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Need alittle help with TDEE/ calorie intake

importdude
importdude Posts: 15 Member
edited January 6 in Health and Weight Loss
From reading the TDEE guide,
Here is what i found out.

34.6% body Fat
5-7 243 LB

Sedentary (little or no exercise, desk job) 2705
Lightly Active (light exercise/sports 1-3 days/wk) 3099
Moderately Active (moderate exercise/sports 3-5 days/wk) 3494
Very Active (hard exercise/sports 6-7 days/wk) 3888
Extremely Active (hard daily exercise/sports & physical job or 2X day training, i.e marathon, contest etc.) 4283

Being that I do insanity Workout i would say Moderately active?

3494(TDEE?)-30% below TDEE=2445

So 2445 cal/DAY is what i should be eating?
Thats NET after exercise right? If insanity workout i burn 300 calories then im suppose to eat 2745? or was it calulated when i choose Moderately Active?

So i came up with 2 target cal, which one seems more right on track?

2445 (from tdee guide or 1927 from spreadsheet)


I also used a spreadsheet a fellow mfp linked, and here is the results
of that
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Replies

  • mommyweighless
    mommyweighless Posts: 192 Member
    You have your calculations right as far as I can tell. You do not eat exercise calories back if you are eating at TDEE-30% cut. It already incorporates your exercise calories. So you should eat 2445 a day even after exercise.
  • jzammetti
    jzammetti Posts: 1,956 Member
    You have your calculations right as far as I can tell. You do not eat exercise calories back if you are eating at TDEE-30% cut. It already incorporates your exercise calories. So you should eat 2445 a day even after exercise.

    ^^^^ I agree with this. :happy:
  • importdude
    importdude Posts: 15 Member
    thanks,

    one thing im trying to figure out is if i should go by light or moderate activity

    aside from doing insanity for 40-45mins a day,I usally just do little things around the house or run to the store.
  • mommyweighless
    mommyweighless Posts: 192 Member
    Definitely moderate. Insanity is tough and high intensity.
  • importdude
    importdude Posts: 15 Member
    thank you.

    more info.

    my heartrate when i can measure it was 150-160 during workout and falls to 130.
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