Hey, my TDEE peeps...need input....

jonnythan

The 250 doesn't make any sense, because over the past 2 months I have averaged 2800-3300 calories burned per week. Which would put me at 400-450 calories per day average (depending on how the day looks). So that would put me at....?

How are you calculating 2800-3300 calories per day?

If you already know how many calories you burn, what are you even asking for? I'm confused.

And if 2800-3300 is "400-450 calories per day average" of exercise, then you're saying your BMR is (2800-400)/1.2 = 2000 calories?

Um....400x7=2800? So um...2800 per week. :huh:

Then that would put you two levels above sedentary, which is what... moderately active?

Thank you, this is all I wanted to know. Input on whether it was considered moderate or very active.

Where are you getting the 400 number from?

I am saying how many calories I burn on average per week/per day. So 2800 PER WEEK, 400 PER DAY. My BMR is 1459...I know this. But....here are my average calories burned per week for the past two months...and yes I have taken out for my BMR and this is per my HRM (except for lifting I just added 250).

Feb 4th-10th...3700 calories burned
Feb 11th - 17th...2800 burned
Feb 18th - 24th...3100 burned
Feb 25th - Mar 3rd...4500 burned
Mar 4th - 10th...2800 burned
Mar 11th - 17th...3600 burned
Mar 18th - 24th...3200 burned
Mar 25th - 31st...3800 burned
Apr 1st - 7th...4000 burned
Apr 7th - 14th ....3800 burned

This is all exercise calories. This isn't what I burned per day, this is total burn for the week.

Edited for spelling, it is sucking today lol

Ah, so the data is from an HRM?

Great, so you know how many calories you burn (within the significant error of an HRM) in a given week already. Looks like you average around 500 calories a day from exercise given this data. I think that's probably on the high side, and unsurprising given the fact that I consistently see HRMs giving rather high estimates. Also IMO 250 is way too high for a lifting session. I estimate I burn about 100-150 calories per hour on top of BMR while lifting.

But, assuming it's true, you already know your activity level with excellent specificity. What exactly are you trying to determine?

myofibril

What are your goals? In other words what will having this information enable you to achieve?

rduhlir

Okay...the whole point of this thread was to get input on whether or not I was moderate or very active because that is really the only part the still confuses me sometimes.

jonnythan

Okay...the whole point of this thread was to get input on whether or not I was moderate or very active because that is really the only part the still confuses me sometimes.

Those terms are just a (poor) substitute for knowing how many calories you actually burn. Since you already know how many calories you burn, skip the guesstimation and manually enter a calorie goal.

myofibril

I'd estimate* you are very active.

*essentially everything is just an estimate.

jacksonpt

Then that would put you two levels above sedentary, which is what... moderately active?

Thank you, this is all I wanted to know. Input on whether it was considered moderate or very active.

That's based on my numbers... you may want to check your numbers for yourself.

rduhlir

Cool thanks for the input guys.

Lisah8969

Use your own results to calculate your TDEE.

Extract from here:

"The best determination of what your TDEE are your results. If you have been tracking for a while, you should be able to look back over a period of time and calculate what YOUR actual TDEE is. For example, say I lost 8lb over a 10 week period while eating an average of 2,000 calories a day. My TDEE would be: 2,000 x 7 days x 10 weeks (140,000) which represents the total calories consumed over the 10 week period plus 8 x 3,500 (28,000) which represents my weight loss expressed as a deficit using the 3,500 calories per pound approximation. My total expenditure over that period would be 168,000 divided by 70 (7 days x 10 weeks) = 2,400 per day. This would approximate my TDEE. Obviously this number should be tweaked up or down if there is any significant change in activity. It also assumes that you have been logging your intake accurately. "

CRAP! This is perfect! I think I will go back to before this 3 month plateau, find a good 10 pound loss period and calculate this!!! THANKS!!!!