**READ THIS** Figuring out your calorie goals
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Thank you for this helpful information. Just to clarify, I should never eat les than my BMR, net? And to lose 1lb per week, I should eat 500 less than my TDEE? if I exercise, I only eat the calories I've burned to get be back over BMR?
My BMR is 1403, TDEE is 1970. I am female, 40 years old, 199lbs with 47% body fat.
Is 1970 the number in the chart, it seems low especially if you exercise?
If so, that is the tdee for your goal weight, not your current weight.
To get your current tdee, multiply by 1.2 then create your deficit from this.0 -
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Im sorry if this sounds repetative, but the formula's referenced seem way too high... I get the idea of eating enough to feed your workout, and loosing fat not muscle, but the numbers dont seem reasonable...
CW 262
GW 210
height 71"
BF% 30.6
I exercise 2-4 times a week, average 700 -1200 calories per session (MFP estimates) I normally eat back ~80% of exercise to make up for MFP's ambitious estimates. Mainly focusing on cardio but doing short weight sessions a couple times a week too.
BMR = 2157 (Katch-McArdle)
Sedentary calorie suggestion = 2429
Moderate exercise = 3137
Seriously? 3100 calories? MFP has me around 1800 + exercise and that has been working.
Should I really move my goals up that much? Even if I just move up to TDEE of 2160 that seems like a lot..0 -
I think this all very interesting, and I hope it works. I'm sure my calories dipped and/or stayed below BMR a lot over the past years of trying to get weight off!
I upped calories almost two weeks ago and am getting nervous. After the first week, I lost a total of 5.5" (assuming I measured the same way both times...) and I gained about 3 pounds, which is gone now. As of this morning, I haven't lost pounds or inches. I guess my question is, should I keep going as is, cut back on calories, or up them some? I work out 3-4 days a week, but my workouts don't burn a lot of calories. I walk and am adding in strength workouts (not heavy lifting though). I have a desk job so I'm not up a lot during the day.
My stats"
56 years (female)
5 ft 6 in
203 pounds
TDEE: 2172
BF (military formula) 49.9% (yikes!)
BMR (Katch McArdle) 1371
lightly active: 1922 cal/day
I upped my calories to 1780 which I thought a compromise between using a 20%cut from my TDEE and using the f2f calculation of 1922 day.
Any insight or suggestions would be appreciated.0 -
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Not sure I understand....
I am a 33 year old female
61 inches tall
BF 26.1%
Lean BM of 90.9lbs
BMR 1263
it said my caloric intake should be 1460 give or take 200-300 calories..that seems like a lot. :huh: confused0 -
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Do I have this right?
My BMR by Katch-McCardle is 1421
My average calorie burn is 675 so
My TDEE is 1421*1.2+675 = 2380.2
Since I want to aggressively lose weight, I set my calorie goal to TDEE - 750 = 1630 and plan NOT to eat back any of my exercise calories but will watch my exercise tab to ensure that I am on track with averaging a 675 burn.
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Thanks - this is great!0
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