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Calories

elyshaS
elyshaS Posts: 21
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
i dont know how many calories i should be eating!!!!! do i eat the recommended by mfp?? or should i be figuring it out seperate? HELP

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  • Spanaval
    Spanaval Posts: 1,200 Member
    Figure out your BMR and TDEE. Eat under your TDEE, by about 20%, making sure you stay above your BMR.
  • elyshaS
    elyshaS Posts: 21
    what is tdee??????? how do i calculate these? i am a newbie to all this so i need it dumbed down :embarassed:
  • elyshaS
    elyshaS Posts: 21
    HELP!!!!
  • Marillian
    Marillian Posts: 3,892 Member
    I suggest you search the threads. There's been hundreds of posts on figuring out your TDEE and BMR to obtain your daily caloric intake.

    Good luck!
  • Di3012
    Di3012 Posts: 2,247 Member
    i dont know how many calories i should be eating!!!!! do i eat the recommended by mfp?? or should i be figuring it out seperate? HELP

    Personally, I just went by the MFP recommended amount, it works for me :)
  • dreanance
    dreanance Posts: 246
    i dont know how many calories i should be eating!!!!! do i eat the recommended by mfp?? or should i be figuring it out seperate? HELP

    Personally, I just went by the MFP recommended amount, it works for me :)

    Me too!
  • elyshaS
    elyshaS Posts: 21
    thanks
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