Switching to TDEE method success stories? Pleaaseeeeee

Jcornwa1
Jcornwa1 Posts: 18
in Health and Weight Loss
Since January I have been using the "set calorie goal and eat exercise calories back" method and have managed to lose 44 lbs that way. However, for the past few weeks i haven't lost a lb, i'm actually 5lbs heavier on the scale although I know for a fact that that cant be actual weight as i have still been in a deficit. If I am honest with myself, I have been at this plateau for even longer than i'd like to admit. Bouncing around the 130s helter skelter for over a month. I think I may be underestimating my "eating back" calories, and overestimating what I am actually burning despite trying to be as accurate as possible. I'm 5' 7.5" and I live a VERY active life. I work full time and am on my feet the entire time, with a full class schedule as well as working of 3 or 4 times a week. On the days I don't have time to work out, and therefore don't have extra exercise calories, 1200 just doesn't cut it, and it causes me to binge. So. I'm going to give this 20% below TDEE method a try, enjoy my extra calories, spend them wisely and not record workouts and see what happens. I just wondered if anyone has had success with switching weight loss methods? I'm sure people have...I just kind of want to hear the stories. Ha

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  • shields1847
    shields1847 Posts: 14 Member
    I'd go up to maintenance or a slight deficit for a couple days, it might help break the plateau after you restart your deficit.
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    TDEE-20% = MFP food calories+exercise calories if you have weekly weight loss set at 1lb a week...

    So you are talking about 6 of one and half a dozen of another....

    If MFP has you set at 1200 calories you probably have your weight loss goal set @ 2lbs a week and sedentary lifestyle?

    With 10lbs to go your weekly weight loss goal should be 1/2lb a week and you should be set to at least active with your job.

    Switching to TDEE is an option but should only be used if you are consistent with your workouts and if you do decide to use TDEE you should set it at TDEE-10%...not 20%...

    Plateau's are 6-8 weeks typically if not longer and eating more wont break it because you are technically at maintenance if you are not losing weight.

    ETA: I use TDEE but that is because my exercise is consistent and it is weight lifting which is hard to estimate calories burned, I have used it for 7 months but when I switched to TDEE-20% it was my MFP gross calories...
  • deksgrl
    deksgrl Posts: 7,237 Member
    What Stef said ^^^^

    20% is too steep a deficit because you are close to goal.

    A properly set MFP + exercise calories goal should be about the same as a properly set TDEE - % goal. The only difference is you eat the same amount of calories every day with the TDEE method.

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