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kellicarter11
kellicarter11 Posts: 178 Member
edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I used the BMR tool to calculate my calories I burn regularly a day with no exercise...it is 1300. Now if I am suppose to give myself a 500 calorie deficit than eating 800 calories is not starving myself. right?

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  • XxBri22xX
    XxBri22xX Posts: 183
    I wouldn't just eat 800 a day. Thats not exactly healthy. Eat about 1,000 - 1,300 and get plenty of exercise and try not to eat those calories you lost. That won't help.
  • JennLifts
    JennLifts Posts: 1,913 Member
    no, you don't subtract it from your bmr. you have to account for more like walking to the fridge to get food. any amount of activity.
  • bjohs
    bjohs Posts: 1,225 Member
    It's pretty simple how MFP is set up. If you go to your home page, you will see a box that is titled "Your Daily Summary". The last column is your NET calories. After adding any cardio exercises under your "Exercise" tab at the top of the page, it will add those calories to your goal. Just look under your NET calories and try to come as close to 1,200 calories by the end of the day.

    Will eating back all of your calories help you lose weight? That's hard to say depending on how your body handles the exercise, how honest you are with calorie consumed and calories burned, etc. Some only eat a percentage of their exercise calories back and other will not eat any of them back. Experiment with what will work for YOU. But if you are just starting and learning the ropes, just try to keep the number under your NET column as close to 1,200 calories as you can for now.

    Good luck!
  • hstallings13
    hstallings13 Posts: 306
    MFP already built in a deficiate for you, keep to around 1200 calories NET. Your body need the fuel to keep running right :)
  • nicothepotato
    nicothepotato Posts: 306 Member
    You're BMR is what you would burn if you laid down for 24 hours doing nothing but bare minimum to stay alive for the day.
  • bms34b
    bms34b Posts: 401 Member
    Meh - I have sort of a weird view here. I lost the first 10ish pounds of my weight loss in a semi-unhealthy fashion. I honestly didn't know it wasn't healthy, but I did notice some not cool side effects.

    I ate around 800 calories a day.

    The main side effect (to losing weight of course) was that I was SO tired. I literally would not only sleep 8-10 hours during the night, but easily take a 2-5 hour nap during the day. It felt fine, just groggy, and NOT worth it.

    There's absolutely nothing wrong with taking it slower. Sticking to between 1000-1200 will allow your body to lose weight without drastically slowing your metabolism and interfering with your daily life. Nobody wants that.
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