BMR and TDEE Explained for Those Needing a Guide

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  • Fit_Content
    Fit_Content Posts: 29 Member
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  • cassienicole7
    cassienicole7 Posts: 7 Member
    She explained this so well! Im going to try and recalculate all of it tomorrow for sure!
  • JG762
    JG762 Posts: 571 Member
    Tag for later review...
  • agaraffa
    agaraffa Posts: 27 Member
    Thanks so much for posting this, as someone who is just starting out it is very helpful.
  • nccarolb
    nccarolb Posts: 858 Member
    For future reference...
  • jeannemarie333
    jeannemarie333 Posts: 214 Member
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  • xxhieixx
    xxhieixx Posts: 89 Member
    Thank you for this! I've been eating 1450 calories and got stuck in a plateau at the same exact weight as last year. Decided to try this and my BMR is 1459 and I'm supposed to be eating 1700 a day.
    Hoping I can break out of this now, thanks again for posting this!
  • kristengraham
    kristengraham Posts: 59 Member
    *bump* :D
  • desidieter
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  • EvaL01
    EvaL01 Posts: 8 Member
    Saving this for later ..
  • olivebeanhealthy
    olivebeanhealthy Posts: 127 Member
    Wow; this was super neat and helpful: http://www.niddk.nih.gov/research-funding/at-niddk/labs-branches/LBM/integrative-physiology-section/body-weight-simulator/Pages/body-weight-simulator.aspx
  • KKB91
    KKB91 Posts: 7 Member
    It can't get any clearer than this. Thanks a whole lot!
  • amoynoodle
    amoynoodle Posts: 46 Member
    Bumpy bump. Awesome post... pretty sure im gonna need to start upping my cals here soon... :neutral_face:
  • jaggerjia
    jaggerjia Posts: 51
    Thank you for this post, its very helpful!
  • Stargazer525
    Stargazer525 Posts: 70 Member
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  • AnnofB
    AnnofB Posts: 3,589 Member
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  • muffinsandcakes
    muffinsandcakes Posts: 333 Member
    i don't understand ?
    my TDEE is (after lessening) 1650
    and my BMR is 1823 according to the site
    which should i follow ??
  • kaystep33
    kaystep33 Posts: 20 Member
    Thanks for the help
  • Poofersgrl
    Poofersgrl Posts: 161 Member
    wow...according to this formula I should eat 1800 calories per day. http://www.fat2fittools.com/tools/bmr/
  • UCCrista
    UCCrista Posts: 26 Member
    I was not sure how to enter this into MFP, but I tried to redo my goal and just set it to Active, and the same numbers as the website suggested came up! I will give it a try. I do go to the gym 3-5 times a week and burn about 1000 kCal per workout, plus I usually work between 5-7000 steps per day on the other days. I hope this help, since I have been on a plateau for 2 months. Thank you!
  • Mischievous_Rascal
    Mischievous_Rascal Posts: 1,791 Member
    Glad this one got a little bump!
  • rgrady33
    rgrady33 Posts: 48 Member
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  • mizroxy13
    mizroxy13 Posts: 466 Member
    Awesome! Thanks for the refresh on this!
  • Slinky92
    Slinky92 Posts: 36 Member
    Bump and thanks!
  • new_me_14
    new_me_14 Posts: 87 Member
    Thank you, helpful post!
  • sixxpoint
    sixxpoint Posts: 3,529 Member
    THIS IS ACTUALLY GOOD INFORMATION PEOPLE!!!

    FAVORITE THIS THREAD!
  • leblanc_tracy
    leblanc_tracy Posts: 11 Member
    Bump - saving for later
  • fionamantle1
    fionamantle1 Posts: 2 Member
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  • MelWick524
    MelWick524 Posts: 215 Member
    edited June 2015
    So, in order to keep you living and breathing, again, body NOT caring about weight loss, the body will slow or stop some other systems (metabolism being the 1st it stops) and hang on to those 1200 calories b/c all it knows is that you are under-feeding it and so it must "hoard" that 1200, store it as fat and keep you alive. You essentially are stopping the metabolic process to a halt when you under eat.

    ... wait a minute here ... ??? ... isn't this post feeding into the Starvation Mode myth? Maybe I'm reading something wrong?
  • MelWick524
    MelWick524 Posts: 215 Member
    and then this later on by the OP...

    The first week, I lost the slight 3 lb gain I had when I was eating at a deficit - despite eating below 1200 when I was "unschooled" my body kept and retained even the plant based food - it was hungry! But after that bump to 1680, I lost those 3 lbs PLUS another 1 lb at that weigh in

    i'm sorry, but i don't think this post should be on the announcements...

    "i gained 3lbs in one week when eating at a deficit" ... no.no.no.no.no. Why is this post getting so much praise? It's taken me a long time to unwrap my head around bro-science.

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