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Having trouble with my numbers

PinkiePie07
PinkiePie07 Posts: 103 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi everyone! I started on MFP about a month and a half ago. I'm 5'2" and 202 pounds (ouch I know :() I started at 1,200, but bumped up my calories to 1,500 after realizing it was way too low for me. After that I lost 10 pounds, mostly water weight, and was feeling pretty good. I started looking into the forums more and learning about your TDEE and BMR numbers and what to actually do with them. I crunched some numbers and decided that I should up my calories to 1850, because I do want to lose weight, but I want to do it in a healthy way. As to be expected, my weight loss stalled. I told myself it would be okay and that it would go back down soon. The thing is, it didn't. I gained one pound over night sometime last week and I still haven't lost it. Before that I was the still the same weight I was at when I started upping my calories. I looked back onto the forums to see if I could find anything and I found this thread: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/567092--read-this-figuring-out-your-calorie-goals

I did the number crunching again and things were vastly different from everything else. So now I'm confused. I'll put the numbers down here and any helpful advice would be much appreciated.

MFP says my BMR is 1626
Fitness Frog says my TDEE is 2354 so taking a 500 calorie deficit off of that would leave me at 1854, where I am now

Fit to Fat says my BMR is 1342 and adding 200 calories to that for what to eat daily would be 1,542, which was where I was at.

So basically was I under eating before and my body hasn't adjusted yet, or am I over eating now?

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  • AdiposeRapture
    AdiposeRapture Posts: 61
    Here's a bump, I have no idea but would really love to understand all this more
  • em9371
    em9371 Posts: 1,047 Member
    First of all, 10lbs in 6 weeks is fantastic!!
    It can take a few weeks for your body to adjust to a new calorie level, so you should give it 3-4 weeks to see what happens.

    Was the bmr from fat2fit Harris benedict or katch mcardle?
    Km is much more accurate as it takes into account your body fat %.
    What's your activity level and exercise?

    You don't add 200 cals to bmr to get your calorie allowance, you go with the number in the table that suits your activity level. This is the tdee for your goal weight.
    To get your actual current tdee, add 20% to the numbers in the chart, then work your deficit from that at 500 cals per lb, just make sure you don't net below bmr.

    Around 1850 sounds about right, I'm 204lbs and eat 1950 / net 1600 (my bmr is 1568). I lose around 1.5lb most weeks, have had my bf and lean mass checked and all loss is from fat, and I have gained 1.2kg of muscle :-)
  • PinkiePie07
    PinkiePie07 Posts: 103 Member
    First of all, 10lbs in 6 weeks is fantastic!!
    It can take a few weeks for your body to adjust to a new calorie level, so you should give it 3-4 weeks to see what happens.

    Was the bmr from fat2fit Harris benedict or katch mcardle?
    Km is much more accurate as it takes into account your body fat %.
    What's your activity level and exercise?

    You don't add 200 cals to bmr to get your calorie allowance, you go with the number in the table that suits your activity level. This is the tdee for your goal weight.
    To get your actual current tdee, add 20% to the numbers in the chart, then work your deficit from that at 500 cals per lb, just make sure you don't net below bmr.

    Around 1850 sounds about right, I'm 204lbs and eat 1950 / net 1600 (my bmr is 1568). I lose around 1.5lb most weeks, have had my bf and lean mass checked and all loss is from fat, and I have gained 1.2kg of muscle :-)

    I did katch mcdarle. Though, what you're saying makes sense. I guess I didn't understand it at first...that and I'm terrible with numbers.
  • em9371
    em9371 Posts: 1,047 Member
    First of all, 10lbs in 6 weeks is fantastic!!
    It can take a few weeks for your body to adjust to a new calorie level, so you should give it 3-4 weeks to see what happens.

    Was the bmr from fat2fit Harris benedict or katch mcardle?
    Km is much more accurate as it takes into account your body fat %.
    What's your activity level and exercise?

    You don't add 200 cals to bmr to get your calorie allowance, you go with the number in the table that suits your activity level. This is the tdee for your goal weight.
    To get your actual current tdee, add 20% to the numbers in the chart, then work your deficit from that at 500 cals per lb, just make sure you don't net below bmr.

    Around 1850 sounds about right, I'm 204lbs and eat 1950 / net 1600 (my bmr is 1568). I lose around 1.5lb most weeks, have had my bf and lean mass checked and all loss is from fat, and I have gained 1.2kg of muscle :-)

    I did katch mcdarle. Though, what you're saying makes sense. I guess I didn't understand it at first...that and I'm terrible with numbers.

    If you want me to double check your working out, post or pm the numbers you put into fat2fit along with your exercise / activity and I'll have a look for you :-)
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