Trying to help a friend tell me if I'm right

catrinafinney34
catrinafinney34 Posts: 44 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
So my friend is trying to figure out how much should be her BMR... she is 206 pounds and she is 4'9 and she is 35... so I came up with 655+896.1+230.3-164.5 am I correct or did I do this wrong...

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  • catrinafinney34
    catrinafinney34 Posts: 44 Member
    catrinafinney34 wrote: »
    So my friend is trying to figure out how much should be her BMR... she is 206 pounds and she is 4'9 and she is 35... so I came up with 655+896.1+230.3-164.5 am I correct or did I do this wrong...

    I mean 240.1
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    Have you checked a BMR calculator? For instance http://myfitnesspal.com/apps
    More importantly, what's the reason for figuring out BMR? If she wants to lose weight, she should figure out TDEE and then cut calories to lose 1% of total body weight per week.
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