Road map spreadsheet help

chasetwins
chasetwins Posts: 702 Member
edited January 30 in Fitness and Exercise
Hey everyone

I am hoping someone can help or explain something for me :)

I and now my husband are using the TDEE-% method accompanied by the spreadsheet provided by heybales. Not sure if he was the creator or not. Spreadsheet has worked great for me. But now I question it for my husband.

He just started lifting , currently averaging 30 minutes 3 or 4 times a week. When I entered this onto the spreadsheet his BMR, TDEE etc all dropped ?!?!?

I was under the assumption - lifting = feed your body more. He just started lifting and I have no doubt the time will increase but if I cut his calories the amount it tells me to...he will have the hungry horrors :/

Can someone explain this to me - is it right? And if so...please explain why. I know NOTHING about lifting weights and would like to understand for him as well as when I start as well.

Thanks ~

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  • chasetwins
    chasetwins Posts: 702 Member
    No one ??? ~ : (
  • beachlover317
    beachlover317 Posts: 2,848 Member
    If you are using the spreadsheet from heybales, send him a message. I know he won't mind. He will have the answer. :smile:
  • chasetwins
    chasetwins Posts: 702 Member
    Thank you will do :)
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    But if he is burning less calories than before his cals would go down. Also if he lost weight his BMR would be lower than before
  • chasetwins
    chasetwins Posts: 702 Member
    But if he is burning less calories than before his cals would go down. Also if he lost weight his BMR would be lower than before

    I understand that - the only thing I changed on the sheet was his lifting minutes. Nothing else changed. I put BMR above..sorry BMR is the same - all other numbers changed. TDEE went up but TDEG dropped. (just did it again to see exactly what the number differences were.)
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