im so done!

nadsazombie
nadsazombie Posts: 61 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Its way to confusing trying to figure out that whole BMR TDEE 20% stuff.
So I give in.
Im sticking with what MFP gives me.
It seems to work for so many people anyways why question it.


Right?
:huh:

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  • Fozzi43
    Fozzi43 Posts: 2,984 Member
    That'll be fine, eat your calories allowance,and then at least half your exercise cals and you should be fine. If you find your hungry eat all your exercise cals, that's what they are there for :smile:
  • birdieaz
    birdieaz Posts: 448 Member
    MFP's way didn't work for me.It severely under estimated my calories. Even with eating the exercise ones back I had lost 0 lbs since joining. Then I went with a straight TDEE minus a small deficit and the weight is coming off again. I'm also not stressing over having to exercise so much. I've cut back from 6x to 3x a week.

    However for a lot of people it does and if it's worked/working for you, then stick with that.
  • Arrabindi
    Arrabindi Posts: 169 Member
    MFP has worked great for me, but what MFP gives you is based on what you give MFP. I find it pretty simple, but apparently that part confuses a lot of people. Don't set your loss to more than 1 lb/week (I prefer 0.5 lb/week), and if you set your activity level to "sedantary", make sure to eat back at least some of your exercise calories. If you have a heart rate monitor you can use that to track how much you burn from exercising. If you don't, you can use what MFP suggests, but try to be conservative, as it might over estimate. If you try it for about a month and don't see any results, you can try to manually change your calorie goal a bit up or down. Remember that MFP doesn't know your body and your specific metabolism but uses an average for your age and gender. Good luck!
  • witchy_wife
    witchy_wife Posts: 792 Member
    Why not? If MFP works for you then just use it, loads have lost weight that way.

    And if your weight loss stalls you always have the option of going back and re-calculating to see if it makes a difference.
  • jenneal89
    jenneal89 Posts: 243 Member
    There's an app called fitness nut that figures out your BMR, TDEE, and macros. It's free. You can also find them online I'm sure
  • nadsazombie
    nadsazombie Posts: 61 Member
    thanks all!
    i was using MFP to begin with and lost 17 pounds so far.
    then my husband shows me the one article on here about the BMR and TDEE and for days its just drove me nuts.
    i started thinking "i hope im doing it right?" and "if i switch now i dont wanna gain any weight back"

    so at last ive finally just switched my goal from 1.5 pounds a week to 1 because i found 1300 not quite enough
    so I figured this has worked for lots of people on the original numbers mfp gives people and if it worked for me for about 2 months, why should I mess with it?


    :flowerforyou:
  • laddyboy
    laddyboy Posts: 1,565 Member
    If it anit broke don't try to fix it. Stick with MFP and eat what it tell you to eat. The daily goal is to hit not come under.
    If you put in 1lb per week and it says 1500 calories and you burn 300 in exercise it will say 1800. Eat 1800. That's most peoples
    problem. They don't eat. Once the scale starts moving you can tweak...50-100 calories a week tweak...not 500ish. Baby steps...slow and steady wins the race. You can do it.
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    The bottom line is: Do. What. Works. For. You. If you make it complicated, you will get frustrated and lose motivation. If what MFP works and you lose weight, then don't make it any more complicated than it needs to be. Happy losing!
  • Dave198lbs
    Dave198lbs Posts: 8,809 Member
    don't sweat it. what is important is accurately counting how many calories you put in your mouth. Many entries in the food data base are wrong. You can fix them when you find them but I have been seeing so many lately, its getting absurd.

    It is also very important to accurately estimate your calories burned. (If you eat back all your exercise calories) The MFP estimates for calories burned are usually way too high.

    Many people here lose some weight and suddenly they are experts on everything related to health, science and psychological counseling.

    just keep going. sounds like you are doing great.
  • Growtinymusclesgrow
    Growtinymusclesgrow Posts: 152 Member
    TDEE is important...without knowing that, you can' t accurately figure out what you should be tweaking. I understand that a lot of folks tell you to eat your exercise calories back, I will ne ER be one if those! If you are trying to Maintain, that that is great. If you are not, general rule is TDEE minus 500 calories, then tweak from there.
  • Arrabindi
    Arrabindi Posts: 169 Member
    TDEE is important...without knowing that, you can' t accurately figure out what you should be tweaking. I understand that a lot of folks tell you to eat your exercise calories back, I will ne ER be one if those! If you are trying to Maintain, that that is great. If you are not, general rule is TDEE minus 500 calories, then tweak from there.

    Of course you shouldn't eat back exercise calories if you're basing your calorie intake on your TDEE, because exercise is included in your TDEE. But if someone uses MFP's numbers, the deficit (based on user input) is already included in the basic calorie goal (e.g. 500 calories), so you don't need to increase that deficit by not eating back exercise calories. The end result is exactly the same.
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