At what TDEE are you maintaining?

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  • NovemberJune
    NovemberJune Posts: 2,525 Member
    I'm 5'3.75", 135 lbs, 30 years old, female
    I go to the gym 3-4 days per week and usually work out at home a day or 2 per week 2
    I maintain at around 2000 calories. I averaged 2100 in November but gained a bit :wink:
  • laurelboynton
    laurelboynton Posts: 104 Member
    Heyyy!

    My TDEE is 1620.

    I am 5'7.5 and weigh 111 pounds. I am trying to maintain and turn some body fat into muscle so actually am expecting to gain a few pounds. I exercise pretty much everyday focusing on circuit training, pilates and light weights.

    I'd like advice on my TDEE too. Not sure whether I need to be eating more or less or just focus on WHAT im eating now in terms of macros!

    Laurel. x
  • Arabian45
    Arabian45 Posts: 15
    Sorry, I'm a newbie on the site. :-) Haven't done a lot of internet social stuff, so I'm not sure where to start. What's this TDEE thing you are all talking about? Is it your "total daily exercise expenditure" or something like that? How do I calculate mine?
    Thanks!
  • robathealthsidekick
    robathealthsidekick Posts: 20
    The best thing you can do in my opinion is look at your averages. You will get more data back from averages then any calculators that use BMR/TDEE..
    Your averages will calculate in your even your logging habits for example. I use a different site to track.

    BMR+ TDEE is a good starting point but not the easiest way to figure out what most of us want to know:
    How much can I eat of the foods I am eating and the exercise I am doing and lose weight, stay the same or gain weight.
    Because we all have different diets, bodies and exercises you will get wide ranges of TDEE.
    When you look at your averages you will get data specific to you.
  • nikamar
    nikamar Posts: 83 Member
    5'5.5", 124 lbs, 30 yrs old- TDEE is around 2000 calories (lifting, kettlebells, running)

    For me this calculator was reasonably precise both for maintenance and deficit (+/- 50 calories):

    http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/

    I have been maintaining for a month now, that's the only way to know for sure what your real maintenance intake should be.
  • Eleonora91
    Eleonora91 Posts: 688 Member
    165 cm 67 kgs (5' 5" 147 lbs), sedentary, around 1750 kcals (that Scooby calculator is the only one who says 1900 though).
  • chezjuan
    chezjuan Posts: 747 Member
    5' 11", 170 lbs. 43 years old. TDEE is ~2700. I currently have my calories set at 2750 and seem to be pretty stable.

    I aim to work out 5x a week, but average more like 4 due to my work and travel schedule of late.

    ETA: The Scoobysworkshop calculator puts me at right about 2700 to maintain. MFP puts me at around 2200, and with my estimated burn of about 500 - 600 calories per workout adding my exercise to that number also puts me right about 2700, so I am pretty confident that it is a good number.
  • Noor13
    Noor13 Posts: 964 Member
    Female
    36 years
    Hight: 5'7"
    Weight 160
    Maintaining at 2600-2700 with lifting heavy 3-4 times a week and no or very little cardio
    If I do more cardio I am maintaining at around 2800-2900
  • lporter229
    lporter229 Posts: 4,907 Member
    Female
    41 yo
    5'0", 100lbs
    I do NROLFW 3 days/week, run 20-25 miles/ week and also do yoga 1-2 times/ week. I consider myself to be very active, with a moderately active job and fairly active lifestyle aside from scheduled exercise. I have been maintaining at 1900 calories.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    39 y.o. @ 185 Lbs and I maintain around 2700 - 2800 calories...sometimes even more and sometimes less. What you will ultimately find is that you'll have a range of calories that you hit to maintain, not one singular and exact number. The human body is actually very good at maintaining...it wants to maintain. It takes consistent and chronic under-eating and over-eating to over-ride that ability.
  • KnM0107
    KnM0107 Posts: 355 Member
    I was maintaining 145lbs (5'6") at 3000 cals per day. I have an active job, active hobbies and I work out. I am losing .5 a pound to a pound a week on 2500 to 2750 calories.
  • AbidKhanFFI
    AbidKhanFFI Posts: 13
    Please help me out here guys, too long to post here so check out my thread.
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1150037-am-i-consuming-right-amount-of-calories
  • husseycd
    husseycd Posts: 814 Member
    5'5.5", 37, 128-130 lbs. TDEE according to Bodymedia for the last two weeks is about 2150, which is almost exactly what I consumed. I actually eat under during the week (1800-1900) and a little over on the weekends.

    I actually think I've been gaining very slightly over the last few months, but I started a heavy lifting program for my legs and while my measurements are slightly larger (like 0.25"), my legs/butt look better so... And while I'm good at weighing food 90% of the time, those weekend evenings are mostly estimated, so I could easily be consuming a little more.
  • star5785
    star5785 Posts: 140
    Mine is 1900 - but that's the daily average with exercise included. I log exercise as 1 calorie.

    I'm 33, 5'3, 119 as of this morning!
  • caseythirteen
    caseythirteen Posts: 956 Member
    I'm 5'5", 39, weigh about 117 and maintain at around 2300. That includes 4 days of lifting and little cardio.
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    I maintain at roughly 2500 calories/day. I arrived at this figure from my actual food diaries, after several month of meticulous logging, using Sarauk2sf's thread: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/819055-setting-your-calorie-and-macro-targets
  • darrensurrey
    darrensurrey Posts: 3,942 Member
    About 2600? About 18 months of logging to arrive at this conclusion. And to think I was eating 1000 when I joined MFP. :laugh:
  • koos22
    koos22 Posts: 22
    I just tried a TDEE calculator, it says I'm 1985. 5'4", 131 lbs, and around 20% BF last time I checked (6 weeks ago).
    I'm currently doing 1450 + exercise, and seem to be losing a pound a week still.... I'm increasing my calories by 50 every week in hopes of slowing down. I want to lose fat, not muscle. Obviously.
    I just wish I knew what macro ratio works for me. I've been doing low carb and still have ****ing tiny love handles hanging on.
  • darrensurrey
    darrensurrey Posts: 3,942 Member
    I just tried a TDEE calculator, it says I'm 1985. 5'4", 131 lbs, and around 20% BF last time I checked (6 weeks ago).
    I'm currently doing 1450 + exercise, and seem to be losing a pound a week still.... I'm increasing my calories by 50 every week in hopes of slowing down. I want to lose fat, not muscle. Obviously.
    I just wish I knew what macro ratio works for me. I've been doing low carb and still have ****ing tiny love handles hanging on.

    Keep your protein up and lift heavy if you aren't already. Then have faith because it's a long, slow process. :)
  • koos22
    koos22 Posts: 22
    Thanks @darrensurrey. I try to do low carb (under 100, usually under 80) and 1.25 g of protein per lb of body weight. Also just got off of the "bizzy diet" workout program, so I'm going back to lifting 3 days/week and cardio 4 days/week.
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    5'2, 128 lbs, Fitbit says my daily calorie burned average is 2200 which seems about right. Sep/Oct I hit a plateau and looking back I was eating right around that amount. November I started paying closer attention again and have been averaging 1900 cal/day intake and am back to losing about 0.5 lb/week so I think things are working as expected! MFP thinks my maintenance is 1760 at Lightly Active so I think I need to bump myself up to Active and see if that more closely matches the FitBit numbers.
  • balancedbrunette
    balancedbrunette Posts: 530 Member

    So what is your TDEE? How much to you weigh? How tall are you? Your age? What number is MFP setting for you to maintain? What is your level ox exercise?

    Thanks!

    My TDEE is around 1660 (worked it out from two main calculations (scoobyworkshop and helloitsdan in place of a road map) as well as just monitoring my intake when I was loosing and now. I weight 112, 5ft3 and MFP had me at about 1680 with an input of 3 workouts a week. I find if i eat anywhere between 1600-1700 I maintain, that being said i have gone over 1700 at weekends but my body seems to balance out naturally with what I eat during the week - some days i make 1600, some not. Have been maintaining since may.
    For exercise I always try and get a minimum of 3 workouts a week - some weeks I end up doing more, generally being kickboxing and 2 strength sessions (my own home one -hoping to start a program when college is all done) I like to mix some resistance training with HIIT to get a good intensive workout in. That is basically it, strength training definitely helps with upping TDEE - for me my focus is now on hitting macros and staying within macros as best I can. :)
  • aarar
    aarar Posts: 684 Member
    I'm still trying to figure it out exactly, but I seem to maintain on about 2400 + eating back exercise calories which is anywhere from an additional 300 - 1200 calories daily at this point.

    Edited to add: 32 y/o female, 140lbs
  • robathealthsidekick
    robathealthsidekick Posts: 20
    Go to healthsidekick and start logging your food. It will give you an exact equation based on what you are eating and the exercise you are doing. It takes a few weeks but the good thing is you wont have to ask this question ever again and it dynamically updates so as you change it will constantly update it for you
  • nxd10
    nxd10 Posts: 4,570 Member
    I'm 5'10" , 54, 150lbs, and I maintain at 1450 plus exercise (measured with fitbit).

    I log everything, but I'm not as meticulous about weighing and measuring as I used to, so that gives me 250 calories slack for inaccuracy.

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