Reading explanations - but still confused :(

kmgt
kmgt Posts: 24
in Health and Weight Loss
I'm sorry, I know this should be more simple than I'm making it. I've been reading all the explanations about how to figure out my calories but I'm still confused.

I just read IPOARM(2) and here are the calculations I got.

TDEE (fitnessfrog) 2613
BMR (Fat3fitradio) 2619

Is it right that those two are the basically the same number? If so, then for weight loss, I should try eating 20% lower than those numbers? So roughly 2100 calories/daily?

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  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    No your BMR is the calories your body needs in a coma to survive. Your TDEE is the calories your body needs per day with your moving around and working. They should be at least a few hundred different with the TDEE being higher.
  • kmgt
    kmgt Posts: 24
    I double checked my numbers? According to IPOARM and using the fit2fat radio, the writer of that post says to put your GOAL weight as your current weight. So when I do that, I get the same as my TDEE.

    Either way, it's the TDEE - 20% that I should be using right?

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