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TDEE

ashlensmomma
ashlensmomma Posts: 124 Member
edited January 10 in Health and Weight Loss
Alright, so I have been making little to no progress, so I decided to figure out my TDEE settings and such. Going by that number, I should be eating 1827 a day. This scares me because I am set at 1427 right now. I am afraid that increasing my calories this much is going to cause the scale to move in the wrong direction. I'm not quite sure what to do. I have been on here almost a year, and have only lost 35 pounds. And that varies from week to week. I know I could be doing more when it comes to exercising, which is why I recently bought a stationary bike. But as far as changing my eating habits, I have done extremely well. I eat more veggies and lean meats now than I have my whole life. I cut out all the pasta, fried foods, and sweets as well. I am just beginning to feel defeated. It hurts worse, because all my friends and family know I have started this lifestyle change, and the ones who haven't seen me in awhile kind of look at me like, you're doing all this and you can't even tell. I am just having one of those pity party nights, I guess, any advice will be greatly appreciated.

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  • Justact1
    Justact1 Posts: 15 Member
    I too am curious about this because according to my TDEE, I should be eating 2200 calories. YIKES!! I can't even imagine this!
    Hang in there! Have you recently talked and taken your food diary to a doctor or dietician?
  • DanaDark
    DanaDark Posts: 2,187 Member
    Is that your TDEE at sedentary? What is your BMR?

    Basically, you should eat above your BMR and under your TDEE. If you've been eating under your BMR for a long time, you might need to eat AT your TDEE and even a day of surplus or two to help bring your hormones back in order.
  • ashlensmomma
    ashlensmomma Posts: 124 Member
    BMR is 1772

    TDEE is 2437

    According to http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/
  • ashlensmomma
    ashlensmomma Posts: 124 Member
    Has anyone else made this big of an increase and still lost?
  • suzely0530
    suzely0530 Posts: 150 Member
    Has anyone else made this big of an increase and still lost?

    I'd love to know the answer to that too ! I've been eating 1200 calories but yesterday upped it to 1400 (My BMR is 1375). I know I didn't increase it that much...to be honest I'm scared to increase to what my TDEE which was over 2,200 per day. No Way !
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Has anyone else made this big of an increase and still lost?

    Yes...like many, I started out on 2 Lbs per week...I was miserable as MFP had me at 1,400 calories or thereabouts. I upped to 1,806 based on 20% less my sedentary TDEE...If I included exercise in my TDEE it would have been 2,070, which is very close to what I get when I net my exercise at a sedentary setting. I'm losing 1 Lb per week...slower...but I'm much happier and have more energy.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Has anyone else made this big of an increase and still lost?

    I'd love to know the answer to that too ! I've been eating 1200 calories but yesterday upped it to 1400 (My BMR is 1375). I know I didn't increase it that much...to be honest I'm scared to increase to what my TDEE which was over 2,200 per day. No Way !

    That's probably your actual TDEE maintenance (2,200)...not TDEE - 20% as per the TDEE method. Net between your BMR and TDEE as DanaDark pointed out. It's math...you'll lose weight because you are still at a deficit of your TDEE maintenance
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