

carolynhart01

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jzammetti

So... here is my questions.

#1: I am 36yo female, 155.8lb, 5'6". I today reset my cals to 1420 (from 1200) and changed my goals to include 30% protein, 30% fat (good fats) and 40% carb. Is this still too low? Scooby says I have a BMR of 1464 and a TDEE of 2013. I set the activity level at 1-3 hrs / week of light exercise as I am not able to squeeze in as much with current projects going on at home right now.

#2: Going from over dieting (880-950 cals) to appearantly still over dieting (1200 cals). Will there be an adjustment period as my body gets used to getting enough food where I may infact even *gasp* gain? I have a feeling I will see the scale go up while myself adjusts and I would rather just not look until the numbers go back in the right direction.

Thanks for bearing with me I am really trying to sort all of this out.

#1: Your daily caloric intake based on the numbers provided should be 2013 - 20% (402) = 1611.

#2: You may gain initially...but it will go away once your body is reacclimated to being fueled properly. I suggest you get rid of the scale, eat at the TDEE -20% number for 4 weeks, then reweigh and start weighing every week or month (or wahtever frequency you use)

EDIT: I am 42 years old, weight 125, workout heavy lifting 3x a week (about 600 caloires each time), use the moderately active modifier for TDEE and eat at a 12% deficit from there: 1850 a day. Still losing weight and inches.

carolynhart01

Thank you!! I was going to up it more, like you said but it is hard once you start counting to want to add to it :grumble: . But I will do it like I should and switch to 1610.