About Tdee

Bere4ever
Bere4ever Posts: 188
in Health and Weight Loss
I've been stuck for 3 weeks my calorie goal is 1340 cal/day but I eat around 1400 cal /daily I do exercise 4-5 days a week and burn around 800/1000 cal when exercise me(that's myfitnesspal say) I do cardio and weights (weights 3 times a week) I've been bouncing between 190-193 lbs(today 189.8 lbs but if weigh in tomorrow I gained back 3 pounds and I can lose this 3 pounds during the week and then gain again)what I doing wrong?people say : you should eat your Tdee but I don't know how to get it right my age 31,190 lbs,5'5..I am really confused if my fitness set up 1200 cal/ daily to lose 2 pounds a week that's include your exercise ?if I eat 1200 cal and burn 500 cal my net calorie will be 700 is that ok? Or need to eat 1700 and burn 500 that way my calorie net is 1200 could you guys help me please??i don't know. What else I can do ? Less food less exercise?more food and keep my exercise level?take a rest??? Please need your advice friends.........(cardio 4-5 times a week)...Thank you

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  • now_or_never13
    now_or_never13 Posts: 1,575 Member
    If you are going off of what MFP suggests for you to eat than you eat back your exercise calories. Don't eat them all (as you said you are going off the numbers here) as they are overestimated. To eat them all back get a good HRM and use that for your cardio. If you continue to use the numbers burned on this site eat back half of them.

    Your net should not be below your BMR. You can find that in the Apps section here I believe. Or google fat2fit and use their calculations. If you figure out your TDEE take a 20% cut from that and eat that amount. Don't add your exercise calories unless you exercise more than what you said you would be when finding out your TDEE>
  • Bere4ever
    Bere4ever Posts: 188
    Thank u and I will check the website!
  • EmHorn4
    EmHorn4 Posts: 72 Member
    Check out HelloitsDan's post "In Place Of A Road Map 2" - it will give you a lot more insight into eating to serve your TDEE/BMR.


    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,454 Member
    This will explain:

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/819055-setting-your-calorie-and-macro-targets
  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    If you took MFP's numbers then you can eat back exercise calories earned but unless you are using a heart rate monitor I'd be cautious in eating them all back.

    If you calculated TDEE from some other site and are using those numbers then you don't eat your exercise calories because they're already included.

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