TDEE

MrsRoberts90
MrsRoberts90 Posts: 9
in Health and Weight Loss
Whilst eating at TDEE, should I use exercise (which I do love) to create a calorie deficit for weight loss? I'm very new at this TDEE stuff. After 600 - 1200 net cals a day for the past 2 years I figure this is the next avenue.
Any help would be greatly appreciated :)

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  • vegaspfmf
    vegaspfmf Posts: 40 Member
    Take your TDEE subtract 10-20%. With that deficit you will lose weight. The TDEE has your activity level calculated in. I would try to help figure it out but you didnt leave stats.
  • MrsRoberts90
    MrsRoberts90 Posts: 9
    Thanks vegus :)
    I've already calculated my TDEE. Eating at TDEE -%20 would mean I don't log my exercise, correct?
  • vegaspfmf
    vegaspfmf Posts: 40 Member
    If you log your exercise dont eat back those extra calories. Just use the calories consumed.
  • MrsRoberts90
    MrsRoberts90 Posts: 9
    Thanks so much. So just to clarify, if I stick to TDEE - %20 as my net ill be fine?
  • FASTFUELXXX
    FASTFUELXXX Posts: 89 Member
    YES U WILL. DATZ WAT I USE. MY TDEE- 15%. JUX NET DAT. DNT EAT THOSE CALS BACK
  • MrsRoberts90
    MrsRoberts90 Posts: 9
    Big thank you to you both ????

    Both times I've lost weight I've started at the 130kg mark (280lbs I think) and got to where I am now at 95kg (208lb) and stopped. For 5 months now I've been gaining and losing the same 5kg by eating 1200 calories and exercising off anywhere between 300-600 cals a day. Clearly this method only gets you so far... I'm hoping this will help get me to my healthy weight!
  • krazyforyou
    krazyforyou Posts: 1,428 Member
    Using my TDEE did not work for me. Going back to 1200 calories where I can eat back my exercise caloried.
  • FASTFUELXXX
    FASTFUELXXX Posts: 89 Member
    I BELIEVE 1200 CALS IS REALLY 2 LOW FA ANYONE UNLESS U A MIDGET. MOST WOMEN SHUD B @ 1500. THINK ABT IT IF UR CALS R SET @ 1200 & U WRK OFF 300 - 600. UR ONLY NETTING 600 - 900 CALS PUTTING U N STARVATION MODE IF U EAT DAT WAY FA 2 LONG PLUS LOSING LEAN BODY MASS. DEFINITELY NT GUD. MUSCLE BURNS FAT SO U WANNA PRESERVE AS MUCH AS U KAN WHILE ON A SLIGHT CAL DEFICIT BY KEEPING PROTEIN HIGH
  • FASTFUELXXX
    FASTFUELXXX Posts: 89 Member
    IF U DO DECIDE 2 EAT @ 1200 U NEED 2 EAT THOSE CALS BACK. 1200 IS DA ABSOLUTE MINIMUM U SHUD EAT
  • rduhlir
    rduhlir Posts: 3,550 Member
    Ouch my eyes, please don't talk in caps and don't use slang....not everyone understands it.

    OP...if you do TDEE - % you focus only on calories consumed, NOT NET. So for example, my TDEE-20% is 1800. I eat to 1800 no matter what my net is or how much exercise I do. If I burn 1000 calories that day, then I net 800. With TDEE it isn't a focus on day by day, it is actually an averaging out over time, thus the reason you stick to a certain number.
  • MrsRoberts90
    MrsRoberts90 Posts: 9
    I BELIEVE 1200 CALS IS REALLY 2 LOW FA ANYONE UNLESS U A MIDGET. MOST WOMEN SHUD B @ 1500. THINK ABT IT IF UR CALS R SET @ 1200 & U WRK OFF 300 - 600. UR ONLY NETTING 600 - 900 CALS PUTTING U N STARVATION MODE IF U EAT DAT WAY FA 2 LONG PLUS LOSING LEAN BODY MASS. DEFINITELY NT GUD. MUSCLE BURNS FAT SO U WANNA PRESERVE AS MUCH AS U KAN WHILE ON A SLIGHT CAL DEFICIT BY KEEPING PROTEIN HIGH

    I'm only just starting to understand this now. Which is exactly why I'm changing to TDEE. I've doing the 1200 cal, netting 600-900 for so long that my body can not push past this weight I'm at now. It all made so much sense when I read about TDEE vs calorie restriction. I'm sure ill gain at first, but I need to undo years of damage to my metabolism. So it'll be worth the short term weight gain for the end result of health ????
  • MrsRoberts90
    MrsRoberts90 Posts: 9
    Ouch my eyes, please don't talk in caps and don't use slang....not everyone understands it.

    OP...if you do TDEE - % you focus only on calories consumed, NOT NET. So for example, my TDEE-20% is 1800. I eat to 1800 no matter what my net is or how much exercise I do. If I burn 1000 calories that day, then I net 800. With TDEE it isn't a focus on day by day, it is actually an averaging out over time, thus the reason you stick to a certain number.


    I'm now confused by conflicting answers...
    But I think yours makes sense. So as long as I stick to my TDEE - 20% (2234cals) I can exercise till my little hearts content safely?
  • kendrafallon
    kendrafallon Posts: 1,030 Member
    Thanks vegus :)
    I've already calculated my TDEE. Eating at TDEE -%20 would mean I don't log my exercise, correct?
    If you log your exercise dont eat back those extra calories. Just use the calories consumed.
    This exactly what I'm starting today!
  • MrsRoberts90
    MrsRoberts90 Posts: 9
    Hi Kendra, good luck! I'll cross my finger for both of us ????
  • cybersheel
    cybersheel Posts: 145 Member
    Sounds like you need to eat more, your body seems to have gone into starvation mode.
  • Broejen
    Broejen Posts: 414 Member
    Using my TDEE did not work for me. Going back to 1200 calories where I can eat back my exercise caloried.

    How long did you eat at your TDEE? You gained weight initially because you body was thinking "I should hold onto this because I don't know when I'm going to get fed again". Eventually it'll realize you will be consistently feeding it that amount and will start to lose again (as long as you eat at a cut from your TDEE). Your TDEE is maintenance so you shouldn't GAIN from eating that amount unless its calculated wrong.
  • Emmabulliemum
    Emmabulliemum Posts: 294 Member
    Thanks vegus :)
    I've already calculated my TDEE. Eating at TDEE -%20 would mean I don't log my exercise, correct?
    If you log your exercise dont eat back those extra calories. Just use the calories consumed.
    This exactly what I'm starting today!
    yep and me too x

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