BMR x.2?? But i feel thats too much....

thatch1234
thatch1234 Posts: 276 Member
edited November 11 in Health and Weight Loss
Hey guys, I input all my data into the BMR calculator on Myfp and it says its 2,009. Now im 5ft 7 male, 26, 16.12 stone. I've been eating 2000 cals for weeks now and the scale is kinda iffy. Not really moving that much, I do an hour of football on wednesday which according to my polar hrm i burn 1000 cals doing. I also lift 3 days a week and usually atleast go for one 2 mile run a week. I would say im actually quite fit for my weight/fat %. Im looking for some guidance on cals i should eat upto. I saw a video where you take the bmr and x by .2 and add together and thats what you eat. Anyone else heard of this or anyone else could please input my data and give me an answer lol. Ive come across so many to use and it changes so what ones working for you guys? thanks.

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  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    Your estimated BMR is perhaps accurate to +/- 10% so it could be 1800 which if multiplied up by 1.2 for sedentary would be a daily calorie need for maintenance of 2160 without exercise.

    As you have presumably 50 lbs to lose or so you can run a higher deficit than when closer to goal so if you dial in a non-exercise day food intake of say 1600 calories you should be good to go. You can choose what proportion of exercise calories you wish to "eat back".

    If you use MFP's standard approach then "sedentary" would put you at a daily energy requirement (without exercise) of 2400 and if you said you wanted to lose 1.5 lbs/week it would subtract 750 taking you to 1650 goal calories.
  • thatch1234
    thatch1234 Posts: 276 Member
    Hey thanks for replying. You see this a number I haven't ever calculated. When doing scooby etc it puts me at 2200 after -20%? 1600 seems pretty low but that might be because I'm not used to seeing it that low...
  • thatch1234
    thatch1234 Posts: 276 Member
    Oh also I'm sure I read on a sticky somewhere that you should never out sedentary. Apparently even if your doing a desk job and barely walk around nobody's activity level is truly sedentary. Not sure if true just certain I've read it somewhere
  • thatch1234
    thatch1234 Posts: 276 Member
    Would really appreciate some more info on this if anyone has any??
  • olivia_june
    olivia_june Posts: 111 Member
    yarwell wrote: »
    Your estimated BMR is perhaps accurate to +/- 10% so it could be 1800 which if multiplied up by 1.2 for sedentary would be a daily calorie need for maintenance of 2160 without exercise.

    As you have presumably 50 lbs to lose or so you can run a higher deficit than when closer to goal so if you dial in a non-exercise day food intake of say 1600 calories you should be good to go. You can choose what proportion of exercise calories you wish to "eat back".

    If you use MFP's standard approach then "sedentary" would put you at a daily energy requirement (without exercise) of 2400 and if you said you wanted to lose 1.5 lbs/week it would subtract 750 taking you to 1650 goal calories.

    1600 calories is way too low. Maybe tweak it so you're eating 2100 for football, 2000 for lifiting, and 1900 for running/rest for a couple weeks just to see what happens. Weight loss is a lot of guessing and tweaking to find out what works for you, unfortunately. It would be so much easier if it was a straight formula! :)
  • thatch1234
    thatch1234 Posts: 276 Member
    Hehe yeah that actually is a very good idea. I also thought 1600 was considerably low lol. No offence ofcourse I know just trying to help but yeah. Thanks a lot for responding guys. Onwards and upwards :)
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