TDEE & BMR. HELP PLEASE? <3

cherrilovee
cherrilovee Posts: 194 Member
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Well, I'm a 19 year old female and I used a TDEE & BMR calculator online. Long story short, my BMR was 1742, and I've been eating 1550 calories a day for the past couple months. The weight loss suddenly stopped, but that may be because I've been doing more weight training. Anyways, I'm wondering if I'm doing it right. Since my goal was 1550, I raised it to 1742 now. Let me know what you think, thanks!

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  • Cher1e1n2
    Cher1e1n2 Posts: 22 Member
    Have you been updating your weight data to compensate for your weightloss? the smaller you become the less calories you need at a basal level.
  • cherrilovee
    cherrilovee Posts: 194 Member
    Yes, I update my weight. MFP says I should be eating 1520 calories a day in order to lose 2 pounds per week. But I haven't been losing weight at all recently so I thought I could step up the calories & eat even healthier
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    You don't look like you have 100 lbs to lose, so 2 lbs per week is pretty unrealistic. To lose weight you need to eat above your BMR but below your TDEE.

    I like this calculator - easy to use and tells you what amount to eat: http://iifym.com/iifym-calculator/

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