working out metabolic rate?

123juliaj123
123juliaj123 Posts: 76 Member
edited 1:42AM in Health and Weight Loss
Hi
can anyone tell me if they have worked out their metabolic rate? I think it must be possible to take the CICO factor in cals burned with exercize and work out just what my metabolic rate is.

I am working on moving to maintainance and would prefer to be able to have some idea of my current metabolic rate before I start.

ALSO: can anyone tell me is cals net the amount of cals left after exercize or is it something else? The two reports on cals available are, net cals and cals and I dont understand the difference?
thanks for looking I just could do with a bit of help :)

Replies

  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
    Calories burned are probably harder to calculate exactly enough from which to reverse engineer BMR. I just use a BMR formula and use that and intake versus weight loss to see what's going on.

    Yes, net is after exercise.
  • 123juliaj123
    123juliaj123 Posts: 76 Member
    ok trying to get my head around this but I think that net cals + 3500cals per pound lost should tell me my metabolic rate?
  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
    edited October 2015
    Net calories includes "metabolic" calories, though, just not exercise calories.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    Why do you think this will help your maintenance?

    Surely you just need to work out your TDEE over the last say 3 months

    So add up how many calories you've eaten in total
    Add up how many pounds weight you've lost and times by 3500
    Add the two together
    Divide by the days you've counted and you've got your maintenance TDEE roughly
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    My metabolic rate is pleasantly stuck. ;)
  • 123juliaj123
    123juliaj123 Posts: 76 Member
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    Why do you think this will help your maintenance?

    Surely you just need to work out your TDEE over the last say 3 months

    So add up how many calories you've eaten in total
    Add up how many pounds weight you've lost and times by 3500
    Add the two together
    Divide by the days you've counted and you've got your maintenance TDEE roughly

    what is TDEE please? Im fairly new here
  • juggernaut1974
    juggernaut1974 Posts: 6,212 Member
    123juliaj123 wrote: »
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    Why do you think this will help your maintenance?

    Surely you just need to work out your TDEE over the last say 3 months

    So add up how many calories you've eaten in total
    Add up how many pounds weight you've lost and times by 3500
    Add the two together
    Divide by the days you've counted and you've got your maintenance TDEE roughly

    what is TDEE please? Im fairly new here

    Total Daily Energy Expenditure.

    It's the sum total of calories you burn in a given day...those from just existing, those from your regular daily activity, and those from any additional exercise.
  • segacs
    segacs Posts: 4,599 Member
    123juliaj123 wrote: »
    what is TDEE please? Im fairly new here

    It's how much you burn.

    To lose weight, you need to eat less than you burn. CICO = Calories In, Calories Out.
  • _Terrapin_
    _Terrapin_ Posts: 4,301 Member
    juggernaut1974 wrote: »
    123juliaj123 wrote: »
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    Why do you think this will help your maintenance?

    Surely you just need to work out your TDEE over the last say 3 months

    So add up how many calories you've eaten in total
    Add up how many pounds weight you've lost and times by 3500
    Add the two together
    Divide by the days you've counted and you've got your maintenance TDEE roughly

    what is TDEE please? Im fairly new here

    Total Daily Energy Expenditure.

    It's the sum total of calories you burn in a given day...those from just existing, those from your regular daily activity, and those from any additional exercise.
    And. . . .and......and TEF(Thermic effect of food-z) though this 5-7% of TDEE so not as important as the other listed items.

  • 123juliaj123
    123juliaj123 Posts: 76 Member
    thanks I was thinking all sorts of things lol I figured it was total daily something or other
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    123juliaj123 wrote: »
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    Why do you think this will help your maintenance?

    Surely you just need to work out your TDEE over the last say 3 months

    So add up how many calories you've eaten in total
    Add up how many pounds weight you've lost and times by 3500
    Add the two together
    Divide by the days you've counted and you've got your maintenance TDEE roughly

    what is TDEE please? Im fairly new here

    Then you're going to love this...cos really it's the only thing you need to know :)

    As they said its total daily energy expenditure which means how many calories you use living your life including all activity and any exercise

    Eat to your TDEE you'll maintain

    Eat below it you'll lose, above if you'll gain

    Your basic metabolic rate plus your general activity plus purposeful exercise = TDEE
This discussion has been closed.

Categories