just calculated my tdee...have a question!!

sc10985
sc10985 Posts: 347 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
So I've been doing the whole 1200 calorie thing without much success. I just calculated my tdee using a calculator on IIFYM.com. It came to 2217. After subtracting %20 I get 1774. Soooo...do I still eat back my excercise calories using this method??


P.s. hooray for more food! Hahaha...

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  • MsAnn07
    MsAnn07 Posts: 172 Member
    No. If you use theTDEE - %. Do not eat your calories back.
  • foleyshirley
    foleyshirley Posts: 1,043 Member
    No. If you chose the right activity level in calculating your TDEE, you don't eat them back. Enjoy more food :)!
  • sc10985
    sc10985 Posts: 347 Member
    No. If you use theTDEE - %. Do not eat your calories back.


    Ok! Thank you. So technically I'll be netting under 1774.


    Also, if I have 24 lbs to lose, is a 20% deficit enough?
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    So I've been doing the whole 1200 calorie thing without much success. I just calculated my tdee using a calculator on IIFYM.com. It came to 2217. After subtracting %20 I get 1774. Soooo...do I still eat back my excercise calories using this method??


    P.s. hooray for more food! Hahaha...

    When you calculated your tdee, did you include exercise? If so then don't eat exercise cals back
  • redraidergirl2009
    redraidergirl2009 Posts: 2,560 Member
    I log my exercise as 1 calorie so the whole "calories remaining thing" isn't way off from how much I actually have left to eat.
  • melindasuefritz
    melindasuefritz Posts: 3,509 Member
    NO IDEA WHAT U ARE TALKING ABOUT
    EAT LESS THAN 10 PERCENT OF BODY WEIGHT IN CALORIES
    EXAMPLE- 225- 2250 CALORIES OR LESS
    200- 2000 CAL
    180- 1800 CCAL
    195- 1950 CAL
  • sc10985
    sc10985 Posts: 347 Member
    So I've been doing the whole 1200 calorie thing without much success. I just calculated my tdee using a calculator on IIFYM.com. It came to 2217. After subtracting %20 I get 1774. Soooo...do I still eat back my excercise calories using this method??


    P.s. hooray for more food! Hahaha...

    When you calculated your tdee, did you include exercise? If so then don't eat exercise cals back


    Yes I did include exercise :)
  • Calliope610
    Calliope610 Posts: 3,783 Member
    NO IDEA WHAT U ARE TALKING ABOUT
    EAT LESS THAN 10 PERCENT OF BODY WEIGHT IN CALORIES
    EXAMPLE- 225- 2250 CALORIES OR LESS
    200- 2000 CAL
    180- 1800 CCAL
    195- 1950 CAL

    huh? eating 2400 calories per day on a regular basis got me to 232 lbs.
  • sc10985
    sc10985 Posts: 347 Member
    NO IDEA WHAT U ARE TALKING ABOUT
    EAT LESS THAN 10 PERCENT OF BODY WEIGHT IN CALORIES
    EXAMPLE- 225- 2250 CALORIES OR LESS
    200- 2000 CAL
    180- 1800 CCAL
    195- 1950 CAL

    You have to mean 10% less, not less than 10% lol..that would suck.
  • MysticRealm
    MysticRealm Posts: 1,264 Member
    NO IDEA WHAT U ARE TALKING ABOUT
    EAT LESS THAN 10 PERCENT OF BODY WEIGHT IN CALORIES
    EXAMPLE- 225- 2250 CALORIES OR LESS
    200- 2000 CAL
    180- 1800 CCAL
    195- 1950 CAL

    NO.
    If that were true I'd only be eating 1390 calories and I am losing just fine on about 1800 net calories a day, thank you very much. And please stop writing in all caps. It's considered yelling and is rude.

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