TDEE QUESTION
SenoraMacias
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So I've been reading a lot about TDEE in the forums. I decided to calculate mine, and it's 2341 cals. I read that you should subtract 20% from that, and that should be your calorie goal. That puts me at 1867. I am really scared to eat that many cals!!! Can this be right?
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Yes, assuming that you were honest about your activity level when you calculated it.
For what it's worth, I'm a 5'8" 30-year-old woman who loses weight on 1700-1900 a day. I couldn't lose a pound when I dropped down to 1200-1400 while working out.0 -
I actually underestimated my activity level. Right now my calorie goal is set at 1430... and like you, I'm not losing.0
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Yes and yes. I didn't start losing weight until I started watching my TDEE. I quit paying attention to the MFP goal. I rarely go under that goal. Since I started eating my TDEE, I have lost two pounds in two weeks. I am purposely doing this slowly because every time I lose weight fast it comes back. Prior to eating my TDEE, I was staying under 1,000 calories and somehow managed to gain weight. Luckily, a MFP friend looked at my diary.0
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Yes eat that many.
OR go by MFP's numbers (use "Lose one pound per week") AND eat back exercise calories. Comes out the same.
If you do decide to go with the TDEE method, you eat that every day. Don't eat more on Exercise days, and keep up with the amount of exercise you used when figuring your TDEE. That's the difference, not a lot of wiggle room to skip workouts.0 -
If you use TDEE, do you eat back your exercise calories or are all of them included with your activity level?0
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If you use TDEE, you don't eat back exercise. They should be included in your activity level as long as you entered your activity level honestly.If you use TDEE, do you eat back your exercise calories or are all of them included with your activity level?0 -
Thank you guys! I work out 4-5x a week (running, strength, pilates), and I the scale is just not moving. I'm honest with my logging as well. I only have about 10-15lb to lose, so I thought maybe that's why nothing was happening, but I've been dedicated to this for 9 weeks and have lost maybe 3lb.0
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Based on your OP if your TDEE is 2300ish then I'd Definately eat 1800 a day 1400 could cause you to plateau. You don't look like you need to lose 2lb per week based on your photo so I'd set it to 1/2 pound a week personally but that's your call.
Give your body more fuel to burn off
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If you use TDEE, do you eat back your exercise calories or are all of them included with your activity level?
If you set your TDEE up accurately you don't want to eat back your exercise calories. They should all be included in your calculations already.0 -
So I've been reading a lot about TDEE in the forums. I decided to calculate mine, and it's 2341 cals. I read that you should subtract 20% from that, and that should be your calorie goal. That puts me at 1867. I am really scared to eat that many cals!!! Can this be right?
Yep, eat that many!0 -
Since you only have about 10-15lb to lose, don't go down to -20%. Only do TDEE -10%. I know that's even scarier because that's going to increase your calories more, but believe me, it's right.Thank you guys! I work out 4-5x a week (running, strength, pilates), and I the scale is just not moving. I'm honest with my logging as well. I only have about 10-15lb to lose, so I thought maybe that's why nothing was happening, but I've been dedicated to this for 9 weeks and have lost maybe 3lb.0 -
Okay, so I manually changed my calorie goal on MFP. Since I'm supposed to eat the same amount regardless of exerices (right?), should I just not log exercise? And just eat the same cals every day no matter how much or little I work out?0
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Okay, so I manually changed my calorie goal on MFP. Since I'm supposed to eat the same amount regardless of exerices (right?), should I just not log exercise? And just eat the same cals every day no matter how much or little I work out?
Yes, you eat the same amount daily regardless of exercise. You can either not log exercise, log it and ignore it, or log it and manually change the calories burned to 1. It just depends on whether or not you want to keep track of your exercise here.0 -
Thank you so much! I'm going to try this. Here's hoping!0
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(one of the more clear discussions on the topic)0 -
So I've been reading a lot about TDEE in the forums. I decided to calculate mine, and it's 2341 cals. I read that you should subtract 20% from that, and that should be your calorie goal. That puts me at 1867. I am really scared to eat that many cals!!! Can this be right?
GO lower. My TDEE is 2750 and I'm cutting at 1810. You could do 1600 and be well off. DO IT!! 0 -
I bumped my activity level down to "little to none", and then took 20% of that number. It put me at 1635. That's what I'm going to start with for now! Thanks everyone!0
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Yesterday I manually increased my calories and stopped logging exercise on the advice of someone on here. It worked for them, here's hoping it works for me and you too 0
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So I've been reading a lot about TDEE in the forums. I decided to calculate mine, and it's 2341 cals. I read that you should subtract 20% from that, and that should be your calorie goal. That puts me at 1867. I am really scared to eat that many cals!!! Can this be right?
GO lower. My TDEE is 2750 and I'm cutting at 1810. You could do 1600 and be well off. DO IT!!
uh, maybe OP doesn't want to cut right now.0 -
Based on the stats I've seen you post in the forums, 1810 is below your BMR so you shouldn't be going that low.So I've been reading a lot about TDEE in the forums. I decided to calculate mine, and it's 2341 cals. I read that you should subtract 20% from that, and that should be your calorie goal. That puts me at 1867. I am really scared to eat that many cals!!! Can this be right?
GO lower. My TDEE is 2750 and I'm cutting at 1810. You could do 1600 and be well off. DO IT!!
OP, make sure that you're entering your activity level honestly. With such a small amount to lose, you really shouldn't be under TDEE -10% (or 15% if you really want to push it). If you don't follow the TDEE method correctly, it's not going to work.0 -
Based on the stats I've seen you post in the forums, 1810 is below your BMR so you shouldn't be going that low.So I've been reading a lot about TDEE in the forums. I decided to calculate mine, and it's 2341 cals. I read that you should subtract 20% from that, and that should be your calorie goal. That puts me at 1867. I am really scared to eat that many cals!!! Can this be right?
GO lower. My TDEE is 2750 and I'm cutting at 1810. You could do 1600 and be well off. DO IT!!
OP, make sure that you're entering your activity level honestly. With such a small amount to lose, you really shouldn't be under TDEE -10% (or 15% if you really want to push it). If you don't follow the TDEE method correctly, it's not going to work.
That's my goal to lose 1.5-2lbs a week. I avg 1980 per day and lose 1.75lbs per week. I have a cheat day once a week so that's what brings my daily avg. up. BUt you are right Crista. You know what's up 0 -
For TDEE I set my exercise level to "little/none," and subtract 20%. This way, when I work out, I eat back my exercise calories.
I chose this route so that I didn't have to estimate my weekly activity, since it changes often due to my schedule.
That being said, my TDEE-20% is about 1680 calories.0 -
adding another question
so, if I am to eat an average of 1600 per day but, once MFP updates with my FB calories I am always under 1200 net -- is that ok as long as I am eating at 1600 or my TDEE - 20%?0 -
I just calculated my TDEE (currently working out 3 times per week, 211 pounds) and it stated 2411, which would put me at 1928 calories per day! If I eat close to 1700 calories (non-workout day), I gain weight. I do have a slow metabolism, always have, no matter what my eating habits have been.
And I am very on top of my logging too.0 -
So what you're saying is your TDEE -20% = 1600 calories. You have an intake of 1600 calories per day and burn 400 (to net 1200)?adding another question
so, if I am to eat an average of 1600 per day but, once MFP updates with my FB calories I am always under 1200 net -- is that ok as long as I am eating at 1600 or my TDEE - 20%?
If so, and you entered your activity level correctly when calculating TDEE, you're fine.0 -
I actually underestimated my activity level. Right now my calorie goal is set at 1430... and like you, I'm not losing.
So, out of interest, why do you think you would lose eating an extra 400(ish) calories per day?0 -
Everyone says "eating more" is the ticket. You can see from the other replies that many people have found themselves in the same situation and using TDEE worked for them. I don't know if I will lose, but what I'm doing isn't working, which is why I'm asking.0
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Everyone says "eating more" is the ticket. You can see from the other replies that many people have found themselves in the same situation and using TDEE worked for them. I don't know if I will lose, but what I'm doing isn't working, which is why I'm asking.
If what you are doing isn't working, why do you think eating even more will succeed.
People say "eat more" because it is the "thing to say" apparently without any scientific fact. Eat more is often the response before a person has viewed diaries.
Think carefully about what you are doing, just don't fall into any broscience trap, you would be better off researching the physics of how weightloss occurs rather than just eating more because it seems to be the done thing to do.0 -
Actually, most people say eat more, because the majority of people that are asking aren't losing because they're eating under their BMR which is why they aren't losing to begin with, hence switching to TDEE -x%. That method is known to work much better than the generic MFP calculator because the MFP calculator will usually place people below their BMR causing very slow or no weight loss.Everyone says "eating more" is the ticket. You can see from the other replies that many people have found themselves in the same situation and using TDEE worked for them. I don't know if I will lose, but what I'm doing isn't working, which is why I'm asking.
If what you are doing isn't working, why do you think eating even more will succeed.
People say "eat more" because it is the "thing to say" apparently without any scientific fact. Eat more is often the response before a person has viewed diaries.
Think carefully about what you are doing, just don't fall into any broscience trap, you would be better off researching the physics of how weightloss occurs rather than just eating more because it seems to be the done thing to do.0 -
Actually, most people say eat more, because the majority of people that are asking aren't losing because they're eating under their BMR which is why they aren't losing to begin with, hence switching to TDEE -x%. That method is known to work much better than the generic MFP calculator because the MFP calculator will usually place people below their BMR causing very slow or no weight loss.Everyone says "eating more" is the ticket. You can see from the other replies that many people have found themselves in the same situation and using TDEE worked for them. I don't know if I will lose, but what I'm doing isn't working, which is why I'm asking.
If what you are doing isn't working, why do you think eating even more will succeed.
People say "eat more" because it is the "thing to say" apparently without any scientific fact. Eat more is often the response before a person has viewed diaries.
Think carefully about what you are doing, just don't fall into any broscience trap, you would be better off researching the physics of how weightloss occurs rather than just eating more because it seems to be the done thing to do.
Wrong, they are not losing because they underestimate the grub and drink calories and overestimate the exercise calories.
Eat at a deficit,even below BMR and you lose weight, that is scientific fact.0
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