Calculating BMR

Try this site:

http://www.health-calc.com/diet/energy-expenditure-advanced

I don't know you, but I LOVE YOU! OMG, this site is so much easier! I've been doing math for 3 days trying to figure this out! You ROCK! THANK YOU!

At first I thought it was high your BMR but after looking at your ticker I noticed your current weight is over 200 which would explain the high number. Our bodies burn higher calories the more we weigh, so your weight loss of 2 lbs is ok until you get within 20lbs of goal then you will find that your BMR drops. At that point you should adjust your intake to lose 0.5 to 1 lb a week.

I personally don't use the MFP calculators and enter my goal manually. I eat 1800 cals a day and do not eat back exercise cals. I aim for 40% carbs, 30% protein and 30% fats.

That makes sense. I had planned on adjusting my weight-loss per week to about .5 pounds once I got a little closer to my goal... But my confusion was that while eating for the estimated 1 pound per week loss that MFP had set up for me, I was actually losing double that. That is what first made me think that my BMR was a bit higher than this site estimates. I hate not knowing for sure, though. :-P

Anyway, it's nice to see someone else who is manually entering their calorie goals and not using the MFP settings. I feel like such a rebel sometimes. LOL. :-)

Ha! Its taken me a while to figure it all out too but once I hit on the sweet spot for me, I realized I needed to control the goals instead of aiming in the dark! MFP goals are great if you are starting out on your weight loss journey and have a lot of weight to lose, but I was already within 20-30 lbs of goal and the 1200 a day was far to aggressive for me and actually stalled my weight loss considering I was workingout intensely 6 days a week. That was also a learning curve for me to cut back my exercise to 4 days a week and up my cals to 1800 a day. So far I'm losing 0.5-1 lb a week. Slow but steady. Good luck!