I thought I understood TDEE

Glampinupdoll
Glampinupdoll Posts: 234 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Ok so a while back I calculated my TDEE and did TDEE -20%. I used sedentary even though I'm not, and am biting the bullet to try my actual moderate exercise TDEE -20% even though I was satisfied with the sedentary calories. 2 questions kinda......

1: when I put in my moderate exercise TDEE-20% into MFP custom it says I will be losing .2 lb a week. Is this something I should just ignore ? I'm not sure what my actual calorie burn is for a week, so I put in 1000 and I'm guessing this is why it's so low?

2: if I was satisfied with the sedentary calories should I just stick with that or will it stall my weightloss due to not eating enough? I really think it may be difficult to get the extra cals in as I tend to be full easily :)

Thanks guys!!!

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  • astronomicals
    astronomicals Posts: 1,537 Member
    without the numbers you used your post is an unsolvable puzzle


    1. not enough info

    2. youd probably lose weight faster, but, it could be a lot of muscle and your figure would look like junk.
  • Glampinupdoll
    Glampinupdoll Posts: 234 Member
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  • Kevalicious99
    Kevalicious99 Posts: 1,131 Member
    I am having the same issue ... I don't think that MFP does TDEE very well. Just an observation looking in ..

    But I am very interested in seeing what posts you receive on this thread, as I think it could help me too.
  • Vorenus85
    Vorenus85 Posts: 112 Member
    I'm slightly confused. Did you manually configure your calorie limit? Because MFP can only set your goals to lose half pound, a pound, a pound and a half, and two pounds. Your current daily deficit is 157, which as shown in your image, works out to be far less than half a pound.
  • astronomicals
    astronomicals Posts: 1,537 Member
    ok.. i get it now.. sorry.. original post confused me.... you're using the same number everyday and you're NOT eating back exercise calories. Correct? If thats the case than you can just ignore MFP... If you go several weeks without losing weight than you must have been a bit off on your TDEE and you can adjust down 50-100 calories...


    i should also note that MFP assumes that a 3500 cal deficit = 1# lost.. thats not how the body works... period...


    ive done both a set number every day and also followed MFPs structure like I am now. The reason I'm following it now is that my cardio has been all over the place so my burn week to week varies greatly... In this instance, my sporatic training suits a cycled zigzagging diet better.
  • AnabolicKyle
    AnabolicKyle Posts: 489 Member
    1: when I put in my moderate exercise TDEE-20% into MFP custom it says I will be losing .2 lb a week. Is this something I should just ignore ? I'm not sure what my actual calorie burn is for a week, so I put in 1000 and I'm guessing this is why it's so low?

    2: if I was satisfied with the sedentary calories should I just stick with that or will it stall my weightloss due to not eating enough? I really think it may be difficult to get the extra cals in as I tend to be full easily :)

    Thanks guys!!!

    still confused on the question

    people on these forums claim if you don't eat enough it will stall weight loss but i think that is mostly BS unless you have some weird health problem.

    should you eat your exercise calories back?
    since you are doing a moderate cal deficit i would say no, unless you burn more than 500Cals. You can eat them back if you want but just make sure not to overestimate the calories burned

    I would also suggest to see what you actually weight loss is for 2 weeks before you make any significant changes
  • silken555
    silken555 Posts: 478 Member
    You shouldn't be eating back exercise calories when using the TDEE method. In fact, logging it is fairly useless other than as a means of keeping track of what you're doing. If you do log it, you need to set all your exercise to 1cal.

    Unless you're overweight by 50lbs or more, a more realistic goal is losing around 1lb a week, so TDEE-15%. Also remember that you need to recalculate your TDEE every 5-10lbs lost or so seeing as your caloric needs will change as you lose.
  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
    if I was satisfied with the sedentary calories should I just stick with that or will it stall my weightloss due to not eating enough?

    Weight loss doesn't stall from "not eating enough."

    If you're at an intake level you're happy with, and making progress you're happy with, it's difficult to see a compelling case for making changes...?
  • Glampinupdoll
    Glampinupdoll Posts: 234 Member
    I'm slightly confused. Did you manually configure your calorie limit? Because MFP can only set your goals to lose half pound, a pound, a pound and a half, and two pounds. Your current daily deficit is 157, which as shown in your image, works out to be far less than half a pound.

    Yes I did using the TDEE method
  • Glampinupdoll
    Glampinupdoll Posts: 234 Member
    You shouldn't be eating back exercise calories when using the TDEE method. In fact, logging it is fairly useless other than as a means of keeping track of what you're doing. If you do log it, you need to set all your exercise to 1cal.

    Unless you're overweight by 50lbs or more, a more realistic goal is losing around 1lb a week, so TDEE-15%. Also remember that you need to recalculate your TDEE every 5-10lbs lost or so seeing as your caloric needs will change as you lose.

    Yeah I just track it to track it not for cal purposes. I just look at what I need to eat not my MFP cals earned back from exercise :)
  • Glampinupdoll
    Glampinupdoll Posts: 234 Member

    Weight loss doesn't stall from "not eating enough."

    If you're at an intake level you're happy with, and making progress you're happy with, it's difficult to see a compelling case for making changes...?

    This is kinda why I'm trying to decide if I should just stick with what I was doing originally which was TDEE -20% around 1790 for sedentary . I just want to make sure I'm doing what's most efficient for the weight loss so if eating more would help me then I was gonna give it a go. I preach to make sure u eat enough then I don't know why I started out using the sedentary TDEE :( another scardy cat.
  • DopeItUp
    DopeItUp Posts: 18,771 Member
    If you don't know what you're burning via exercise, then how are you going to (reasonably) calculate your TDEE?

    I've got a really simple solution. Eat what you have configured there. Monitor weight loss over the course of a month. If you're losing too much, up your calories appropriately. If you're not losing enough, lower your calorie appropriately. If it's somewhere in the middle, keep doing what you're doing.

    Done, simple.
  • Glampinupdoll
    Glampinupdoll Posts: 234 Member


    I would also suggest to see what you actually weight loss is for 2 weeks before you make any significant changes

    Yes agree. I don't usually weigh, typically I just measure. And starting out I do better mentally just measuring. Just trying to be most efficient and use the TDEE method in a way to make it the most efficient. Thank u :)
  • Glampinupdoll
    Glampinupdoll Posts: 234 Member
    If you don't know what you're burning via exercise, then how are you going to (reasonably) calculate your TDEE?

    I've got a really simple solution. Eat what you have configured there. Monitor weight loss over the course of a month. If you're losing too much, up your calories appropriately. If you're not losing enough, lower your calorie appropriately. If it's somewhere in the middle, keep doing what you're doing.

    Done, simple.

    When calculating it via IPOARM it just says how many times you exercise....so I usually ex 5 times a week so I use the moderate recommendation
  • deksgrl
    deksgrl Posts: 7,237 Member
    Set MFP to "maintain weight" instead of lose weight. TDEE is also called "maintenance calories".

    Now put in your TDEE -% goal as your calorie goal. Now the estimated pounds lost should be correct.

    Figure your TDEE **INCLUDING** your exercise. This is what TDEE means, total daily energy expenditure, it averages out your workouts over the week.
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    Losingthedamnweight Posts: 536 Member
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    Glampinupdoll Posts: 234 Member
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