Those who eat 1,500 (or more) calories per day, come hither!

When I did TDEE method my daily goal was 1500-1600/day and I did NOT eat back exercise calories because they are already included in that number. Whether you eat back those calories or not depends on your stats -- what is your TDEE, etc.

Personally I wouldn't, but that's just me. I dropped my calories to 1200 again because I stopped losing at 1500.

Im on 1700 a day also TDEE - most days I dont eat them back. I do occasionllay eat some back - if Im hungry, but just tend to stick to the 1700 limit:)

Do you eat your excercise calories back? When I was eating 1,300 calories a day I ate maybe 1/2 of my exercise calories back but now that I upped my calories I am not sure what I should do to lose weight. Help! Thanks!!

I eat on average 1800-2000 per day, and I only burn about 150-300 exercise calories per day. Sometimes I eat them back, sometimes I don't. I'm in maintenance.

A little clarification would help with your question. Why did you up your calories if you still want to lose weight?

What do those letters mean? NEAT ? TDEE?

Sometimes if I eat my exercise calories back I don't exactly feel good the next day. I have tried the 1200 calories per day because I sit at a desk all day. But I am better with 1500 because I am not sneaking snacks in between....

TDEE=Total Daily energy expenditure.
NEAT = Non-exercise activity thermogenesis

It's just two different methods of deciding on how many calories to take in.

TDEE already has exercise calories included so you don't eat them back...ever
NEAT is just your regular daily activity minus exercise so you eat your exercise calories back (or at least a portion.)

My TDEE - 20% is 1,699. What happens if I eat according to my TDEE and I don't work out one week as much as I indicated when I calculated that number?

You wont lose as much weight. TDEE is more appropriate if you are consistent with your exercise but that's not saying you can't use it. TDEE-20% typically works out to be the calories given by MFP+exercise calories

I only use TDEE because I lift weights and it's hard to calculate calories burned doing that...as well I am consistent with my exercise.

I lift 3x a week....period..no room for discussion.

Do you eat your excercise calories back? When I was eating 1,300 calories a day I ate maybe 1/2 of my exercise calories back but now that I upped my calories I am not sure what I should do to lose weight. Help! Thanks!!

Personally, I would use this and select how many times a week you work out and what your weight loss/gain/maintain goal is and just eat that everyday and don't mess around with exercise calories, which are just an estimate anyways.

http://iifym.com/iifym-calculator/

So for example, I am 26, Female, 5'6, 130 and I selected 5x weekly workouts. So if I want to do a 15% calorie cut I would eat 1675 daily, 1971 to maintain or 2168 to bulk. If I select no workouts it says 1374 to lose.

I am consuming an average of 1700 calories a day to lose ~0.5#/week. I don't "eat back" calories because I based this number on my TDEE not my BMR.

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