**READ THIS** Figuring out your calorie goals

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    The topics on this subjuect have really enlightened me over the last few days! i've been an MFP user for over a year and a half and have been fluctuating (plateauing) 5 pounds off my goal weight for months. I'm kinda ok with that but now realise I should be eating a little more and concentrating on my fitness levels and bf% more.
    Thank you!
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  • perfect10isha
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    Thanks for posting this. I had been losing weight consistently then plateaued and I'm sure its because my cals were too low. MFP had me around 1250 cals, but my BMR is 1441 and my TDEE is 1709. I'll be upping my cals to approximately 1600 or so ASAP.. I only have a few pounds to go before I reach my GW of 140 (CW 144) but I had thought because I had stopped working out I stopped losing, but I see now that I've just been eating too less.
  • em9371
    em9371 Posts: 1,047 Member
    Ive been reading through this and I'm quite confused.. I understand the mechanisms, but.. If were eating back the calories that we work off because we have a certain calorie count our body needs.. how are we losing weight? Is it basically saying if our BMR says to eat 1200, and we excercise 800, eat it back, get back to 1200.. we're going to lose weight?

    Bmr is what your body needs just to keep you alive. You lose weight by creating a deficit from your tdee, NOT bmr. If you eat under bmr eventually loss will stop and you will end up skinny fat.
  • em9371
    em9371 Posts: 1,047 Member
    Thanks for posting this. I had been losing weight consistently then plateaued and I'm sure its because my cals were too low. MFP had me around 1250 cals, but my BMR is 1441 and my TDEE is 1709. I'll be upping my cals to approximately 1600 or so ASAP.. I only have a few pounds to go before I reach my GW of 140 (CW 144) but I had thought because I had stopped working out I stopped losing, but I see now that I've just been eating too less.

    See my reply to poster on pg2, your numbers look pretty similar. tdee is unlikely to be 1709.
    The number in the chart includes a deficit, to get your actual tdee you need to add 20% to that.
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  • em9371
    em9371 Posts: 1,047 Member
    Ok, I get confused by all this stuff. I have been using MFP for three weeks now and so far so good. I have been using their math for losing weight. According to MFP I should eat 2010 calaries a day to loose 2lbs a week. I check my BMR and it says 2703 calories. I guess my question is where did MFP get its math from and is it right for most?

    SW:321
    CW:309
    GW:230 or less

    height:5'10"

    Mfp only includes daily activity, so would expect you to eat back exercise on top of the 2010.
    Working from bmr / tdee will give you a range that you should lose in with exercise already figured in.
    They work out pretty much the same overall (see my example on pg 2), just a different way of getting there.
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