Success with TDEE -20%

JudyAngelman · January 2013

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karlalband · January 2013

I eat all of my exercise calories back because I calculated my TDEE without taking exercise into consideration. That was easier for me since I exercise a different amount every day.

I have been very successful. Check the ticker, yo! I am at least another .8 down from that as well, I am hoping by weigh-in tomorrow I'll be able to mark another full pound gone!

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karlalband · January 2013

I'm gona give this a go.
I have plateaued for the past 4 weeks or so even though I am eating way less and exercising. According to my TDEE calculation I am undereating by around 500 cals a day.
It feels like a lot more to eat, its almost ingrained that you have to eat loads less to lose, but I'm going to give it a go and see how I get on.
Nice to read peoples success using this method.

Edit - its a little confusing factoring all of this into mfp. I've worked out I can eat no less than around 1550 cal per day, and no more than around 1750 per day. This takes into account exercise, but when I add exercise to mfp it tells me I can have more cals and the working out all gets a little confusing!

I agree, isn't that something, it's so crazy!

LottieLou13 · January 2013

I'm gona give this a go.
I have plateaued for the past 4 weeks or so even though I am eating way less and exercising. According to my TDEE calculation I am undereating by around 500 cals a day.
It feels like a lot more to eat, its almost ingrained that you have to eat loads less to lose, but I'm going to give it a go and see how I get on.
Nice to read peoples success using this method.

Edit - its a little confusing factoring all of this into mfp. I've worked out I can eat no less than around 1550 cal per day, and no more than around 1750 per day. This takes into account exercise, but when I add exercise to mfp it tells me I can have more cals and the working out all gets a little confusing!

I agree, isn't that something, it's so crazy!

...so don't add your exercise. Or add it but log it as 1 calorie burned. Or add it and know that you can't eat those calories back.

PugCookie · January 2013

I'm gona give this a go.
I have plateaued for the past 4 weeks or so even though I am eating way less and exercising. According to my TDEE calculation I am undereating by around 500 cals a day.
It feels like a lot more to eat, its almost ingrained that you have to eat loads less to lose, but I'm going to give it a go and see how I get on.
Nice to read peoples success using this method.

Edit - its a little confusing factoring all of this into mfp. I've worked out I can eat no less than around 1550 cal per day, and no more than around 1750 per day. This takes into account exercise, but when I add exercise to mfp it tells me I can have more cals and the working out all gets a little confusing!

I agree, isn't that something, it's so crazy!

...so don't add your exercise. Or add it but log it as 1 calorie burned. Or add it and know that you can't eat those calories back.

Yep thats what I'm gona do, not add my exercise, just log it in the little notes box under my food log so I can keep a note of what I'm doing. Makes it much easier for a ditz like me. Thanks

maryinnc · January 2013

bump-good info.

PugCookie · January 2013

I'm gona give this a go.
I have plateaued for the past 4 weeks or so even though I am eating way less and exercising. According to my TDEE calculation I am undereating by around 500 cals a day.
It feels like a lot more to eat, its almost ingrained that you have to eat loads less to lose, but I'm going to give it a go and see how I get on.
Nice to read peoples success using this method.

Edit - its a little confusing factoring all of this into mfp. I've worked out I can eat no less than around 1550 cal per day, and no more than around 1750 per day. This takes into account exercise, but when I add exercise to mfp it tells me I can have more cals and the working out all gets a little confusing!

I agree, isn't that something, it's so crazy!

Almost seems too good to be true lol.

cassiegal724 · January 2013

I've been doing essentially the same thing. I got a fitbit a couple of weeks ago and I use that to calculate my TDEE, which is great because it does vary day to day, so I can adjust my cal intake based on that day's cal burn. For the most part, I average a burn of 2700 - 2800 cal per day and I eat ~500 cal less than my burn. I've been doing this for 2 weeks and have lost about 3.5 lbs.

I think this thread is extremely important because so many folks eat so few calories and all you guys are proving that you can lose with more calories. So happy to see this!

ingeh · January 2013

Im doing this and losing 1-1.5lbs a week now. I use the scooby workshop one which uses hours worked out a week, I use 1-3hrs a week exercise seeing as im doing 30 say shred daily and another 10-20 min workout a few days a week as well. Im allowed about 1730 cals a day, I aim for about 1600cals which is more then my BMR (1578) so Im trying to be in the middle of those numbers. Im finding it fine with the amount Im eating and Im going to stick at it. Im also going to stick to at least 3 30 minute workouts a week after shred is done, Im loving exercising daily now so hopefully Il keep it up even at goal

Virgo09 · January 2013

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greenhumanclay · January 2013

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pretty4Jesus · January 2013

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ReclaimingSarah · January 2013

I've been stuck for MONTHS!! However, if I'm being honest- I wasn't exercising regularly until this month. I'm going to keep on the MFP-given-calories track until this weigh-in & if there is STILL no loss, I will be switching to TDEE-20%! My MFP pal, DeterminedButLazy broke through an epic plateau with it, so she's inspired me!

eys81 · January 2013

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starcatcher1975 · January 2013

I started doing this a while ago and it's been working...some weeks better than others but I think that's more because I'm not very consistent with my eating. I vary rarely go over but there are a lot of days I'm more under than I should be. I've been sort of stuck the last few weeks but I think it's probably time for me to adjust my calorie count by now. If you decide to follow this I would suggest sticking with it for a few weeks instead of giving up right away if you don't see results.

starcatcher1975 · January 2013

OK from this forum I went out and calculated my TDEE and I have to bump up my calorie intake by almost 500. That seems a lot to me, but I will make them healthy choices and see what happens. Nothing has worked so far and I am weight-lifting now so I am sure the cals are needed. Any tips would be great!

Mine went up by 700. It was scary! I also followed advice from others and made my carbs 40, protein 20 and fat 20. Look for the post called In Place of a Roadmap 2.0 for more info.

Please tell me how do u manage your macros at 40 20 20???? I don't know how is it grams? Carbs 40grams? Is that per day

Thanks

You can go into your goals and change your macros there and based on your calories MFP will automatically calculate how many of each you can eat. You just set the percentages 40%,20%,20% (where's the other 20%?) you want and remember to save it.

Home->goals->change goals-> select custom and it's in the first big box Daily Nutritional Goals/Target. Hope this helps

determinedbutlazy · January 2013

I've been stuck for MONTHS!! However, if I'm being honest- I wasn't exercising regularly until this month. I'm going to keep on the MFP-given-calories track until this weigh-in & if there is STILL no loss, I will be switching to TDEE-20%! My MFP pal, DeterminedButLazy broke through an epic plateau with it, so she's inspired me!

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