Bugging TDEE ? again

Moya6512
Moya6512 Posts: 53 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
okay. so I looked up my TDEE
Im 5'4
25 yr old
207 lbs
Sedentary (desk job) light exercise 1-3x week

I got the whole Macro theory downpack.... now this...

So... It says my TDEE is 2383. So i subtract 20% of that .. I got around 1906. I read thousands of threads on this, but I just want to be sure. I am supposed to consume this many calories a day to lose weight? How long? Im scared to eat that much. I have been doing 1200-1300 a day...and my body is pretty used to it, but the scale is moving slowly.

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  • micheleb15
    micheleb15 Posts: 1,418 Member
    Yes, you eat the 1906 and don't eat your calories back. They are already built into the 1906. The scale will take a few weeks to even out because you have been eating so little (esp. if you haven't eaten back your exercise calories). You're doing great!
  • jenniball91
    jenniball91 Posts: 5
    Work your way up slowly to 1906. Go up 50-100 calories a week from what you're doing right now. Otherwise (from what I've read) your body will just store up the newfound calories, expecting that you're return to 1200-1300 soon. That being said, if you want to lose weight faster, 1200 calories a day is fine, just make sure you're getting all the vitamins and nutrition that you need. Don't go below 1200 (but I think you already know that).
  • Melissa11412
    Melissa11412 Posts: 145 Member
    i worked my way up as well, adding on 100 cals per week until i got up to the 1800 (my TDEE -20%, i'm 48, moderate activity. i was doing 13-1400 a day)

    i'm still losing, my size 12's are too big. I'm still wearing them with a belt but i'm freely floating around in them LOL :laugh:
  • Moya6512
    Moya6512 Posts: 53 Member
    Thanks for the tips guys...I would love to be in a size 12 this fall. Im a 14 now, but thats stretchy jeans/pants, that luckily is in style!

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