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I believe I understand.. correct me if I am wrong

kbeaumont88
kbeaumont88 Posts: 35 Member
edited January 22 in Health and Weight Loss
I am 5'2 at 155 currently

Ok, so trying to figure this out. I used the BMR and the TDEE methods of figuring out how many calories I should have per day. To maintain my weight I would need 1950-2300 a day. To lose weight you should subtract 500 per day to lose 1 pound a week. So if I took off 500 a day and then if aimed to burn 500 a day (without eating back them) I should average 2 pounds a week. So currently I am eating 1200 and try not to eat back my exercise calories… so I believe I could be eating too little and not losing weight... hence my plateau these last 3 weeks. I believe what I should be doing is netting about 1500 a day, that would be about 500 less than the 1950 of maintaining. I would rather stick towards the lower side for now… maybe go up to about 1600 later if this works or I work out more than an average of 500 a day.

So now I am trying to decide if I should change my fitness pal thing to show me 1500 a day and not eat back exercise… or leave it at 1200 and eat back exercise. I guess it's basically the same thing.. but if I do custom goals and enter in 1500 calories a day, I'm not sure what my carb/fiber/etc goals should be.

If anyone has any feedback.. that would be great :)

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