TDEE vs. NEAT vs. What Have you.

mmmskyler
mmmskyler Posts: 21 Member
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I am well aware that this topic has been beaten to death, however, I cannot wrap my head around it.

I am not sure as to how many calories I am supposed to eat a day to lose weight, whether or not to eat my exercise calories back, and whether my Fitbit shouldn't be associated with MFP account.

How does MFP calculate what I am supposed to eat? Should I be eating my exercise calories back?

According to the IIFYM website, I should be eating 2012 calories a day. Period, the end. Whether I work out, or whether I don't. However, MFP says that I should be eating 1300. I can only assume this does not account for my exercising? So I should be eating those back?

I appreciate the assistance.

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  • EvanKeel
    EvanKeel Posts: 1,903 Member
    The quote below is taken from this thread I found while doing a search. It did not take long.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1230764-mfp-hrm-tdee-20-or-bmr-logging-exercise?hl=TDEE+NEAT#posts-19259377

    Choose a method..NEAT or TDEE.

    NEAT=MFP...which means put in MFP 1/2lb a week...put your activity level at a correct level for how you spend most of your day (not exercise) eat those calories log your exercise and eat 50-75% of them back.

    Or

    TDEE got to a site put in your stats, activity level as active and take that number subtract 10% and eat that everyday and do not eat back exercise calories.

    That example happens to choose a 1/2 a week loss, but you could set MFP to lose 1lb/week,etc. Given that, do you still have some confusion?
  • mmmskyler
    mmmskyler Posts: 21 Member
    The quote below is taken from this thread I found while doing a search. It did not take long.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1230764-mfp-hrm-tdee-20-or-bmr-logging-exercise?hl=TDEE+NEAT#posts-19259377

    Choose a method..NEAT or TDEE.

    NEAT=MFP...which means put in MFP 1/2lb a week...put your activity level at a correct level for how you spend most of your day (not exercise) eat those calories log your exercise and eat 50-75% of them back.

    Or

    TDEE got to a site put in your stats, activity level as active and take that number subtract 10% and eat that everyday and do not eat back exercise calories.

    That example happens to choose a 1/2 a week loss, but you could set MFP to lose 1lb/week,etc. Given that, do you still have some confusion?

    All right, this makes sense. Thank you, very much, EvanKeel!

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