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Unsure of the proper TDEE calculator to follow for my calorie reset..
paperm0on
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I'am starting to worry I may not be eating at my TDEE maintenance level, because I did not gain any weight yet as I have read on here(..Impatient to gain weight, amazing huh?)
Before I started, my weight fluctuated between 162-164lbs. I started eating at my supposed maintenance calorie level since the TDEE calculators I used gave me varying results on the *Light activity function of:
2,110 http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/
2112 http://www.fitnessfrog.com/calculators/tdee-calculator.html
2150 http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/ (via katch-mcardle)
2,144 https://tdeecalculator.net/
2,307 http://scoobysworkshop.com/accurate-calorie-calculator/ (via Harris Benedict)
Confusing, but to be safe, I stuck to 2113-2150 for the past two days since none of the calculators gave me a 2307 estimate.
Yes I know that's a short amount of time, and I guess I gotta see what happens in a week, but I felt for my body it was easy to put on weight than loose.
Any ideas if I should just go with the ones that don't go over over the 2,100 range or is 2,307 via Harris Benedict the correct estimation?
Before I started, my weight fluctuated between 162-164lbs. I started eating at my supposed maintenance calorie level since the TDEE calculators I used gave me varying results on the *Light activity function of:
2,110 http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/
2112 http://www.fitnessfrog.com/calculators/tdee-calculator.html
2150 http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/ (via katch-mcardle)
2,144 https://tdeecalculator.net/
2,307 http://scoobysworkshop.com/accurate-calorie-calculator/ (via Harris Benedict)
Confusing, but to be safe, I stuck to 2113-2150 for the past two days since none of the calculators gave me a 2307 estimate.
Yes I know that's a short amount of time, and I guess I gotta see what happens in a week, but I felt for my body it was easy to put on weight than loose.
Any ideas if I should just go with the ones that don't go over over the 2,100 range or is 2,307 via Harris Benedict the correct estimation?
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Many of us find it more helpful to use the "Just my TDEE and Deficit Please" spreadsheet that Heybales developed:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1G7FgNzPq3v5WMjDtH0n93LXSMRY_hjmzNTMJb3aZSxM/edit?usp=sharing
I for one got tired of trying to find the perfect calculator and find this so much easier to deal with, hopefully it will help you too.
And as always, many thanks to the wonderfully helpful Heybales.0 -
I'll agree I like the spreadsheet better too. I guess I better though.
I'll mention that the Lightly-Active level, I move in to that level according to Fitbit even on a sedentary day with no exercise and only getting about 4K steps in.
The top of that level could be correct for sedentary with only some walking weekly, or short lifting workouts 3 x weekly. But no kids/pets and not much to do for family in evenings/weekends.
And yeah, probably too short, but depending on where you came from, it could be a swapping of water weight.
Retained water because of stress from eating too low going away, while you get more stored in muscles with glucose.
So merely a trade. But latter is spread throughout the body, former is usually around mid-section. So even that trade is loss of inches usually.
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Thank you! His calculator has my bmr at 1497 (first calculator to give me that, it's usually in the 1500s. But TDEE is at 2200. If the scale miraculously goes lower fir me at my supposed current TDEE, I'll up it to 2200.retirehappy wrote: »Many of us find it more helpful to use the "Just my TDEE and Deficit Please" spreadsheet that Heybales developed:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1G7FgNzPq3v5WMjDtH0n93LXSMRY_hjmzNTMJb3aZSxM/edit?usp=sharing
I for one got tired of trying to find the perfect calculator and find this so much easier to deal with, hopefully it will help you too.
And as always, many thanks to the wonderfully helpful Heybales.I'll agree I like the spreadsheet better too. I guess I better though.
I'll mention that the Lightly-Active level, I move in to that level according to Fitbit even on a sedentary day with no exercise and only getting about 4K steps in.
The top of that level could be correct for sedentary with only some walking weekly, or short lifting workouts 3 x weekly. But no kids/pets and not much to do for family in evenings/weekends.
And yeah, probably too short, but depending on where you came from, it could be a swapping of water weight.
Retained water because of stress from eating too low going away, while you get more stored in muscles with glucose.
So merely a trade. But latter is spread throughout the body, former is usually around mid-section. So even that trade is loss of inches usually.
Thx for creating this! I just kept reading how people would gain almost 10lbs eating at their TDEE, so I was expecting to gain a lb every two days or so, and as of now,going on day 3, I haven't. Granted if I count my true weight before this being 163-162, I guess I did gain 1-2lbs.
Bmi and body fat however hasn't changed so that's nice.0 -
I found that almost all calculators online were horribly off. My TDEE is around 3150. Most of the online Calculators gave me 2100-2300 range. One gave me a TDEE in the 2500 range. This was using moderately active.
I just kept adding more calories every week until I started to trend up. That's how I would suggest finding your TDEE. When I leveled off from bloating I gained probably 4-5 pounds finding my TDEE - jumping from around 1400 Cal/week to 3100-3200 Cal/week.0 -
^ hmmm. I think everyone is different too. I gained 17 pounds!0
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