BMR, TDEE, and MFP

PHr34k0wt
PHr34k0wt Posts: 218 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
So, I've done some calculations and according to my BMR and TDEE, I should be eating around 1765 calories daily. My Fitness Pal wants me to eat 1460. What do you think?
I've been out of the logging game for a couple weeks now, after getting frustrated over a 4 month plateau. I haven't gained, but I sure haven't lost. I need help.

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  • PHr34k0wt
    PHr34k0wt Posts: 218 Member
    Anyone?
  • mryak750
    mryak750 Posts: 198 Member
    MFP gives calculations without exercise...so once you exercise you will have to eat those cals back.....TDEE already factors your exercise
  • jacksonpt
    jacksonpt Posts: 10,413 Member
    MFP can do the math, but it can't use any logic or common sense. Either you trust MFP more than yourself or you don't. Either way, pick 1 and go with it for a month and see what happens.
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    Yes, MFP does not calculate TDEE. It expects you to eat the extra calories logged from exercise.

    I have used both methods and found that if you aRe choosing the right levels and logging accurately it ends up to be pretty much in the same place.
  • krickeyuu
    krickeyuu Posts: 344 Member
    TDEE is calculated to include your exercise, as an average, based on what you say you are doing. MFP calculates your deficit without including exercise, SO, if you eat 1450 calories and then burn 250 calories throught exercise, you are expected to eat 1700 calories on MFP. If you eat 1750 calories as TDEE and don't eat back exercise calories it equals about the same thing.
  • PHr34k0wt
    PHr34k0wt Posts: 218 Member
    I think maybe I will try upping my calories for a month. I'm so scared of gaining though.
  • jacksonpt
    jacksonpt Posts: 10,413 Member
    I think maybe I will try upping my calories for a month. I'm so scared of gaining though.

    How would increasing cals help you?
  • PHr34k0wt
    PHr34k0wt Posts: 218 Member
    The eating more to weigh less method?
  • jacksonpt
    jacksonpt Posts: 10,413 Member
    The eating more to weigh less method?

    Do you understand the premise of EM2L? Do you understand how/why your body loses weight?
  • PHr34k0wt
    PHr34k0wt Posts: 218 Member
    I THINK....

    when you calculated your TDEE it already contained exercise calories, and MFP does not...

    I also think...

    you should stop stressing about these numbers.
    Thanks :)
    All these rules to losing weight freak me out.
    It should just be as easy as eat good food, exercise lots.
  • krickeyuu
    krickeyuu Posts: 344 Member
    It is easy but it takes time--you don't have very much to lose so you just have to be patient. If you eat between your BMR and your TDEE and you exercise 3-5 x per week--especially if you include strength training, you will lose weight. When I got within 2 lbs of my goal weight, I plateaued for about 4 months. Then, I lost another pound. I am at goal now and I don't really care about the scale because I can see the results in my clothes and in the mirror.
  • PHr34k0wt
    PHr34k0wt Posts: 218 Member
    I think maybe I will try upping my calories for a month. I'm so scared of gaining though.

    The Eat more to lose weight method is for people who are on a stall out based on calorie restriction.

    IPOARM(in place of a road map) version 3 already takes in to EM2WL. EM2WL is actually a knock off of the TDEE - 20%. I mean that's just how you should calculate a deficit for obese people. They just put their name on it EM2WL.

    IPOARM has different cuts based on your body fat, the fatter you are the bigger deficit you can handle. So this program is flexible, it's not a cookie cutter method.

    here is the summary of it
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/943139-weight-loss-cheat-sheet-ipoarm

    here is the full version
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/937712-in-place-of-a-road-map-ver-3-0

    this method has helped hundreds of people.

    Thank you! This helps alot with all this number confusion!

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