I am not an expert: but in my opinion, if you have multiple days where you have to eat back up to your BMR then your activity level probably isn't figured correctly.

ETA: I have a day here and there that I have to eat back up to BMR, but maybe once a week when I get carried away with cardio.

Ok, we suggest making the cut 15% to not make it too much of a steep deficit starting out. Another thing, weight loss is all a numbers game, remember, yes it does take into account your exercise, BUT, you start burning calories the minute you get out of bed daily. BMR is calories needed if you stay in bed all day an don't move ...the amount of cals they would give if you were in acoma and you are already creating a def with the 15% and on workout days, you are getting in NET of just BMR (which means all the calories when you aren't working out is a deficit). So, we recommend a consistent amount of food for ease, not trying to figure out one day eat this amount, another that amount...just simple, calculate your TDEE - 15% and eat it daily, workout day or not. If you chose the correct activity level, you shouldn't dip below BMR, but if you do, then you eat back to at least enough NET your BMR. So the minute your NET is less than BMR then you need to start eating back.

Hope that helps.

Great topic as I'm in week 2 of upping my calories. I have my activity set at working out 5-6 days a week which I believe is considered moderately active (2nd to highest activity category). I've not Net my calories yet; though I'm trying my best to eat my goal amount. Even still, this is tough because I eat pretty healthy. What am I doing wrong?