TDEE

psthamsher
psthamsher Posts: 4 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I went to Scooby and calculated my TDEE. I can't even imagine eating 1700 cals a day. Right now, I'm getting 1100 and struggling to lose weight. is is really possible to eat THAT much and lose meaningful lbs?

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  • whierd
    whierd Posts: 14,025 Member
    To be blunt, you gained weight somehow, so eating at 1700cal and above cannot be THAT difficult. Yes, it is possible to lose weight on 1700cal if it is below your TDEE. If you are struggling to eat 1700 every day, then perhaps you need to add in some food that is calorie dense, such as a nut butter.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    Yes, it really is possible to lose while eating 1700 calories a day. Assuming, of course, that you estimated your TDEE accurately and don't have any medical issues.

    If you truly can't eat that much, look for calorie dense foods that will add a lot of calories for very little food volume. Nuts, nut butters, olive oil, eggs, full fat dairy, Greek yogurt, cheese, avocado, coconut oil, etc. Add fruit juices and protein shakes and smoothies. There are a lot of ways to increase each meal by just a few hundred calories without packing your stomach full.
  • escapeartist90210
    escapeartist90210 Posts: 56 Member
    Eventually low calorie backfires trust me, just make the jump and you'll be golden. Now, some people drop weight instantly others like myself fluctuate for a week to a month and than weight comes right off. Scooby tdee is fairly accurate btw
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    I've been losing and my goal is 1650 right now. It all depends on how active you are and how much you have to lose, but as a whole, if you're burning 2000+ calories a day, it's much healthier not to have a huge calorie deficit.
  • JDMarlowe
    JDMarlowe Posts: 327 Member
    This Scooby site is pretty cool!!! FINALLY getting some answers to the numerous questions that I had about all this stuff, LOL.
  • ChrisM8971
    ChrisM8971 Posts: 1,067 Member
    I went to Scooby and calculated my TDEE. I can't even imagine eating 1700 cals a day. Right now, I'm getting 1100 and struggling to lose weight. is is really possible to eat THAT much and lose meaningful lbs?

    I do find this stuff slightly confusing but isn't TDEE maintaining weight and to lose don't you need to eat at a deficit of TDEE such as 20% below?

    That would then make your calories to lose would be 1360
  • psthamsher
    psthamsher Posts: 4 Member
    Thank you all for your responses.

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