Calorie confusion tdee vs mfp

ChunkyCharly
ChunkyCharly Posts: 20
edited February 6 in Health and Weight Loss
Irl keep it simple.. Mfp says to loose 1lb a week, eat 1440cals.. I burn varied amounts of exercise varying between 200-400cals depending on if I'm doing cardio, weights or 30ds. I do this 3 times a week.. So 3 times a week irl eat 1700ish cals (net 1400ish)

20% of my tdee gives me 1720... everyday!! So isn't this giving me too many calories?!

Sorry if I'm being thick, no horrid messages please, just a girl confused xx

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  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    Ok ....you're asking about eating 1700 or 1440 on non-workout days.......... I'm not sure.

    MFP gives you 1440 (net) based upon "I want to lose XX" pounds per week"....perhaps the number you put in for TDEE (less a percent) is fewer pounds per week than you set for MFP....these numbers should be pretty similar.
  • ChunkyCharly
    ChunkyCharly Posts: 20
    Exactly I don't eat this everyday just on workout days... 20% of tdee lets me eat this everyday..
  • georgesanchez7737
    georgesanchez7737 Posts: 61 Member
    MFP is NET calories, eaten calories minus exercise calories should be 1440 in your case.

    how long doing this? how much lost?
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,368 Member
    It's pretty much the same, TDEE lets you eat a little bit more or a little bit less depending on your weight, but it should be close.
  • ChunkyCharly
    ChunkyCharly Posts: 20
    I think im confusing you all with what I'm trying to get at.. Tdee lets me eat 1710cals EVERYDAY!

    Mfp lets me eat 1440cals a day with 300ish exercise cals only 3 TIMES a week!! That's only 3 times a week I can eat 1740cals!!

    Tdee I eat 1710 cals 7 times a week and still only workout 3 times a week

    Xx
  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    You're probably over estimating your TDEE which is common and one reason I don't like that method. Strength training isn't a calorie burner so take that out of your equation to start with.
  • shadow2soul
    shadow2soul Posts: 7,692 Member
    Okay so, the TDEE calculator gave you a TDEE of 2137.

    So for a full week that would be: 14959
    If you eat 1710 everyday : 11970
    Deficit for the week: 2989
    Roughly : 0.8lb loss per week

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    So the difference looks to be losing roughly 1lb per week or losing 0.8lbs per week.
  • ChunkyCharly
    ChunkyCharly Posts: 20
    Thank you :) guess it sounds silly like that :)
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