Help CONFUSED

PeterrJames
PeterrJames Posts: 50
in Health and Weight Loss
Hi Guys,

Im really really confused right now, i just read a thread about your TDEE and how your goal calorie should be 20-25% below it if you want to loose weight..

I understand that 3.5K Cal is 1 Pound of fat..

Now the thing im confused about; Im 5ft 11 - 6ft Male 101KG and i go to gym 5 days a week..my goal weight is 82kg which is 19kg loss i need equivalent too 41.5 Lbs.

Now i calculated my TDEE and apperntley i burn 3444 KCALS a day. My target goal on MFP is 1590 KCAL and using the 20% less forumla it says i should be eating 2755 KCALS.

So which one do i use and take? So confused haha.

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  • Nicks_scotland
    Nicks_scotland Posts: 77
    I use the TDEE - 20%. Being active also (too many hours at gym class) mine says 2300 TDEE so I try to eat around 1800 every day.

    It works a lot better than the 1200 + exercise burn that mfp recommended. If I ate back all my calories burned at the gym I'd be about at maintenance according to the TDEE calculations.

    That being said....... if the 1590 has been working why stop?? If you've stopped losing then maybe add a 200 cals a day for a week and see what happens.

    I wish it was easier to figure out! I haven't weighed in weeks as my scale is evil! :) But I'm getting smaller for sure.

    x
  • PeterrJames
    PeterrJames Posts: 50
    Thanks, im gonna try upping to around 1850 a day, i just seem to of hit a plateau. I never eat back my excerise cals though because i think im eating my hard work lol!
  • teamiconic
    teamiconic Posts: 141 Member
    Your body is not an math equation losing weight is simple

    -start at 2300 cals eat 2300 cals for 7 days straight if you your G
    goal is to loose 2 lbs a week. If you lose weight keep cal the same if you gain weight lower cals. There is some guess and check when it comes to tdee and cals ect...
  • sandradev1
    sandradev1 Posts: 786 Member
    I have successfully been using a spreadsheet which was created by a fellow MFP'er Heybales. It allows you to punch in your stats and does all the work for you to calculate the number of calories you should be eating. The exercise description is also far easier to use than any other calculator I have see online.

    The link to the spreadsheet is:


    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Amt7QBR9-c6MdGVTbGswLUUzUHNVVUlNSW9wZWloeUE

    Good luck
  • PeterrJames
    PeterrJames Posts: 50
    I have successfully been using a spreadsheet which was created by a fellow MFP'er Heybales. It allows you to punch in your stats and does all the work for you to calculate the number of calories you should be eating. The exercise description is also far easier to use than any other calculator I have see online.

    The link to the spreadsheet is:


    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Amt7QBR9-c6MdGVTbGswLUUzUHNVVUlNSW9wZWloeUE

    Good luck

    Thanks ill have a look! and to the guy above cheers, i guess your right, just gotta see how it goes and adjust!
  • tashaa1992
    tashaa1992 Posts: 658 Member
    If you've hit a plateau, it could be that you're not eating enough especially as you said you're not eating your exercise calories back, I'd suggest upping and then reassess in a month's time:). Online calculators are just estimates at the end of the day, your tdee could actually be higher or lower, you just have to experiment to know what works and what doesn't. My tdee according to the calculators is just under 1950, I've played around with it and I actually maintain on 2150.

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