Netting BMR while having 1000 deficit.

DrX19
DrX19 Posts: 1 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hello everyone,

Thank you guys for helping people live healthy. I began the weight loss journey last January. I went from 217 lbs to 163 lbs. All I did was move more and eat less(Watch calories) and avoid empty calories at all cost.

My stats are:
Gender: M
Age: 21 years old
Weight: 163 lbs (today)
Height: 67 inches tall
Body fat: 23.4% (Bodpod test when weight was at 164lbs)
Waist: 34-35in (measured at belly button)
Neck: 15in
Wrist: 7in
Chest: 35-36in (measured at nipples)
hips:38in

I found that I have a pear shape body (strange for a guy?). Most fat is located in the lower part of my body(hips and thighs).
I am confused about TDEE and BMR, I know what they mean. The confusion is about netting my BMR while having 1000 calories deficit. this might seems huge deficit considering my BMI but my body has high fat percentage, :wink: and I will do it for a short period.

My BMR from Scooby's "accurate" calculator came out to be 1602. TDEE at 1923(sedentary).
I am thinking that I burn 679 cals while working out this would put my TDEE at 2602. If I eat 1602, would I have 1000 calories deficit and still be considered netting my BMR?

P.S. I searched the community about this, it confused me more. I feel I am over-thinking this. (the avg burned calories for the past 7 days is 2241cals -sedentary life style- from my Bodymedia fit armband)


Thanks

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  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    if you want a deficit of 1,000 calories (I express no opinion about the wisdom of this) you subtract that from your TDEE as measured or calculated and eat that much. End of.

    "Net calories" and "not eating below your BMR" are just MFPisms that don't mean a whole lot and serve to confuse.
  • WalkingAlong
    WalkingAlong Posts: 4,926 Member
    if you want a deficit of 1,000 calories (I express no opinion about the wisdom of this) you subtract that from your TDEE as measured or calculated and eat that much. End of.

    "Net calories" and "not eating below your BMR" are just MFPisms that don't mean a whole lot and serve to confuse.

    I love you.
    I went from 217 lbs to 163 lbs. All I did was move more and eat less(Watch calories) and avoid empty calories at all cost.
    Imagine that! Good job. In my opinion, as long as you eat over 1200 and keep your deficit under 1000/day, you're following the recs of most doctors. Though there are studies that suggest that losing 2 lbs/week results in significantly more loss of lean body mass than losing 1. Though outside the lab, 'aiming for 2 lbs' and 'losing 2 lbs' are two different things due to measurement error. And if you're doing 700 calorie workouts that include adequate resistance exercise, you might be doing enough to preserve it. Eat lots of protein.
  • blackNBUK
    blackNBUK Posts: 58 Member
    The net calorie and TDEE approaches are really two sides of the same coin. In both cases the idea is to estimate now many calories you use per day and then eat fewer than that. With TDEE you have to say how much exercise you intend to do and your estimate includes that while with net calories you add on your exercise calories as you do them. Neither approach is inherently better than the other. Personally I've tried both and found that I prefer net calories; I'm not very consistent with my workouts and I find the motivation of "if I exercise today I can eat more" useful. However I can see that other people would prefer knowing at the start of the day how many calories they have to use and being able to budget them more easily.

    In any case I'm not sure that the details of losing weight are really what you should be thinking about right now. I'm at 85kg /180cm /26 BMI and I'm wondering whether now is the right time to pause my weight loss and have a proper crack at resistance training. If you have a look through the success stories forum you find loads of posts about the people looking fitter and healthier without losing much more weight.
  • Greenrun99
    Greenrun99 Posts: 2,065 Member
    Stop all the cardio your most likely doing and start doing weights. You shouldn't be thinking of losing 2 lbs a week at your height/weight you should focus on reducing that BF% number. So that would mean eat enough and get the most from workouts... My opinion as some of our stats are pretty close.

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