TDEE or MFP

syedsaad

My TDEE -25% is 1983 calories but in MFP it says to eat only 1550 .... how much should i actually eat? i usually eat around 1600-1800

3dogsrunning

MFP assumes you log exercise and eat those calories back. I've always found the two methods end up working out the same.

I like MFP because if I miss a few days at the gym (like I did this week due to illness), I am still eating at a deficit. If I had followed TDEE, I would have been eating a number that included exercise I didn't do.
Others like TDEE because you eat the same amount everyday.

mmddwechanged

I would choose 1983.

syedsaad

but i entereed 0 days of exercise on both places ..... but still there is a diff of almost 400 cals

3dogsrunning

but i entereed 0 days of exercise on both places ..... but still there is a diff of almost 400 cals

They are different formulas.
I would go with the higher one. As a young male, you should be above 1600.

mmddwechanged

I'm a 143 pound female and I choose 1983.

Plus, 1983 was a good year! (In other words, I'm much older than you too)