TDEE what is yours?

m1key87
m1key87 Posts: 113
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What is your TDEE and do you pay attention to it?

I just worked mine out and it is 2733. I want to bulk up so I got to add 10% on to this.

Has it worked for you?
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  • jaz050465
    jaz050465 Posts: 3,508 Member
    If you want advice about bulking up- I'd go to the Fitness and Exercise Forum
  • rduhlir
    rduhlir Posts: 3,550 Member
    My TDEE is about 2300. I am 5'3", 151 lbs, with 31% BF. I am in the process of losing weight with goal of 18-20% BF. I have been going -20%, and yes it is working.
  • LeenaRuns
    LeenaRuns Posts: 1,309 Member
    I'm 5'6" 118-122lbs and my average TDEE is 2200. I eat 2000 per day for a buffer (not trying to gain or lose) but don't mind if I'm a couple hundred over every once in awhile.
  • jenmsu83
    jenmsu83 Posts: 185 Member
    Mine's around 2200 or so and yes I pay attention to it. I'm trying to maintain so it was important to figure out my TDEE.

    ETA: I'm 5'5'', 136 lbs, 29 y/o
  • Nutella91
    Nutella91 Posts: 624 Member
    around 1800
    i am 5'8"
    115 lbs
  • tabinmaine
    tabinmaine Posts: 965 Member
    My average is 2400, I have eaten 2400-2600 for the past month, dropped it to 1900 and starting to lose weight again
  • katevarner
    katevarner Posts: 884 Member
    I lost weight eating 500 per day under my TDEE (which was variable as I was losing and trying to find the workout routine that worked for me, but 500 under was between 20 and 25% under--my current TDEE is about 2250), but I agree with jaz that you need to ask some bulkers about bulking. I got where I wanted to be going down and considered a minor bulk at the end, but by the time I finished training for a half marathon that I walked in February, my numbers were pretty much exactly where I wanted them to be, so not trying to gain.
  • Melissa22G
    Melissa22G Posts: 847 Member
    My TDEE is 1911. 5'4, 30 yr old female.
  • cad39too
    cad39too Posts: 874 Member
    TDEE 2300:
    41 yr old; 5'.5" 130lbs
  • wnbrice
    wnbrice Posts: 244 Member
    24 6ft 2 male working out 6 days a week.

    4042 so would be 3233.6 at -20%

    Yea......That is way to much food. Not getting hungry and seeing results so F that.
  • sassyrayofsunshine
    sassyrayofsunshine Posts: 499 Member
    About 1745. I hope it works - I just decided to start following it. Fingers crossed and good luck to you :)
  • Patovader
    Patovader Posts: 439 Member
    My TDEE is circa 2100 and I am currently maintaining.

    33 years old, 5' 6" 140 pounds
  • lambchoplewis
    lambchoplewis Posts: 797
    Mine is 1545. I am 53 yrs old, 5'2" and about 100 lbs. This is not a lot of calories so I have to exercise if I want to eat anything out of my normal diet.
  • hmadrone
    hmadrone Posts: 129 Member
    5'8", 162 pounds, female. I usually do 2 workouts a day. My TDEE with workouts is 1840, so my calorie goal is 1340.
  • dangerousdumpling
    dangerousdumpling Posts: 1,109 Member
    38 yr old 5'4" female and my TDEE is about 2100. I'm eating about 1600-1700 to lose. This has worked very well for me in comparison to eating 1200 and stalling out.
  • SarahBeth0625
    SarahBeth0625 Posts: 685 Member
    32 years old
    5'7"
    125-126 lbs

    TDEE = 2113

    I usually eat around 1900-2000 cals a day.

    I am looking to maintain and have more muscle definition.

    ETA: I should say I usually NET 1900-2000 cals a day. That includes a roughly 300 calorie workout.
  • trhops
    trhops Posts: 295 Member
    Had a metabolic assessment done because I suspected a low metabolism. Turns out I was right. My TDEE is 1134 with a daily desk job. So if I want to be able to eat I have to workout a lot.
  • 257_Lag
    257_Lag Posts: 1,249 Member
    45 year old male
    242

    TDEE 3045 including exercise (2780 without)

    I eat at 2030 and eat back my exercise (2780-25%)
  • sitastar2004
    sitastar2004 Posts: 77 Member
    What is TDEE & how do I find out what mine is? I'm 5'2 126.8 lbs, currently eating 1200 cal a day
  • 257_Lag
    257_Lag Posts: 1,249 Member
    What is TDEE & how do I find out what mine is? I'm 5'2 126.8 lbs, currently eating 1200 cal a day

    Total Daily Energy Expenditure. Basically what you would eat to maintain your current weight. Lots of calculators out there. I like this one: http://iifym.com/tdee-calculator/
  • jade2112
    jade2112 Posts: 272 Member
    5' 0" 112 pounds small frame TDEE 1,427 eat 1,000 or less a day or I don't lose. Have 17 pounds to goal. That would place me at the lower end of normal.
  • sitastar2004
    sitastar2004 Posts: 77 Member
    Thanks
  • Southern_Cross_Girl
    Southern_Cross_Girl Posts: 29 Member
    Had a metabolic assessment done because I suspected a low metabolism. Turns out I was right. My TDEE is 1134 with a daily desk job. So if I want to be able to eat I have to workout a lot.

    Far out that's hardly anything! I'm gonna have to have a rethink b/c I upped my cal intake but didn't take metabolism into factor... I guess I'll give it a few weeks before maybe lowering it again.

    Currently it's 1763 (20% drop included)
  • katevarner
    katevarner Posts: 884 Member
    Had a metabolic assessment done because I suspected a low metabolism. Turns out I was right. My TDEE is 1134 with a daily desk job. So if I want to be able to eat I have to workout a lot.
    Are you sure that's TDEE? Sounds more like BMR (the calories you need to get by). That's almost 100 calories a day below my BMR and I'm 48, in menopause, 5'3" and 110. My TDEE is twice that, but I'm not sedentary. Even at sedentary, tho, it's much higher.
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    Mine is 2500. In November, I changed my calorie goal to 2500. This way I think in terms of my energy deficit rather than having a strict goal. I generally stay around 2000 calories a day, but sometimes I go higher, and once in a while I'm not as hungry and go a bit lower.
  • Mock_Turtle
    Mock_Turtle Posts: 354 Member
    Depending on what calculator I use for BMR and maybe interpolating between playing around with the different activity coefficients I would calculate my TDEE to be around 2800-3050

    Now if we make the assumption that 1 pound = 3500 calories and I do a mass & energy balance for the past 150 days that I've been tracking and lost 42 lbs, then my back-calculated TDEE is 2913.

    So it looks like I'm the least special of all snowflakes
  • albertabeefy
    albertabeefy Posts: 1,169 Member
    My TDEE for today (every day is obviously a little different, unless your days repeat exactly) is ~3,500 calories. 2,200 from my BMR and 1,300 from today's activity.

    ... and yes, counting my calories and eating less than my TDEE but more than my BMR always results in weight-loss for me.
  • AlongCame_Molly
    AlongCame_Molly Posts: 2,835 Member
    Mine is 1720. I eat 1400 on rest days.
  • felcandy
    felcandy Posts: 228 Member
    I just calculated mine...

    On more strenuous days it is 2568
    On just work days it is 2278

    This is so shocking to me... I couldnt imagine eating more than that in a day now, but i must have done so in order to gain weight hahaha
  • Graelwyn75
    Graelwyn75 Posts: 4,404 Member
    2300-2400 with my current activity.
    I am 38, 5'10 and 138Ibs.

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