Help with TDEE
bohemian124
Posts: 152 Member
Hi all,
I've been counting calories for several months, aiming for 1200-1300. I eat back my exercise calories. I had good results with weight loss for awhile, but seem to have hit a wall the last few weeks and I'm worried about my metabolism. I have about 8-10 pounds to go before I hit my goal weight. After reading lots of posts, I'm thinking I need to eat more calories and that I should switch to the TDEE method instead. Unfortunately, my work computer is blocking a lot of the calculators recommended on this site, so I have to wait until I get home to figure some things out! Stupid firewalls....
In the meantime, I wanted to get advice on estimating my exercise level. I've been doing Orangetheory fitness (1 hour cardio and strength group training) 3-4 times a week. I recently started T25 as well. My goal is to work out 50-70 minutes/day five days a week, with one day off and one set aside just for stretching. Beyond that, I have a desk job and no kids, so I don't spend much of my day running around and active.
Just out of curiosity - will my weight go up at first when I start eating more calories everyday with TDEE (I'm guessing about 400 more/day based on preliminary calculations)? I just want to prepare myself mentally if that is going to be the case, even if it is only a temporary increase.
Thanks for your help!
I've been counting calories for several months, aiming for 1200-1300. I eat back my exercise calories. I had good results with weight loss for awhile, but seem to have hit a wall the last few weeks and I'm worried about my metabolism. I have about 8-10 pounds to go before I hit my goal weight. After reading lots of posts, I'm thinking I need to eat more calories and that I should switch to the TDEE method instead. Unfortunately, my work computer is blocking a lot of the calculators recommended on this site, so I have to wait until I get home to figure some things out! Stupid firewalls....
In the meantime, I wanted to get advice on estimating my exercise level. I've been doing Orangetheory fitness (1 hour cardio and strength group training) 3-4 times a week. I recently started T25 as well. My goal is to work out 50-70 minutes/day five days a week, with one day off and one set aside just for stretching. Beyond that, I have a desk job and no kids, so I don't spend much of my day running around and active.
Just out of curiosity - will my weight go up at first when I start eating more calories everyday with TDEE (I'm guessing about 400 more/day based on preliminary calculations)? I just want to prepare myself mentally if that is going to be the case, even if it is only a temporary increase.
Thanks for your help!
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Your weight will only go up if you eat more than your daily maintenance. As long as you stay below it, you can't gain fat.0
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We could help but for this we need more data.
Height and current weight for starters.
Guessing wouldn't help here very much.
How much have you lost already and what is your goal weight?
The last pounds are always the most difficult ones.0 -
Sorry about that. I'm a 4'11" female, current weight is 134.5 lbs, goal weight is 125 lbs. I have lost about 9 lbs total so far.0
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Anyone??0
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The Scoobysworkshop calculator, set to 5-6 hrs/wk of exercise shows your TDEE as 2145. A 20% deficit would be 1716 calories/day. 15% would be 1823. 10% would be 1930.0
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I'm also thinking about switching to the TDEE method. With an activity level of 1-3 hours of light exercise it brings me to a TDEE of 1853, which is actually almost right on with what my MotoActiv has me burning on my rest days ( active days I have been able to reach over 2300). TDEE-20% brings me to 1482, almost 300 more than my basic calorie goal on MFP. My question is, should I slowly work myself back up to that 1482 ( maybe an increase of 150ish per week), or just jump right in? I want to make sure I don't screw myself up. But I think 1200 calories a day is just too low for me ( I can do it, I just don't really like it)0
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Get a food scale.
Your metabolism is most likely fine.
Also, you maybe want to be ~1400 calories0 -
TDEE-20% brings me to 1482, almost 300 more than my basic calorie goal on MFP. My question is, should I slowly work myself back up to that 1482 ( maybe an increase of 150ish per week), or just jump right in? I want to make sure I don't screw myself up. But I think 1200 calories a day is just too low for me ( I can do it, I just don't really like it)
Have you not been eating exercise calories? I recently decided to try TDEE method, because going back to the low calories on my non-active day was starting to drive me crazy--I'd try to kick my calories up by not really taking the day off from exercise, which didn't work for me, and yet I could never eat my calories on bigger workout days and ended up eating a lot more indulgent stuff than I wanted to, which wasn't great either. Anyway, I decided to try doing TDEE, but it ends up largely just averaging the same calories over the week, so there's not really an increase (I am hoping to lose the same as I was).
Anyway, I've increased my calories at various points while losing (1200 without exercise at first to eating back exercise, for example, and 1200 base to 1400 base at one point) and it has only affected the rate of loss, not caused a gain.0 -
TDEE-20% brings me to 1482, almost 300 more than my basic calorie goal on MFP. My question is, should I slowly work myself back up to that 1482 ( maybe an increase of 150ish per week), or just jump right in? I want to make sure I don't screw myself up. But I think 1200 calories a day is just too low for me ( I can do it, I just don't really like it)
Have you not been eating exercise calories? I recently decided to try TDEE method, because going back to the low calories on my non-active day was starting to drive me crazy--I'd try to kick my calories up by not really taking the day off from exercise, which didn't work for me, and yet I could never eat my calories on bigger workout days and ended up eating a lot more indulgent stuff than I wanted to, which wasn't great either. Anyway, I decided to try doing TDEE, but it ends up largely just averaging the same calories over the week, so there's not really an increase (I am hoping to lose the same as I was).
Anyway, I've increased my calories at various points while losing (1200 without exercise at first to eating back exercise, for example, and 1200 base to 1400 base at one point) and it has only affected the rate of loss, not caused a gain.
I do eat back my calories, and I feel the same, jumping up and down between 1200 and nearly 1700 is driving me crazy. Yesterday I had a big day, and no real appetite, so at 9 pm I was rummaging around the kitchen trying to find the 600 calories i still needed. I tried a bowl of icecream (cuz ya know, ICECREAM), but still needed another 200 calories and the protien to go with it, so back in the fridge for leftover chicken. I'm thinking the steadier daily goal of TDEE might work better for me0 -
im in the same boat. I have 13 lbs left to go and thought about switching to the tdee method as well. But feel like im gonna gain weighht0
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