So very confused! I need HELP
trayceemcknight
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ok after some research i found that my tdee is 2454, 20% of that is 1964 calories. How the heck am i supposed to lose weight eating that much? MFP says so eat 1200...... i am 5'2 178 pounds, i really want to lose 52 pounds! How do I do it..... i am so lost an need help
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If i do eat that much wich im not sure how lol, and burn 400-600 will i lose weight?0
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I m 5'2" tall and eat 2000, which is a 12% deficit from my TDEE. It can be done and is better for your body. You have to fuel your daily activity.0
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If you've figured your TDEE to include your workouts then yes, you should lose weight eating 1964. Eat it the way you would anything else. Don't go crazy with low fat/nonfat products or "diet" food.0
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The way you figure out your TDEE is to put your activity level in. So yes, eat the amount you were given, do the exercise you told the calculator you do, and you will lose weight.
In terms of how to eat that much? Start slowly. Add in 100 cals a day for a week. Then up it another 100 cals.. keep doing that until you reach the amount you are supposed to. Don't get on the scale for a few weeks, as your body will be adjusting to the increased calories.
Personally, my loss on the scale slowed, but my inch loss was amazing (then I got injured and then very sick.. I'm finally back up to where I should be, calorie-wise.)
Most importantly, give it time. Don't decide after 2 weeks that it's not working for you. Give it a good 2 month run (and I mean good, eat and exercise!)0 -
Like herblackwings said, your TDEE includes workouts, but your initial MFP number does not (although 1200 does seem low - I'm 5'1'', sedentary, and MFP has me at 1300). When you log your exercise, the calorie goal on MFP will go up, and chances are, will be much more similar to your TDEE-20%.0
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ok so if i add 45 min of excercise in it drops to 1684 without taken 20% from it which puts me at eating 1300 calories! does that sound right lol..... coulnt i just eat 1300 calories and not work out and lose????0
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ok...so u can lose weight by eating less....but your body wont be toned..also working out is good for your health....as u age u will see benefits of working out0
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so i eat around 1600 and burn 400-600 i should see results correct lol0
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I m 5'2" tall and eat 2000, which is a 12% deficit from my TDEE. It can be done and is better for your body. You have to fuel your daily activity.
Yes^^^^ Agreed. Trust me your body will thank you.
Have you ever really logged food that you have eatin thru out the day, Chips, that sub, that yogurt, the candy bar, the mashed tators, the pork chop, corn, the ice cream the lemonaide. Im sure you have had plenty of days you have eatin this type of combo of foods thru out the day. You would be surprised at the Macro #'s on this kind of day and how many cals this is.
Eating 1900 cals of healthier foods and losing weight is the proper way to do it.0 -
bro ..you can either do the TDEE method or the MFP method but not a combo of both ..
If you do TDEE you take that number and deduct 20 to 25 % from it and do not eat back exercise cals..
If you do MFP method you eat back the exercise calories so that you are netting whatever number MFP gave you ..So if you are supposed to eat 1200 and they give you 300 for exercise you eat 1500 and net 1200...
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ok so if i add 45 min of excercise in it drops to 1684 without taken 20% from it which puts me at eating 1300 calories! does that sound right lol..... coulnt i just eat 1300 calories and not work out and lose????
Why would it drop it?
What activity level did you say you were?
You input the information in the calculator, whichever one you used, it gives you your BMR and TDEE. You take the 20% cut from the TDEE and eat that every day. The only time it changes is when you lose weight (I update mine every 10lbs)0 -
Remember the TDEE method takes longer to lose weight but should be a more sustainable weightloss once you get there. If you have MFP set to lose 2lbs a week your calories will probably be 1200, TDEE method is more like .5-1 lb per week. However, I think that TDEE teaches you how you can come in at goal every single day, whereas if I eat 1200 calories a day I'm going to be starving and very grumpy and go way over all weekend. I find that calculating my TDEE-15% and having my MFP goal of .5lbs per week at lightly active are approximately the same number.....I would be eating the same either way. Remember it's not a race to lose that 52 lbs its keeping them off forever that is the goal.0
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I went to Scooby's Worshop and threw in some numbers. I put your age at 30 (I have no idea how old you are, it was just a number I put in there), and that you are moderately active.
TDEE - 2173
BMR - 1402
TDEE -20% - 1738
So if you are 30 and you are moderately active (3-5 hours of moderate activity each week) .. then you eat 1738 daily
If you are lightly active (1-3 hours of light activity each week)
TDEE - 1928
BMR - 1402
TDEE -20% - 15420 -
If you burn 400 to 600 per day then even the MFP calculation would give you 1600 - 1800 cals to eat so that's not so far from the scary 1964 number.
Whichever method you chose just remember TDEE less 20% already accounts for your exercise, whereas MFP has you eating your exercise calories back.
The downside of the MFP method is that if you don't exercise on a particular day then you only have the 1200 cals to eat (gonna get hungry)
With the TDEE method you can average your exercise over the week and even things out a little!!
If that number really does seem too high then go for the 1600 - 1800 MFP method and see how you get on!0 -
lol im 25.. I used the thefitgirls and it shows my tdee at 2476! If i take the 20% it leaves 1976.... Thats alot of calories to be eating to me.... I uped my calories from 1200 to 1700 cause i was hungry all the time at 1200 and gained 8 pounds in two weeks lol.. I would blow up eating that much.
and no i wasnt eating a bunch of junk!0 -
What is your activity level? (how many times a week are you exercising and what is it that you're doing?)0
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lol im 25.. I used the thefitgirls and it shows my tdee at 2476! If i take the 20% it leaves 1976.... Thats alot of calories to be eating to me.... I uped my calories from 1200 to 1700 cause i was hungry all the time at 1200 and gained 8 pounds in two weeks lol.. I would blow up eating that much.
and no i wasnt eating a bunch of junk!
When you start TDEE you may gain in the beginning but you should evn out and lose, if you haven't done so and are interested in this method read the "in place of a road map thread" it helps explain how to do it and how your body reacts just an FYI0 -
right now just walking my butt off lol.... i have a polaris hrm and it says im buring anywhere from 400-500 calories0
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Any time you raise your calories it's best to avoid the scale for 2-6 weeks, especially if you go straight up from 1200 to 1900. You'll almost always show a gain for a few weeks before your body adjusts and starts losing again. I went from 1700 to 1900-2200 and gained a small amount for about 2 weeks, but now it's all downward so far.0
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right now just walking my butt off lol.... i have a polaris hrm and it says im buring anywhere from 400-500 calories
It all depends on how long you go, how many times per week.
With your age adjusted, there is very little difference (less than 100 cals). I like Scooby's calculator. I've tried a bunch, and they are all pretty similar.
The only way your TDEE is that high is if you're doing something more than walking a few times a week (as far as I know, anyways!!)0 -
I get confused also! I am doing TDEE - 20%. leaving me 1886 cals per day. my question is......i workout regularly, and burn 400-600 cals. so, do i actually have to eat like 2200 cals, so that after i workout and burn 400, I net the 1886? Mind you, i haven' t lost any weight for months and have gained actually. I'm 5'11, 167lbs.
i have trouble getting my calories in also! i don't know why i can't get the hang of this!0 -
I am 5'2 and eat between 1800-2000 calories. Sounds correct to me.0
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girl im still confused to lol. i have a friend thats a personal trainer and he said that the tdee is off.... so therefore ill think ill still with 12-1500 calories and workout
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ok after some research i found that my tdee is 2454, 20% of that is 1964 calories. How the heck am i supposed to lose weight eating that much? MFP says so eat 1200...... i am 5'2 178 pounds, i really want to lose 52 pounds! How do I do it..... i am so lost an need help
MFP's 1200 was at what - 2 lbs/week ? So MFP is applying a deficit of 1000 to a start point of 2200 or less. A deficit of 45%.
If it was set to 1 lb/week then the start point is 1700 or less with a deficit of 500. A 29.4% deficit.
Both of these are way more than the 20% you were applying to your TDEE.
Don't forget MFP assume you're going to log exercise calories and eat the extra food it "rewards" you with.0 -
so pretty much what is boils down to is if i eat my calories back i will be fine and not starve to death lol0
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I just need someone to tell me how many calories i am supposed to be eating! particularly on an exercise day!0
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I get confused also! I am doing TDEE - 20%. leaving me 1886 cals per day. my question is......i workout regularly, and burn 400-600 cals. so, do i actually have to eat like 2200 cals, so that after i workout and burn 400, I net the 1886? Mind you, i haven' t lost any weight for months and have gained actually. I'm 5'11, 167lbs.
i have trouble getting my calories in also! i don't know why i can't get the hang of this!
Just eat 1886 every single day, your exercise calories are calculated into the equation ( when you choose activity level) for TDEE-20% Part of the point of using TDEE-20% is so that you do not have to calculate an estimated calorie burn frome exercise, in addition to estimating how many calories you eat, potentially making it a more accurate and less complicated system. Just eat the same amount every day.0 -
ok, can do....but then when i exercise a put that into MFP, it tells me i have 1486 cals netted(1886-400). is that bad? SHould I not even log my exercise then?0
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You do not need to log exercise, or you can edit the calorie burn to like 1 calorie so you have your time and activity in there for your own records keeping. Many people switch to TDEE (myself included) because they thing the calorie burns on MFP are over estimates.0
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hopefully, not logging will help! i haven't lost weight in months, an have actually gaine a couple! i am always at such a deficit, after I log exercise. But, technicall, I still am.....even if I don't log exercise. if i eat 1886 cals, then burn 400 with exercise, I'm still below the 1886, which is already TDEE-20%. I don't know what to do anymore......!!!! some days I could just cry/scream. I do take measurements, but not much has changed there either........0
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