Please help me do the math :) BMR/TDEE

BUMP

Try this website. You will need your height, weight, age, activity level, and the % you want to deduct.
Tdee is what you would eat to maintain.
Bmr is what the minimum you should eat.
Daily calories is what you would eat to lose.
Remember that with Tdee that your exercise is included.


Scoobyworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/

That would put me at 1554

I've stopped losing weight and its so frustrating so I've been trying to figure out this BMR and TDEE thing I'd like to make sure I got things right.
MFP put me on 1200 calories/day.

I did the TDEE calculation online and got
BMR: 1457
TDEE: 2003

With the one where I add how many mins a day I spend with this or that activity I got:
BMR: 1878
TDEE: 1878

So how much should my calorie intake per day be if I want to lose weight?

(I'm 170cm tall, 74kg and 37yrs old.)

Thanks!
Dorothy

It depends how much weight you want to lose. TDEE-20% is a good goal for most people. If you have a lot to lose, you can take a bigger cut out of TDEE and if you have a little (10lbs or less) you may need to eat closer to your TDEE.

Edited to add: I may have misread your activity level before, I thought you were saying you did 90 minutes of cardio and strength combined 3x per week, which would be about 4.5 hours total per week. You may have used a higher activity level depending on how long your strength training sessions are?


I think you may have put a number in wrong on Scooby... I plugged your numbers in and came up with

BMR 1497

TDEE 2321

Daily calories (TDEE-20%) 1856

This is based on your height, weight, age, gender and putting you in the 3-5 hours of activity category