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need your help, I am new here and doing TDEE-20%

dianefisher47
dianefisher47 Posts: 202 Member
edited January 7 in Social Groups
I am new here
I have read many many post here, on December 19 th I started to do TDEE - 20% a few questions for you who know this stuff

1. should I do TDEE - 20% or TDEE - 15%

2. I wonder if I calculated what I need to eat correctly according to the above, wonder if someone could check and see with my info what my numbers should be? how many calories should I eat daily?

3. being an older Lady can this TDEE help me?

here is my info

65 years old
female
182 pounds
5' 1'' I do 30-45 minutes of exercise per day...other than that not very active...only in summer I play golf

thanks ahead of time ...looking forward hearing from you:drinker:

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  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
    I am new here
    I have read many many post here, on December 19 th I started to do TDEE - 20% a few questions for you who know this stuff

    1. should I do TDEE - 20% or TDEE - 15%

    2. I wonder if I calculated what I need to eat correctly according to the above, wonder if someone could check and see with my info what my numbers should be? how many calories should I eat daily?

    3. being an older Lady can this TDEE help me?

    here is my info

    65 years old
    female
    182 pounds
    5' 1'' I do 30-45 minutes of exercise per day...other than that not very active...only in summer I play golf

    thanks ahead of time ...looking forward hearing from you:drinker:

    With that little to lose, 15%, but I'm betting you actually want to lose more than ticker shows. in which case 20%

    Hard to know your activity. 30 min of walking is very different than 30 min of a very active gym class or DVD.
    So pretending that's 30 min daily of walking 3-4 mph, and 15 min daily more intense cardio, that would be TDEE of 1850, or BMR multiplier of 1.41, between levels.

    I'd suggest you fight one of the main reasons metabolism lowers as you age - losing muscle.

    Do 3 days a week of strength training, circuit or just some good machines or heavy dumbbells. Not little muscle stuff like biceps or triceps, big muscles like thighs, back, chest, ect.
  • dianefisher47
    dianefisher47 Posts: 202 Member
    I do 30 mins of light stationary bike, and when I do walking its not very fast (due to health problems), so should I set TDEE at sedentary....and when you say I should eat 1850 cals is that the amount I should eat or do I do minus 20% of that amount.....and I do some exercise with 5 pounds dumb bells

    I previously lost 30 lbs on another program but they had me at below 1000 cals per day, so yes I did lose but did damage. I show only 2 lbs lost here cause I steadily go up and down 2 lbs...I am eating now as per Scoobie 1560 cals...without eating exercise cals..what should be my percentages...I use 45 car..25 prot..30 fat...thanks for your response
  • dianefisher47
    dianefisher47 Posts: 202 Member
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  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
    I do 30 mins of light stationary bike, and when I do walking its not very fast (due to health problems), so should I set TDEE at sedentary....and when you say I should eat 1850 cals is that the amount I should eat or do I do minus 20% of that amount.....and I do some exercise with 5 pounds dumb bells

    I previously lost 30 lbs on another program but they had me at below 1000 cals per day, so yes I did lose but did damage. I show only 2 lbs lost here cause I steadily go up and down 2 lbs...I am eating now as per Scoobie 1560 cals...without eating exercise cals..what should be my percentages...I use 45 car..25 prot..30 fat...thanks for your response

    Actually, I said TDEE is 1850, never said to eat that.

    So take your deficit off that, your multiplier for that workout activity is 1.41. Higher than sedentary. Those TDEE levels are just multipliers, you are between levels.

    So as you lose weight, you get a new BMR. New BMR x 1.41 = new TDEE for new weight. Take the deficit off again.
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