Can someone please explain TDEE/BMR/BMI and weight loss?

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  • birdieaz
    birdieaz Posts: 448 Member
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    go to thsi link here on MFP

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12
    this guy Dan is awesome!! and after reading it all it makes sense.

    YES!! I was searching for that thread, it helped me finally understand why I wasn't losing. Agree that Dan is tremendous.
  • SandyQ229
    SandyQ229 Posts: 153 Member
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    go to thsi link here on MFP

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12
    this guy Dan is awesome!! and after reading it all it makes sense.

    Thanks, this link is awsome!


    your welcome. it may take a couple time reading it through to understand it but take the time..its worth it.
  • A_Shannigans
    A_Shannigans Posts: 170 Member
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    go to thsi link here on MFP

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12
    this guy Dan is awesome!! and after reading it all it makes sense.

    X2 but the basic gist of it is you should be eating about 80% of your TDEE for weight loss.... ie eating at a 20% deficit. I think if you are in the obese to morbidly obese range ( I hate those terms by the way) you can do 30% untill you get close to the over weight range.

    I would go to that link though because as I understand it the guy who posted it is very good at figuring out what your intake should be.
  • phoenixoncemore
    phoenixoncemore Posts: 202 Member
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    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/680246-tdee-bmr-what-they-are-and-what-to-do-with-them

    This is from the group on my ticker 'Eat More to Weigh Less' There are also some fantastic success stories on the boards of people losing weight while eating some serious calories! I net 1420 every day, not including exercise, if I exercise I often eat 1700 - 1800 per day. I'm only 5'4" and 130lbs.
  • Susan_Rae_1
    Susan_Rae_1 Posts: 154 Member
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    I wrote a reply on a thread similar to this the other day and a couple of people have come back and said that they found it helpful so hopefully it will help you too.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/692123-feedback-on-my-diary-please-please-please

    We are already friends but if anyone else would like to add me, please feel free to do so.

    Good luck!

    Littlejobo, thanks for sharing that. I am learning so much about nutrition from some very knowledge people on this board.
  • OnionMomma
    OnionMomma Posts: 938 Member
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    Just found this for TDEE: http://www.fitnessfrog.com/calculators/tdee-calculator.html

    I don't understand all of this stuff either!

    Holy Crow!! That link told me I should be eating 2092 cals per day if I work out 3 times. That's a TON of food!!! I told it I worked out only 1-3 times per week, when I told it what I really do, it added about 500 cals per day.

    I normally fall between 1500-1700 and work out pretty heavy and I'm losing and my energy levels are great.

    I just can't see how I could eat that much per day and lose.
  • sunshinesquared
    sunshinesquared Posts: 2,733 Member
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    Bump!
  • K_Smith86
    K_Smith86 Posts: 123
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    Just found this for TDEE: http://www.fitnessfrog.com/calculators/tdee-calculator.html

    I don't understand all of this stuff either!

    Holy Crow!! That link told me I should be eating 2092 cals per day if I work out 3 times. That's a TON of food!!! I told it I worked out only 1-3 times per week, when I told it what I really do, it added about 500 cals per day.

    I just went on there too, and it told me that my TDEE is almost 3400!! I don't think so! Ugh this is so confusing lol.
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
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    that is to MAINTAIN your current weight.

    if i were you, take 20-30% off that number. eat that, every day.
  • K_Smith86
    K_Smith86 Posts: 123
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    that is to MAINTAIN your current weight.

    if i were you, take 20-30% off that number. eat that, every day.

    Okay, so it tells me that my BMR is 2472, and my TDEE is 3399. Do I take 20-30% off the TDEE? If I do that, it tells me 2380. Well I'm eating below 2200 (MFP tells me that my daily goal is 2130). I'm so confused, and need this simplified lol.
  • Lyra89
    Lyra89 Posts: 674 Member
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    I'm VERY close to my goal, and I'm also eating between BMR and TDEE (actually, a 20% cut from my TDEE) which for me = 1700 calories! I'm STILL losing weight (1lb on average every week) and I also have a 'cheat day' on weekends where I eat as much of whatever I want. Consistency is what brings weight loss...consistency in eating right & working out. I highly advise that you eat more than 1200 :smile: More food = less deprivation = easier to stick to long term = higher level of fat burning = win win situation!
  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
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    All those calculators are formulated toward the "average" person. If your weight is very high or very low the numbers tend to get a bit wonky. If you are obese you can probably eat even below your BMR for a while without hurting anything. I like using my BMR plus 100 to 200 calories. It seems more reasonable than letting a calculator decide how much exercise I did.

    Some people only eat their BMR and then add their exercise calories and eat them back to encourage doing exercise. The thing with this is that you have to be really honest and accurate with your exercise logging.
  • sanvanhaaften
    sanvanhaaften Posts: 118
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    I need to bump this! :)
  • BerryH
    BerryH Posts: 4,698 Member
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    I've tried any number of hard sums, but they all come out as close to MFP's "lose 1lb a week" calories as makes no odds so I stick with that.

    If you use a TDEE calculation that includes exercise, do not eat your exercise calories. If you use MFPs, eat them, or at least a good proportion to allow for a margin of error.
  • SusanMcAvoy
    SusanMcAvoy Posts: 445 Member
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  • nikilis
    nikilis Posts: 2,305 Member
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    this is a very good source of information on MFP!!

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/forums/show/3834-eat-more-to-weigh-less
  • tryclyn
    tryclyn Posts: 2,414 Member
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    that is to MAINTAIN your current weight.

    if i were you, take 20-30% off that number. eat that, every day.

    Okay, so it tells me that my BMR is 2472, and my TDEE is 3399. Do I take 20-30% off the TDEE? If I do that, it tells me 2380. Well I'm eating below 2200 (MFP tells me that my daily goal is 2130). I'm so confused, and need this simplified lol.

    My sister is sedentary and eats 2500 on a regular basis, she is losing.
    See more info here.
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/3817-eat-more-to-weigh-less
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/717565-in-place-of-a-road-map

    edit - ninja'd by nikilis :)
  • Topsking2010
    Topsking2010 Posts: 2,245 Member
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  • jfrankic
    jfrankic Posts: 747 Member
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    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12

    Read this! I eat 2000 a day and am building muscle and losing body fat, shrinking inches! My TDEE is 2500, BMR is 1600. I eat 2000 (TDEE - 20%) on a workout day or not, same amount each day. I may net 1500 one day, but net 2000 on the following day if it is a rest day. The 2000 calorie days are like going to the gas station to top off the tank.

    Get educated on your body and you will understand hoe much you can and should eat.
  • KatdenRN
    KatdenRN Posts: 52
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    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12

    hope this helps!

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