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TDEE vs MFP HUGE contradiction ! PLATEAU

Tzippy7
Tzippy7 Posts: 344 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
hey everyone,
I just learned about TDEE, and it said i should be eating 1804 calories per day on average. MFP has me on 1200! I have lost 27 lbs on MFP at 1200 but nothing for the past 6 weeks. What should I do?

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  • Captain_Tightpants
    Captain_Tightpants Posts: 2,215 Member
    TDEE is your total daily energy expenditure - it's the same as "maintenance" - that is, if you eat at TDEE you should not lose or gain weight, just stay consistent.

    MFP builds in a deficit for you so you can lose weight. That's why the two numbers are different.

    As far as not losing in a couple of weeks, don't worry about it. Just keep on going and you'll bust through the plateau with time.
  • yasdnilear
    yasdnilear Posts: 78 Member
    It kinda looks like your calorie intake varies a lot. Maybe try eating back more exercise cals the days that you're working out. Otherwise I ditto what the above says.
  • Tzippy7
    Tzippy7 Posts: 344 Member
    it said that that is what i should eat for weight loss though! but thanks so much!
  • kellymarie111
    kellymarie111 Posts: 51 Member
    Sorry but I'm only farely new to this, but what is tdee? :-/
  • beckajw
    beckajw Posts: 1,728 Member
    MFP has you at 1200? But do you workout? Those calories go back in. When you did TDEE, did you calculate that you work out? That would give you a higher number. The thing about all of these calculators is that none is 100% accurat.

    But if you included 5-7 days of workouts in the TDEE, it will give you a higher number than no workouts.

    MFP doesn't calculate workouts for the base number, you get those calories back daily as you workout.
  • beckajw
    beckajw Posts: 1,728 Member
    Oh, and TDEE should be the total number of calories to maintain, not to lose. I'm not sure which site you were on though, so maybe it gave you both?
  • Captain_Tightpants
    Captain_Tightpants Posts: 2,215 Member
    Sorry but I'm only farely new to this, but what is tdee? :-/

    Read this article and all your questions will be answered:
    http://body-improvements.com/resources/eat/
  • MattGetsMad
    MattGetsMad Posts: 429 Member
    bump.
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