My bmr and tdee

If your not a very active person, then it is highly possible. On a very very lazy day, my fitbit estimates I only burn 200-300 calories more than my bmr. On really active days, the difference can be 1000 or more calories. It really just depends.

So providing you selected the correct activity level when using the TDEE calculator, it is very possible that you only have a slight difference between the two numbers.

I am new to this...What does BMR and tdee mean?

Oh thanks for that info!:) How do you find those numbers?

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

My tdee is 500 cal more than my bmr
So I am essentially eating my bmr calorie amount each day to lose 1
Lb a week...does this seem odd? How can a person only eat there bmr amount?

Do keep in mind that if your TDEE is say 2000 calories then your body has burned 2000 calories that day. If you eat 1500 calories it burned 1500 calories you ate and 500 from your fat reserves. If you eat 2000 calories it burned 2000 calories you ate and 0 from your fat. If you eat 2500 calories it burns 2000 calories and saves the remaining 500 as fat or glycogen stores or flushes them.

Your body IS getting its TDEE in calories no matter what you do unless you are literally starving to death. So you can eat at your BMR but your body is consuming your TDEE, it just happens that some of that consumption is of your own fat rather than what you consumed.

Make sense?

Hi again Sally-


I think the general agreed upon wisdom of fitness sites like this is that you have two numbers to calculate:

BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate), the number of calories your body required for basic function (the number it would burn over 24 hours if you just slept that entire time).

TDEE (Total Daily Energy Expenditure): The number of calories your body burns on a given day taking into account your activity: anything from being on your feet to doing an intense workout

The general idea for safe maintainable weight loss is to eat an amount of calories that is between these two numbers.

So for example my BMR is about 1800. I do regular cardio and weight training that brings my TDEE to 2500. I try to eat 2000 calories a day which is above my BMR (1800) but 20% below my TDEE (2500).

Basically just consider your BMR to be your lower bound on what you can eat calorically while your TDEE is your upper bound, assuming you want to lose weight. Probably shouldn't go further than 20% below your TDEE either. If eating 20% under your TDEE brings you below your BMR you can either exercise more to bring your TDEE up so it doesn't or aim for something more like 10% under

"Do you think 1 lb a week is too much for me. I would like to lose 20 more?
I actually want to get back to myself in the pic here 145 and I am now 164. 5'3 "

Well that is hard to answer Sally, I'm going to answer in 2 ways to be as honest and forthcoming as possible.

1. Do I think it is safe to lose 1 lb a week. Yes, I do think you can do that safely.

2. Do I think losing 1 lb a week is to much for YOU specifically. Well, that I can't answer...only you can answer that. Earlier you talked about wanting to make this a lifestyle change rather than a crash-diet and that is the right attitude to have. If you find that to lose 1 lb a week you have to contort your habits and life in a way that is uncomfortable for you I would argue that it is more likely that you will quit or get frustrated. Better to take it at the pace that YOU can handle and I cannot tell you what that pace is.