[Men] Can you Post your BMR, TDEE, and Calories per day?

Ploogy
Ploogy Posts: 115 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I'm trying to get a sense of where folks are. I'm 37, 5'10", 32% BF, 246 lbs. My stats:

BMR: 1990-2000 (depending on Calc, using Katch-McArdle formula).
TDEE: Stated TDEE for sedentary is 2500 or so (I calculated against sedentary so I could control the eat-back of calories)
Calories Consuming Per Day: I'm eating around 2100 plus eating back exercise calories.

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  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    50, 6'6", 224 lbs., ~18% BF. BMR is calculated at 2177, TDEE around 3000, I eat 2400 calories per day (TDEE-20%, no exercise calories eaten back).
  • symonspatrick
    symonspatrick Posts: 213 Member
    52 years old, my BMR IS 2000, my TDEE IS 2500, currently 250 lbs, started at a high weight of 356, 5 ft 11 inch tall, have been eating 1200 calories for 6 months, I am planning on upping my calories 200 per day each month until I get to maintenence in 7 months. I average my calories by the week and by the month, my calories per day range anywhere from 3500 calories down to zero. I also plan to up my exercise time each month for the next seven months.
  • Ploogy
    Ploogy Posts: 115 Member
    So you are eating at 1200 calories with a BMR of 2000? Have you had any plateaus and the like as is often mentioned here in connection with eating so far under BMR?
    52 years old, my BMR IS 2000, my TDEE IS 2500, currently 250 lbs, started at a high weight of 356, 5 ft 11 inch tall, have been eating 1200 calories for 6 months, I am planning on upping my calories 200 per day each month until I get to maintenence in 7 months. I average my calories by the week and by the month, my calories per day range anywhere from 3500 calories down to zero. I also plan to up my exercise time each month for the next seven months.
  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
    THIS THREAD IS DISCRIMINATORY!!!! ONLY APPLIES TO A SPECIFIC GROUP!!!!!
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  • n0ob
    n0ob Posts: 2,390 Member
    THIS THREAD IS DISCRIMINATORY!!!! ONLY APPLIES TO A SPECIFIC GROUP!!!!!
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    BMR around 2400, TDEE approx 3400, eating about 2800/day on average even though set at 2500 (keeps my friends honest when they judge good vs bad days).

    Oh and 32, 5'10" 220 and approx 15% body fat
  • yesmikan
    yesmikan Posts: 98 Member
    27 yo, 6'2", 219lbs

    BMR: 2045-2150
    TDEE: 2960
    Consuming: around 1700-1800 per day, usually not eating back exercise
  • geekyjock76
    geekyjock76 Posts: 2,720 Member
    36 yrs old;
    5'8"
    167 lbs
    11% bodyfat
    lifts 5 days a week
    lightly active job
    RMR: 1825
    Actual (not predicted) TDEE: 2900 calories.
    Goal bodyfat %: 8
    Consumes: 2500-2600 calories.
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    41, 6', 173 lbs, <20ish% BF. BMR ~2000, TDEE ~2500, I currently eat 2100.
  • Hadabetter
    Hadabetter Posts: 942 Member
    59 YO, 6'0", 201 lbs, BF 23.3% (average of US Navy and Covert Bailey methods).
    BMR 1856, TDEE 2699, TDEG 2127 (target calories consumed for weight loss)

    TDEE is based on a certain level of exercise, so no exercise calories are eaten back. ("In place of roadmap" approach)
  • vhawkshaw
    vhawkshaw Posts: 4 Member
    51 yrs., 6'1", 243lbs., (248lbs when numbers below were computed--2 weeks ago) Also used Katch-McArdle at 34.1% BF

    BMR: 1974
    TDEE: 3060

    I am eating 2295 calories a day.
    I do not eat back exercise (already figured in). HIIT Cardio and Strength (Weights) 32-60 minutes daily, 6-7 days a week.

    (FYI--tried 1580 Calories for three weeks prior.....using the MFP computation and eating back exercise..........but wasn't losing lbs. and discovered TDEE method, which I'm pleased with.)
  • geekyjock76
    geekyjock76 Posts: 2,720 Member
    52 years old, my BMR IS 2000, my TDEE IS 2500, currently 250 lbs, started at a high weight of 356, 5 ft 11 inch tall, have been eating 1200 calories for 6 months, I am planning on upping my calories 200 per day each month until I get to maintenence in 7 months. I average my calories by the week and by the month, my calories per day range anywhere from 3500 calories down to zero. I also plan to up my exercise time each month for the next seven months.
    Everyone is free to do as they please, but as a personal trainer I would suggest you start upping your calories now rather than wait. At an initial weight of 365 lbs, you had the fat mass to afford a large deficit; however, as your fat mass decreased to where you are now 250 lbs, you have to shrink the deficit (up calories). The problem with VLCDs is that is sets forth specific compensatory mechanisms which makes the body want to recover the weight one loses rapidly. The reason why people who do these VLCD often regain the weight back as rapidly as they lost it, and end up with a much higher body fat percentage, is because: a)they lost a large amount of lean body mass during restriction; b)they recover very little of that lost lean body mass during weight recovery and c)their RMR drops substantially and, if not given the time to recover, leads to a very suppressed adjusted TDEE. This results in people regaining a significant amount of fat mass during weight recovery when calories are upped closer to maintenance. In short, if you freak out the body, it will respond in similar fashion when you "correct the ship."
  • Ploogy
    Ploogy Posts: 115 Member
    How have folks decided the level of activity to use in the TDEE calculation? Sedentary, light, moderate, and heavy are very amorphous categories. And how do folks who use TDEE-20% method account for varied activity levels across the week? This thread is incredibly helpful for me - thanks to all who've taken the time to submit. Keep 'em coming!
  • Ploogy
    Ploogy Posts: 115 Member
    Geekyjock76, how are you measuring "actual" TDEE?
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    Actual (not predicted) TDEE: 2900 calories.
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  • VeinsAndBones
    VeinsAndBones Posts: 550 Member
    18 yrs... 5'11... 137lbs using Katch-McCardle method at ~10% body fat

    BMR: 1581
    TDEE: 1897

    I'm eating close to 1690 calories a day...
  • YoungDoc2B
    YoungDoc2B Posts: 1,593 Member
    23 y/o, 5'9.5'' :laugh: , 182ish

    BMR: 1925
    TDEE: 3320
    Daily Cals: 2555
  • geekyjock76
    geekyjock76 Posts: 2,720 Member
    Geekyjock76, how are you measuring "actual" TDEE?
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    Actual (not predicted) TDEE: 2900 calories.
    ....
    I do bulks, maintenance and cut cycles. To know what your actual TDEE is, you must eat the maximum amount of calories which leads to relative weight homeostasis relative to activity level. Measure everything you put in your food using a food scale - not measuring cup - and keep things simple with as few variables as possible to reduce calculation error. Once you do reach weight homeostasis, and hold it for a few months, that is your actual TDEE.

    One thing that needs to be taken into consideration is that TDEE is the number of calories one needs to consume during maintenance. This means if one has assumed calorie restriction for some time, their RMR has reduced which in turn lowers TDEE. Thus, a person's adjusted TDEE will be lower than what it actually is if they were maintaining.
  • Shadowknight137
    Shadowknight137 Posts: 1,243 Member
    19' 5'4 with a BMR of fourteen hundred something and TDEE of nineteen hundred something. I weight 54KG, currently trying to gain with a goal of 2200-2500kcal daily, which varies of how hungry I am.
  • MinisterTom
    MinisterTom Posts: 108 Member
    RMR Around 2350
    TDEE 3800 (Actual measured with BodyMedia Link Armband)
    Cals Consumed 2000

    Ht 5'11"
    Wt 276
  • GoMizzou99
    GoMizzou99 Posts: 512 Member
    52 y/o, 6' 0", 175ish (down from 245)
    BMR 1735
    TDEE 2100
    Daily cal's 2100 +/-
    I eat back about 30% of my exercise calories

    I am a part-time desk jockey - very sedentary (unless typing is an exercise) - until I get on job sites then I am very active. I do not adjust up for those very active times. I stay on the conservative side.
  • Foulou
    Foulou Posts: 14
    I read a little on the TDEE method but haven't tried it yet.

    I am 6'1 - 30 years old. Sitting at 248 pounds down from 290.

    I am trying to lose 2 pounds a week and MFP has me on 1670 calories per day.

    BMR calculator = 2334.14.

    I have my settings at sedentary (i work out at least 3 times a week, but I work in the video game industry so have sometimes very long days of nothing but sitting.)

    I am (mostly) eating back my exercise calories, but i generally have some left over on those days. My exercises in the past couple months have been weaker than usual because I am recovering from ACL reconstruction. (5 months post OP)

    I'm am currently steadily losing - but I have been very curious if I should switch to the TDEE method. My goal weight is 220. Currently sitting at around 29% body fat.
  • Going4Lean
    Going4Lean Posts: 1,078 Member
    33 y/o, 5'8.5'' , 184 lbs

    BMR: 1852
    TDEE: 2608
    Daily Cals: 2000

    I have tried different calculators online for TDEE and they give me numbers from 2500-2900
  • jtbellush
    jtbellush Posts: 3
    BMR - 2160
    TDEE - 2520

    Over the past month I tried to really ramp up my fat loss - Big Fail. I was eating an average of 1350 per day and lost nothing.
    I am 5 10 and 180, approx 16% bf. During this time my core body temperature dropped to around 96.5% and that is where I am currently. So I am assuming my metabolism is shot about now. Trying to get the temperature back up by eating more, around 2500/day until it gets up into the 98 range again.

    I am not sure how many I will need to consume then to continue my fat loss. This is a work in process.
  • kitoi
    kitoi Posts: 16 Member
    Age 50, 5'4", 143lb, BMR 1429, TDEE 1965, Daily average cal 900
  • FitBeto
    FitBeto Posts: 2,121 Member
    23, 511, 170,
    BMR 1800-1950
    TDEE 2600-2700
    Eating 2800-3000 calz

    Ranges are because 1000 different things give me 1000 different answers - but all somewhere in the range.

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