TDEE BMR = WTF?

ChrisMullis
ChrisMullis Posts: 73
in Health and Weight Loss
Please someone explain these numbers.

My BMR is 2617
My TDEE is 3827.

What does it all mean?

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  • accelerashawn
    accelerashawn Posts: 470 Member
    BMR is what you should burn doing nothing in a day...basal metabolic rate
    TDEE is what you should burn given your daily activities...total daily energy expenditure
    WTF is when you don't know what the hell is going on...what the flip
  • Yurippe
    Yurippe Posts: 850 Member
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/512956-tdee-what-is-it-and-why-you-should-not-eat-below-your-bmr
  • ChrisMullis
    ChrisMullis Posts: 73
    BMR is what you should burn doing nothing in a day...basal metabolic rate
    TDEE is what you should burn given your daily activities...total daily energy expenditure
    WTF is when you don't know what the hell is going on...what the flip


    So my TDEE is good?
  • mikevandewetering
    mikevandewetering Posts: 155 Member
    BMR means basic metabolic rate (what your burn in a coma like state)
    TDEE or TEE (same thing) means Total Daily Energy Expenditure which is a metric to calculate the amount of calories your body needs to function in a day.
  • vismal
    vismal Posts: 2,463 Member
    BMR is what you should burn doing nothing in a day...basal metabolic rate
    TDEE is what you should burn given your daily activities...total daily energy expenditure
    WTF is when you don't know what the hell is going on...what the flip


    So my TDEE is good?
    It's not good or bad, its simply an estimate of your total daily energy expenditure. What do you mean by good?
  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    Basal Metabolic rate is what your body needs to maintain in a comatose state.

    Total Daily Energy Expenditure is what your body needs to maintain after choosing the correct lifestyle you live.


    You lost 104 pounds . Congrats. How did you do that because it sounds like you did a lot of trial error and guessing?
  • ChrisMullis
    ChrisMullis Posts: 73
    BMR is what you should burn doing nothing in a day...basal metabolic rate
    TDEE is what you should burn given your daily activities...total daily energy expenditure
    WTF is when you don't know what the hell is going on...what the flip


    So my TDEE is good?
    It's not good or bad, its simply an estimate of your total daily energy expenditure. What do you mean by good?

    I dont know? I have no idea what any of it means or how I should use the information.
  • ChrisMullis
    ChrisMullis Posts: 73
    Basal Metabolic rate is what your body needs to maintain in a comatose state.

    Total Daily Energy Expenditure is what your body needs to maintain after choosing the correct lifestyle you live.


    You lost 104 pounds . Congrats. How did you do that because it sounds like you did a lot of trial error and guessing?

    Eat well, excercise more than I did. Which before was never ever.

    Its taken 18 months and I still want to lose 10st more.
  • Cheekies_
    Cheekies_ Posts: 319 Member
    WTF is when you don't know what the hell is going on...what the flip

    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,251 Member
    Please someone explain these numbers.

    My BMR is 2617
    My TDEE is 3827.

    What does it all mean?
    In theory, it means that you would healthfully lose weight by eating more than 2617 calories, but less than 3827 calories. Many people choose TDEE minus 15% or 20%. If you follow this method, then ignore MFP when it tells you to "eat back" your exercise calories (which is bizarre to me anyway).
  • Laurenloveswaffles
    Laurenloveswaffles Posts: 535 Member
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/512956-tdee-what-is-it-and-why-you-should-not-eat-below-your-bmr

    Read this.
  • vismal
    vismal Posts: 2,463 Member
    BMR is what you should burn doing nothing in a day...basal metabolic rate
    TDEE is what you should burn given your daily activities...total daily energy expenditure
    WTF is when you don't know what the hell is going on...what the flip


    So my TDEE is good?
    It's not good or bad, its simply an estimate of your total daily energy expenditure. What do you mean by good?

    I dont know? I have no idea what any of it means or how I should use the information.
    The way I lose weight is I take my TDEE and eat 500 calories less then it. That in theory should cause a 1 lb a week weight loss. It doesn't stop there though. You only have an estimate of your TDEE. If you aren't losing the 1 lb a week on average then your TDEE is either overestimated in which case you reduce your total calories consumed or you are making errors in your calorie tracking, in which case you correct the errors and wind up reducing your total calories consumed. Moral of the story is start with TDEE - 500 calories. If you lose weight, keep at it, if you don't, reduce calories. That's weight loss 101.
  • SheGlows
    SheGlows Posts: 520 Member
    Good definitions of these things up there^^

    If your TDEE is accurate (which it probably isn't 100 percent), then if you eat less than that number of calories daily, you should lose weight. If you eat more than that amount per day, then you should gain weight. Hit that number daily and you'll maintain. How rapidly your weight shifts will be based on how many calories over/under your TDEE you are. However most people on MFP find that their TDEE isn't totally accurate and so you'll have to play around with numbers for a little while until you get your desired result.
  • ChrisMullis
    ChrisMullis Posts: 73
    BMR is what you should burn doing nothing in a day...basal metabolic rate
    TDEE is what you should burn given your daily activities...total daily energy expenditure
    WTF is when you don't know what the hell is going on...what the flip


    OK

    I eat way below my BMR almost everyday.

    So my TDEE is good?
    It's not good or bad, its simply an estimate of your total daily energy expenditure. What do you mean by good?

    I dont know? I have no idea what any of it means or how I should use the information.
    The way I lose weight is I take my TDEE and eat 500 calories less then it. That in theory should cause a 1 lb a week weight loss. It doesn't stop there though. You only have an estimate of your TDEE. If you aren't losing the 1 lb a week on average then your TDEE is either overestimated in which case you reduce your total calories consumed or you are making errors in your calorie tracking, in which case you correct the errors and wind up reducing your total calories consumed. Moral of the story is start with TDEE - 500 calories. If you lose weight, keep at it, if you don't, reduce calories. That's weight loss 101.
  • ChrisMullis
    ChrisMullis Posts: 73
    BMR is what you should burn doing nothing in a day...basal metabolic rate
    TDEE is what you should burn given your daily activities...total daily energy expenditure
    WTF is when you don't know what the hell is going on...what the flip


    So my TDEE is good?
    It's not good or bad, its simply an estimate of your total daily energy expenditure. What do you mean by good?

    I dont know? I have no idea what any of it means or how I should use the information.
    The way I lose weight is I take my TDEE and eat 500 calories less then it. That in theory should cause a 1 lb a week weight loss. It doesn't stop there though. You only have an estimate of your TDEE. If you aren't losing the 1 lb a week on average then your TDEE is either overestimated in which case you reduce your total calories consumed or you are making errors in your calorie tracking, in which case you correct the errors and wind up reducing your total calories consumed. Moral of the story is start with TDEE - 500 calories. If you lose weight, keep at it, if you don't, reduce calories. That's weight loss 101.

    I eat way below my BMR almost everyday?
  • WBB55
    WBB55 Posts: 4,131 Member
    I dont know? I have no idea what any of it means or how I should use the information.

    As you get closer and closer to your goal, your TDEE goes down (since you weigh less). As you get closer to your goal, it becomes more important to be accurate with your calorie deficit.

    What I do with my TDEE is I try to eat (on average) 250-500 calories less each day than my average TDEE. You weigh more than me, so you can very healthily tolerate a larger deficit. So if your TDEE is 3800 or so, you could probably eat 2400-2800 total every day and lose weight at a very steady and healthy rate.

    Some people would say not to eat below your BMR. But since you still have so much to lose, as long as you're not experiencing light headedness or "hangry" or you find yourself binging, then you could probably go a couple hundred under BMR without it being a huge big deal. Just make sure to eat enough protein and get all your vitamins. It's all estimates anyway. If what you're currently doing is working, just keep it up.
  • ChrisMullis
    ChrisMullis Posts: 73
    I dont know? I have no idea what any of it means or how I should use the information.

    As you get closer and closer to your goal, your TDEE goes down (since you weigh less). As you get closer to your goal, it becomes more important to be accurate with your calorie deficit.

    What I do with my TDEE is I try to eat (on average) 250-500 calories less each day than my average TDEE. You weigh more than me, so you can very healthily tolerate a larger deficit. So if your TDEE is 3800 or so, you could probably eat 2400-2800 total every day and lose weight at a very steady and healthy rate.

    Some people would say not to eat below your BMR. But since you still have so much to lose, as long as you're not experiencing light headedness or "hangry" or you find yourself binging, then you could probably go a couple hundred under BMR without it being a huge big deal. Just make sure to eat enough protein and get all your vitamins. It's all estimates anyway. If what you're currently doing is working, just keep it up.

    Thanks.

    This helps a lot :)
  • 212ackley
    212ackley Posts: 431 Member
    Go here!! Best explanation I've found! :flowerforyou:


    http://calorieline.com/tools/tdee
  • greeneyes972
    greeneyes972 Posts: 87
    awesome info posted y'all, i'm going to reread it later... thanks!

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