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bluedoug3908
bluedoug3908 Posts: 1 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
How many calories should a 31 yr old male have a day? Mildly over weight 209lbs and 5’10. Would like to get to 180. But i wonder if im eatting enough

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  • Retroguy2000
    Retroguy2000 Posts: 1,848 Member
    Follow the MFP setup. Also, see this:

    https://www.sailrabbit.com/bmr/
  • Yivs_87
    Yivs_87 Posts: 246 Member
    edited January 9
    I recommend this one: https://tdeecalculator.net/

    TDEE is your Total Daily Energy Expenditure, a measure of how many calories you burn per day by simply being alive, breathing, blinking, living your active or not active life.

    The little calculator also offers you suggestions if you want to lose weight - usually not more than TDEE-20%. And as you lose weight you recalculate roughly every 5-10lbs and adjust the numbers.

    Why I like the TDEE cut methodology? Because it takes into consideration just how active you are and based on it it gives you a goal calorie intake. This means no need to try to figure out how much you've burnt while working out, no need to figure out how to count or not your workouts, etc.
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,943 Member
    bluedoug3908 wrote: »
    How many calories should a 31 yr old male have a day? Mildly over weight 209lbs and 5’10. Would like to get to 180. But i wonder if im eatting enough

    Use the guided setup for now and chose a calorie deficit of 0.5 to 1lbs per week. Then eat this for 4-6 weeks and see how things go. Log everything you eat and everything with calories that you drink. For food preferably with a food scale.

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