do i eat enough calories?

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  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    Q: do i eat enough calories?
    A: no

    It's always no.
  • sandradev1
    sandradev1 Posts: 786 Member
    my BMR is : 1714

    And my TDEE is: 2656

    but that amount is to maintain my weight, it told me on a different site if its to lose weight i should low my calorie intake by 500

    Yes, your TDEE is also called "maintenance calories" because that is the level you would maintain weight.

    2656 x 20% = 531 and 2656 - 531 = 2125.

    So, if you ate about 2000 calories a day, that would be a healthy range.

    Now, since you have been eating a lot less than that, you might say it is hard to eat that much. You will need to find some healthy calorie dense foods. Eat full fat dairy, not low fat. Avocados. Nuts & seeds. Peanut butter.

    Yep, eat around 2000. Using this method you do NOT eat back exercise calories. I eat the same and it works wonderfully for me!!

    you still eat back your exercise calories. if you eat 2000 and burn 1000, your net is then 1000, which is not the 2000 you're aiming for. if you want to not eat back your calories, eat your tdee.

    no, your TDEE is Total Daily Energy Expenditure, i.e maintenance calories.

    This already includes your exercise calories, if you ate your TDEE you would maintain.

    right. if you want to lose weight, you can either eat at tdee - x% and make sure you eat back your exercise calories (thus netting tdee - x%).
    or you can eat your tdee and not eat back your exercise calories (thus thus netting tdee - y%).
    what mandy is doing is eating tdee - x% and then also not eating her exercise calories (therefore, tdee - x% - y%). this is fewer calories than what she should be eating based on her tdee and a healthy caloric deficit.


    :noway: PLEASE IGNORE ^^^^^^^^ and listen to Ravenlady68 who has got this right. Jaymek92 you need to go and read up about TDEE before handing out any more wrong advice :drinker:
  • ladyraven68
    ladyraven68 Posts: 2,003 Member
    my BMR is : 1714

    And my TDEE is: 2656

    but that amount is to maintain my weight, it told me on a different site if its to lose weight i should low my calorie intake by 500

    Yes, your TDEE is also called "maintenance calories" because that is the level you would maintain weight.

    2656 x 20% = 531 and 2656 - 531 = 2125.

    So, if you ate about 2000 calories a day, that would be a healthy range.

    Now, since you have been eating a lot less than that, you might say it is hard to eat that much. You will need to find some healthy calorie dense foods. Eat full fat dairy, not low fat. Avocados. Nuts & seeds. Peanut butter.

    Yep, eat around 2000. Using this method you do NOT eat back exercise calories. I eat the same and it works wonderfully for me!!

    you still eat back your exercise calories. if you eat 2000 and burn 1000, your net is then 1000, which is not the 2000 you're aiming for. if you want to not eat back your calories, eat your tdee.

    no, your TDEE is Total Daily Energy Expenditure, i.e maintenance calories.

    This already includes your exercise calories, if you ate your TDEE you would maintain.

    right. if you want to lose weight, you can either eat at tdee - x% and make sure you eat back your exercise calories (thus netting tdee - x%).
    or you can eat your tdee and not eat back your exercise calories (thus thus netting tdee - y%).
    what mandy is doing is eating tdee - x% and then also not eating her exercise calories (therefore, tdee - x% - y%). this is fewer calories than what she should be eating based on her tdee and a healthy caloric deficit.

    No, she is doing it correctly. The T part od TDEE is TOTAL, which means everything, including exercise calories. So you just need a defict from that. It isn't any more complicated,

    This may help explain better - http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/819055-setting-your-calorie-and-macro-targets
  • wahmx3
    wahmx3 Posts: 633 Member
    some days my net can vary normally my next is around 500 . so i need to get my next up to or more than 1200? and i worked out my BMR and it said to be able to loose weight i need to eat around 1220 calories and i will go look up my TDEE now :)

    Honestly if I was you I would bin all ideas of eating at 1200 a day. It's ok while your enthusiastic about weight loss, but after a few months believe me it takes its toll, especially when you are exercising a lot. I would do like you said, and read into your TDEE. Get your head around the figures, and shoot for a 20% reduction from your TDEE. That's easily sustainable, and much easier to stick with longer term.

    this!
  • jaymek92
    jaymek92 Posts: 309 Member
    No, she is doing it correctly. The T part od TDEE is TOTAL, which means everything, including exercise calories. So you just need a defict from that. It isn't any more complicated,

    This may help explain better - http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/819055-setting-your-calorie-and-macro-targets

    thank you for being polite and not copping an attitude with me for misunderstanding.
    however, if, one day/week you are exceptionally active or end up netting less than your bmr, you would need to eat back some of your exercise calories, correct?
    tdee calculators give you a number based on estimates and use ranges like 1-2 hours of light exercise, 3-4 hours of moderate exercise, and 5-7 hours of strenuous exercise. so what happens if you do 1-2 hours of strenuous exercise or 5-7 hours of light exercise? would you then base your numbers on the 1-2 hours of light exercise and then eat more back, since you're doing more exercise?
  • Graelwyn75
    Graelwyn75 Posts: 4,404 Member
    I would question whether you are actually burning over 300 calories in 20 minutes, unless you are using a heart rate monitor to calculate that. Mfp and exercise machines are notorious for overestimating.
  • davidpearly
    davidpearly Posts: 177 Member
    read the road map post, it will answer all your questions about this
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12

    very detailed and very helpful, the calories you eat are all determined on how you calculate your TDEE if you are using that method, just read it.
  • beckieboomoo
    beckieboomoo Posts: 590 Member
    okay thanks guys :)
  • chantey16
    chantey16 Posts: 27 Member
    I'm about 99% sure the 1200 daily = 1200 net calories, meaning after factoring in food + calories burned, you should be at 1,200.

    (as in, if i burn ~800 calories doing insanity, I should eat 2,000)

    ^^

    i second this

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