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    Calorie Deficit/min calories -confused

    Posts: 14
    edited January 1 in Health and Weight Loss
    Ok question......so my BMR on here says 1242? i thought the minimum calories a day was 1200? so if i need to create a calorie deficit surely im going below the recommended minimum?Confused! Even if i burned 500 clas a day im then only having 700 cals a day? do i eat the other calories back? and if i do then im not creating a deficit am i? sorry if i sound stupid...think my brain has given up today ;0(

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    • Posts: 136 Member
      Your BMR is what you need to survive if you were in a coma, basically. You take your deficit from your TDEE (Total Daily Energy Expenditure). If you click on the "my home" tab and then goals, you can see an estimate of your TDEE under calories burned from normal daily activity. There are also calculators online that can help you estimate your TDEE.
    • Posts: 12,294 Member
      Yes eat them back. Just eat what MFP tells you to in order to reach your weekly weight loss goal
    • Posts: 1,696 Member
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    • Posts: 1,165 Member
      http://www.fitnessfrog.com/calculators/tdee-calculator.html go here and see what your TDEE is
    • Posts: 576 Member
      Fitness Frog has great calculators to help you figure out your TDEE and then you simply subtract about 15% to create your deficit. That will allow for a loss. The TDEE is what you would eat if you were at maintenance or goal. Hope this helps, best of luck to you!
    • Posts: 10,413 Member
      Your BMR is what you need to survive if you were in a coma, basically. You take your deficit from your TDEE (Total Daily Energy Expenditure). If you click on the "my home" tab and then goals, you can see an estimate of your TDEE under calories burned from normal daily activity. There are also calculators online that can help you estimate your TDEE.

      This. Your deficit is not based on your BMR, it's based on your TDEE.
    • Posts: 10,413 Member
      Yes eat them back. Just eat what MFP tells you to in order to reach your weekly weight loss goal

      This too. Don't over think it... just do what MFP tells you to do.
    • Posts: 67 Member
      I truly dont understand it either..

      i am supose to eat 2050 a day & im more than coping eating 1400-1800,

      then i can burn 200-600 calories,

      theres just no way i can eat 2050 then eat an extra 200-600 on top if i have burnt them off during exercises
    • Posts: 10,413 Member
      I truly dont understand it either..
      What exactly don't you understand?



      theres just no way i can eat 2050 then eat an extra 200-600 on top if i have burnt them off during exercises
      why not?
    • Posts: 67 Member
      show previous quotes
      What exactly don't you understand?



      show previous quotes
      why not?

      I have a lapband hun, It doesnt let you eat much foods, thats why my calories are low, i drink energy/vitamins drink too
    • Posts: 14
      My TDEE says 1863? I'm confused sorry ladies :0/
    • Posts: 10,413 Member
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      I have a lapband hun, It doesnt let you eat much foods, thats why my calories are low, i drink energy/vitamins drink too

      unless I'm mistake, It doesn't let you eat much volume of food, that doesn't mean you can't eat a lot of cals.
    • Posts: 10,413 Member
      My TDEE says 1863? I'm confused sorry ladies :0/

      That sounds a little low to me, but could be reasonable... BMR of 1242 and TDEE of 1863.

      It'll take some patients and maybe some tweaking, but start at TDEE - 15% for you daily goal... that would be ~1550. Don't log your exercises, don't eat back the cals. Hit 1550 each day with a reasonable balance of fats, carbs and protein. Do it for a month and see what happens.
    • Posts: 1,039 Member
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      I have a lapband hun, It doesnt let you eat much foods, thats why my calories are low, i drink energy/vitamins drink too

      I wouldn't mind eating them for you if I wouldn't gain anything from it :flowerforyou:
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