Need calorie advice based on my BMR
blondx7
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Good morning party people.
I just calculated my BMR at 1344. Does this mean 1200 calories is too little for me? What percentage above my BMR should I be eating?
For the past 3 days I haven't eaten enough, but please don't judge me for that. There is a medical reason for it and today I will make sure to get to 1200 at minimum. My appetite is slowly coming back. I do not want to kill my metabolism or be unable to run several miles at a time, I am NOT trying for a VLCD. I've only undereaten for 3 days, and it was not intentional or something I feel good about. I feel like it needs to be corrected stat, which is why I'm seeking advice here.
I just calculated my BMR at 1344. Does this mean 1200 calories is too little for me? What percentage above my BMR should I be eating?
For the past 3 days I haven't eaten enough, but please don't judge me for that. There is a medical reason for it and today I will make sure to get to 1200 at minimum. My appetite is slowly coming back. I do not want to kill my metabolism or be unable to run several miles at a time, I am NOT trying for a VLCD. I've only undereaten for 3 days, and it was not intentional or something I feel good about. I feel like it needs to be corrected stat, which is why I'm seeking advice here.
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BMR isn't especially relevant. You should eat at a deficit based on your daily calorie burn.0
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TDEE is a easier number to know for weight loss more than BMR.0
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My understanding is that BMR is very relevant because you can't calculate your daily calorie burn without knowing your individual BMR.0
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what is TDEE?0
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BMR is not relevant. TDEE is total daily energy expenditure: your daily calorie burn.0
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Isn't that BMR + exercise cals?0
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More or less. What's important is a deficit based on the total, not BMR.
A perfect clone of you who sat at home all day and one who ran twenty miles a day would have fairly similar BMR and totally different caloric needs.0 -
I think my TDEE is ~2100. I just utilized an online calculator. Does that mean NET 1200 is too low, if I'm eating 100% of my exercise calories back?0
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This.DeguelloTex wrote: »More or less. What's important is a deficit based on the total, not BMR.
A perfect clone of you who sat at home all day and one who ran twenty miles a day would have fairly similar BMR and totally different caloric needs.
Take the BMR to figure out your TDEE, but then subtract off of the TDEE. At most around 20% is recommended.
http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/harris-benedict-equation/0 -
I think my TDEE is ~2100. I just utilized an online calculator. Does that mean NET 1200 is too low, if I'm eating 100% of my exercise calories back?
http://scoobysworkshop.com/
use this site to calculate TDEE.0 -
OK, it looks like my goal should be around 1600 calories.
thank you all so much!!0 -
BMR and TDEE Explained for Those Needing a Guide
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/931670
BMR/TDEE is how I roll.0 -
Yes, imo, 1200 is way too low for a TDEE of around 2100. A 20% deficit from TDEE is considered pretty aggressive, depending on how much weight you have to lose. A 10% deficit -- 1890 -- would put you at losing not quite half a pound a week, for example.0
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Your TDEE is your BMR plus energy expended from normal day to day activities plus exercise. TDEE is a better way to look at things when wanting to lose weight, there are plenty of online sites which will help you calculate yours, try scoobyworkshop for one example. Then depending on how much you need to lose you eat at 5-20% deficit of that TDEE amount. It works
as does the MFP method where you eat back (most) of your exercise calories. 0 -
If your TDEE is 2100 and you Net 1200 you have a calorie deficit of 900 per day, which would equate to about a 2lb a week loss (1000 cal deficit per day = 2 lbs a week). Your TDEE is similar to mine and I tend to aim for around 1550 a day average which is my 1200 plus 50% exercise cals. I tend to lost approx. 1 lb a week on this at the moment.0
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It looks like 1600-1700 will be my sweet spot at 20% deficit. Thank you all!0
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OK, thank you!! I only need to lose 20-25 pounds.0
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Alan Aragon has a pretty straight forward TDEE formula...
Goal weight x (hours of exercise + 9.5)0 -
That puts the number at 1425.0
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Remember it's all a guess to put you within a range... An educated guess.0
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I believe so...yopeeps025 wrote: »0 -
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Don't over-think it...yopeeps025 wrote: »0 -
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Even still, 1420-1680 is a big difference from 1200, so all this information has been very helpful to me for maintaining my health.0
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Unfortunately fat-loss is not that linear...tephanies1234 wrote: »
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