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TDEE or eat less?

leahestey
leahestey Posts: 124 Member
edited February 8 in Health and Weight Loss
Which one has help you lose weight AND keep it off? Eating what your TDEE is or eating less? Or something else? What methods have you done to keep the weight off if you are at your goal? Thanks!

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  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    TDEE minus between 15-20% is what is working for me.
  • BeachIron
    BeachIron Posts: 6,490 Member
    If you understand what TDEE means then this hits me as an awfully strange question.
  • bethannien
    bethannien Posts: 556 Member
    TDEE is total daily energy expenditure, which is to say it's the number of calories you need to maintain. So to lose, you'd need to eat less than your TDEE.
  • j6o4
    j6o4 Posts: 871 Member
    Anything under your TDEE should result in weight loss.
  • smittygirl
    smittygirl Posts: 36 Member
    My trainer had me work my way up to TDEE before I went back down in calories. The reasoning behind that because my body was used to not having enough calories and to function optimally he wanted me to add till I hit it. It has worked for me so far and though it is a slow process it is one I can live with, without deprivation.
  • leahestey
    leahestey Posts: 124 Member
    If you understand what TDEE means then this hits me as an awfully strange question.
    There are different opinions about what works. I was curious.
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