Please Help - How many calories

Pottermouse
Pottermouse Posts: 15 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hi all

Relatively new to this and the more I read the more confused I'm getting :(

MFP is telling me to eat 1270
BMR = 1413
TDEE = 2003
TDEE -20% = 1602

On day 4 of 30 Day Shred (195 cals), will walk 5k twice at the gym this week, but usually I would do this 4 times a week (roughly 400cals per session).

I've lost 6lbs in the last 3 weeks which I'm really pleased about but I know this won't continue and would be happy at 1lb a week any extra would be a bonus.

Up until today I've been ok, but soooooo hungry today.

Can anyone give me some advice on how much to eat?

Thanks :)

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  • mike_scfc
    mike_scfc Posts: 1 Member
    Yes id like to understand this too
  • WBB55
    WBB55 Posts: 4,131 Member
    There's two major schools of thought around here. Pick one of these (and ask questions, if you need more details, ok?) and stick with it for a couple months to see how you do. Either way should work, it's just best to stick with one for a while and then make adjustments if you're not happy with your progress.

    (1) Follow MFP's guidelines, which for you would be to eat 1270 calories PLUS more calories on the days you log exercise. So if you worked out 400 calories on Monday, you'd eat 1670 calories. But if Tuesday you only worked out 195 calories, you'd eat 1465 total calories. Bringing your NET calories back to the 1270 number every day.

    OR (2) Eat at TDEE-20% every day, and ignore the extra calories MFP tries to give you. So 7 days per week, you'd eat a total of 1602 calories every day.
  • 04ward
    04ward Posts: 196 Member
    Try reading through this. I've been reading and studying it for a couple days and it really helps. http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12
  • Pottermouse
    Pottermouse Posts: 15 Member
    There's two major schools of thought around here. Pick one of these (and ask questions, if you need more details, ok?) and stick with it for a couple months to see how you do. Either way should work, it's just best to stick with one for a while and then make adjustments if you're not happy with your progress.

    (1) Follow MFP's guidelines, which for you would be to eat 1270 calories PLUS more calories on the days you log exercise. So if you worked out 400 calories on Monday, you'd eat 1670 calories. But if Tuesday you only worked out 195 calories, you'd eat 1465 total calories. Bringing your NET calories back to the 1270 number every day.

    OR (2) Eat at TDEE-20% every day, and ignore the extra calories MFP tries to give you. So 7 days per week, you'd eat a total of 1602 calories every day.

    Thanks, I'm going to stick with MFP for now and eat back some if not all the exercise calories and see how I go. If I hit a plateau I'll swap to TDEE -20%

    It seems easy to understand now :)

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