BMR and TDEE Explained for Those Needing a Guide
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Great explanation !0
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Thank you xxx0
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What a wonderful post! Thank you.0
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This is great! Thank you so much! I just joined and have been doing the 1200 calorie thing for 2 weeks-and have wound up going to bed starving every night because of it XD. Now with this I feel a lot better about eating to stay full through the day . I do have a few questions though about the calculations you measured.
I don't move a lot, but i do plan to hit the gym more when my fitbit comes in hopefully next week. So let's say I do light exercise. If I did this correctly, with putting in the goal weight, my BMR should be 1870. At my current weight, so TDEE, it should be 1906.
Since I only have 6 pounds left to lose, I take 10% from 1906...and get 1715. It's lower than the TDEE and the BMR. Based on your explanation it should be somewhere in between, correct? What am I doing wrong?
Also, let's say that this is now fixed and I have the right calories to eat. How much protein, sugar, fat and carbs should I be consuming? I find that MFP calculates the numbers for you, but my problem is that I always go over (and I'm really trying to eat more veggies and good foods and dodge the pasta) on those stats even when I hit my caloric intake. If I don't go over on those, I don't eat enough calories. Where/how can I calculate the right amounts for these numbers?
P.S. Please forgive me if these questions are dumb or sound like I don't know what I'm talking about. This is why I'm seeking help.0 -
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saving. thanks for the post0
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I have just read this... AND thanks! Makes much more sense now0
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Bump. Coming back to get this right.0
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Bump! This FINALLY makes sense. I am going to readjust my numbers now! Thank you so much!0
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Bump for later! Hopefully this will help me finally get it! Thanks to the op and everyone else who contributed!0
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Just read this and it's really really useful! - I kind of get it all a little bit more now!
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