TDEE CALCULATING (HELP)

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  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
    So if my TDEE is 2419, looking at losing roughly 40lbs, I would take 15% away?

    Good reasonable deficit that will help to maintain muscle mass.

    That is the real killer to going back to maintenance and not gaining it back and needing to diet again.

    That loss tends to happen as we age anyway - why encourage it!?
  • luticiaf
    luticiaf Posts: 92 Member
    awesome, thanks heybales! gonna try to switch my target intake. let's see where that gets us!

    wow, 250cal daily for a week to gain one lb of fat.... my, what a gluttonous winter I must have had....
  • karenmi
    karenmi Posts: 242 Member
    Please send me a Friend Request If you have changed your daily calorie intake according to the TDEE calculator....I did as of today and have added 500 calories a day and admit I'm a bit freaked out! Maybe we can compare our results together.
  • jzammetti
    jzammetti Posts: 1,956 Member



    I lost my first 50 doing low calorie as well...but then I plateaued and couldn't figure it out. It was because i was eating way too little. So I upped my calories based on TDEE and almost immediately began to lose again (after a 4 month plateau). the damage caused by undereating is not always so noticeable on the outside...but the damage is still happening.

    Did you feel hungry when you were underconsuming? According to my TDEE I've been underconsuming for this past 3 weeks, I've only lost 2 of my 10 lb goal, but i haven't felt hungry (other than two really painful days.) I feel satiated, but not seeing the results I want - afraid that if i consume more, I will start gaining...

    Someone already answered this generally...but no, I was not hungry after I adjusted to the 1200 calories. That is the first sign of your body doing bad things to accommodate your lack of food...

    I was terrified to up my caloires to 1700 - but I put the scale away for 2 weeks (I figured there would be small gains while my body adjustesd but I did not want to see them!) and was so happy when I took it back out because I had begun to lose again.

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