TDEE minus 20% or MFP Suggestions?

You don't look like you have a huge amount to lose, so I would suggest you change it to losing 1 lb per week, not 1.5. a 500 calorie deficit is good enough.

TDEE minus 20%....

Or follow MFP's suggestions...

OR... tell MFP you want to maintain your weight, and don't eat all the calories they tell you to eat back...

theres many ways to do it, just find which one you like best. TDEE is pretty simple and helps you not to feel restricted , you're allowed to eat a good amount, it helps to prevent falling off the wagon.

So funny... my calories are set at the very same and I just got off of Scooby workshop which says I should be eating 1727 and mfp has me at 1550. I think all we can do is try the 1727 and see if we lose. I'm all about eating as much as I can to lose..so when I get to maintenance I can have a life. I've done 1200 a day before..and some say they are stuck having to under eat to maintain..it ruins their metabolisms.

I think we just have to do the time to tweak what works for us. Also.. when i lost weight my last go around.. i did it without exercise. I actually thought i lost more consistently and more easily. I think exercise tones...but can screw with weightloss..at least for me.

Personally I prefer MFP since the TDEE method incorporates exercise and MFP doesn't. Life gets in the way, sometimes I don't workout like I planned. I like that with MFP, if I do exercise I can eat back the calories, but if I don't I can still lose weight just eating within my calories. With TDEE, if you factor in exercise and then don't exercise as much as you planned, you won't lose as much.

Though, I notice you said you can't really exercise, so I guess this point isn't valid for you haha. I still prefer MFP though. I have tried both ways and MFP seems to be more reliable.

Also, one tip is not to set yourself as "sedentary" on MFP. Most people make that mistake. Honestly, almost no one is truly sedentary. If you go grocery shopping, go to the mall, walk to get the mail, etc, you are not sedentary. Try setting yourself as "lightly active" on MFP and see if it gives you a few more calories to play with. That's what I did and it has worked like a charm!

So funny... my calories are set at the very same and I just got off of Scooby workshop which says I should be eating 1727 and mfp has me at 1550. I think all we can do is try the 1727 and see if we lose. I'm all about eating as much as I can to lose..so when I get to maintenance I can have a life. I've done 1200 a day before..and some say they are stuck having to under eat to maintain..it ruins their metabolisms.

I think we just have to do the time to tweak what works for us. Also.. when i lost weight my last go around.. i did it without exercise. I actually thought i lost more consistently and more easily. I think exercise tones...but can screw with weightloss..at least for me.

Heya, what did you eat last time in order to lose? I used to exercise excessively and undereat to maintain my small figure, then when that became unsustainable I ended up gaining 6 stone in a year. So this time I wanna lose weight but also keep it off too..

I really can't manage much exercise, even walking is seriously painful and I worry my knee will get worse with too much activity, being 6 stone overweight doesn't help it either mind! So that's why I'm leaning towards MFP suggestions just because I can't exercise to burn more

I am also struggling with a knee injury and 140lbs is my next goal on the way to hopefully settling at around 9st.
I am working to a 15-20% deficit from Scooby's too and I stick to that, eating back some of my exercise cals in terms of MFP logging, but not necessarily all,
I am losing half a pound a week - set to lose 1lb.

This is not a race/sprint - I started with a few great weeks of loss and then stalled when my knee flared up.
Another flare up and I had to switch to maintenance as I could only do a little stationary bike work and swim with a pull-buoy ...
Anything that is not a gain on my weekly weigh in is a win for me.

I know you want to see quick results - and I totally understand ... But I would drop your goals and I would pick ONE method and stick to it for a month (and given your issues with exercise right now I would go for a TDEE deficit range).

Good luck ;-)

If you think about all the estimations involved, both in your TDEE, calories eaten, and caloris burned, the difference between those numbers may not even be significant. The only way to tell what is the best calorie level for you (the best balance between satiety/sustainablilty and weight loss) is to try something and see how it works. If you're not losing enough, eat a little less -- if you're miserable, eat a little more. Tweak it up or down by 100 cals or so and try again. IMO you'll get the best results by trying something for a few weeks, monitoring your weight, energy levels, etc and being prepared to adjust as needed.