Scoobysworkshop or IIFYM calculator is more accurate?

mylosingtool
mylosingtool Posts: 9
edited November 8 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi :wink:

I want to cut the remaining fat on my precious muscles (female, 5 ft 7, 148 pounds), but am confused how much should I eat. The scooby said I need 2500 for maintainance (oh this would be nice!) so around 2000 for cutting. IIFYM- 2195 maintain, 1866 cutting as a starting point of course. Before I used this calculators I couldnt stick to a diet 1600 calories, because I was SO DAMN hungry that I just overate every time. I guess 1600 is too low for me or I just lack willpower, which is not very probable due to the fact that I eat 100% clean 100% of the time : paleo as a base with some brown rice or buckwheat here and there. I never eat anything else, I just dont need to. But the problem is... I cant stick to a cutting number 1500-1600 seems so low for me...

I exercise 5 times a week: 3 times lifting heavy weights (around 45 min.) plus 5 times moderate cardio (treadmil, some DVD like Bob Harper, I aim for 60 min. or at least 500-600 calories burned).

Could you please help me with setting the numbers? :) Thanks!

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  • mylosingtool
    mylosingtool Posts: 9
    P.S. I am a woman, 22 years old, college student.
  • mylosingtool
    mylosingtool Posts: 9
    Anyone? Please :((
  • _SandShoveller_
    _SandShoveller_ Posts: 197 Member
    Pick a number! ANY Number - and TRY IT!! It is not an exact science, so NO ONE and NO CALCULATOR can give you an answer. Doesn't help you but its's the truth. That said - when people come from a CUT to Maintenance, or Bulk, the tried and tested way to 'Reverse Diet" is add 200 calories a day for 2-3 weeks (so in your case, bump to 1800) monitor body fat, weight etc. and revise depending on what you see . . . .

    PS - Love your profile . . . .
  • mylosingtool
    mylosingtool Posts: 9
    Okay... I guess I will stick with the 1850 at first (IIFYM)...
    Thanks, you mean nickname? :D
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    _SandShoveller_ wrote: »
    Pick a number! ANY Number - and TRY IT!! It is not an exact science, so NO ONE and NO CALCULATOR can give you an answer.

    ^ This
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    edited December 2014
    They're both really similar for me. It's odd that your numbers would be so different. Anyway, just pick one, then adjust from there in a month.
  • ana3067
    ana3067 Posts: 5,623 Member
    IIFYM calculates quite a bit too low for me, about 200 lower and it's definitely not accurate for me. But generally speaking, I always advise using the higher number so that you can more easily lower your caloric intake to meet your desired weight loss rate. I feel like this can help understand one's TDEE a bit better as well.

  • LolBroScience
    LolBroScience Posts: 4,537 Member
    _SandShoveller_ wrote: »
    Pick a number! ANY Number - and TRY IT!! It is not an exact science, so NO ONE and NO CALCULATOR can give you an answer. Doesn't help you but its's the truth. That said - when people come from a CUT to Maintenance, or Bulk, the tried and tested way to 'Reverse Diet" is add 200 calories a day for 2-3 weeks (so in your case, bump to 1800) monitor body fat, weight etc. and revise depending on what you see . . . .

    PS - Love your profile . . . .

    Pretty much. Pick a number and assess how you respond to that level of calories after a little bit of time.

    Personally, I'd start on the high side as I want my calories as how as possible while I start to cut. If you can't pick a number, try the average between the two sites.
  • TimothyFish
    TimothyFish Posts: 4,925 Member
    There are differences depending on which research model you use. I think IIFYM uses Mifflin-St. Jeor. I don't know if anyone has compared the models for accuracy. If they did, that would probably just create another model.
  • ana3067
    ana3067 Posts: 5,623 Member
    TimothyFish wrote: »
    There are differences depending on which research model you use. I think IIFYM uses Mifflin-St. Jeor. I don't know if anyone has compared the models for accuracy. If they did, that would probably just create another model.
    Both sites use this formula by default though, so I'm assuming they have set it up so that your activity level is a different multiplyer. E.g. I need to choose 6x a week on IIFYM for it to match up with Scoobys.
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