TIRED..PLATEAUD...SCALE NOT MOVING !!!FOUND MY ANSWER !!!!

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  • Ekai83
    Ekai83 Posts: 16 Member
    bump.... interesting info, I need to review later! and congrats to all this has worked for!
  • dalildevil
    dalildevil Posts: 55 Member
    I have a question. And I know this is probably going to sound silly. And I agree that this probably works and I will likely end up doing this myself. But......Here's my question.

    If This is the best way to do it. Shouldn't/Couldn't MFP automatically Caluculate this for me when I put in my information to create my profile? the whole BMR / TDEE - 15% calculation thingy???.

    Why is MFP giving me a different number then what is Should / Could be eating???
  • Divagettinfitin2011
    Divagettinfitin2011 Posts: 500 Member
    Bump!
  • Alysgrma
    Alysgrma Posts: 365 Member
    Bump trying to figure this out!!! :cry:
  • Kerri_is_so_very
    Kerri_is_so_very Posts: 999 Member
    Thanks for sharing!
  • bluemist248
    bluemist248 Posts: 207 Member
    Thanks for sharing, I have just started to up my calories, I'm still cutting by 15% but it's higher calories than I was on (1220, now 1418) Rest days are now more feasible! My weight loss has slowed at 9lbs away from goal and like you said, I've tried everything else so why not this? I'm ditching the scale for a month because I know if I see a gain I will stop so fingers crossed this pays off by the 22nd of June :smile:
  • 2143661
    2143661 Posts: 566 Member
    bump for later <3
  • boys3girl1
    boys3girl1 Posts: 4
    Bump!!!!!
  • PaulJRaymond
    PaulJRaymond Posts: 100 Member
    So I took my TDEE of 1510 and subtraced 15% and came up with 2133.5.

    If I understand correctly - that should be my total calorie goal for the day - exercise calories mean nothing to this calculation.

    Again - paying attention to my total and just ignoring the net part?

    You've added, not subtracted. If TDEE is 1510 (and it isn't that is too low) you calculate 15% which is 226 and subtract that from 1510. Therefore 1510 - 226 = 1284 per day. I would recalculate your TDEE though. I suspect you have used your BMR (which is much lower).
  • BexleyGirl
    BexleyGirl Posts: 102
    bump
  • chelleyr9
    chelleyr9 Posts: 22 Member
    bump
  • jenniejengin
    jenniejengin Posts: 784 Member
    bump to read later
  • sandown12
    sandown12 Posts: 648 Member
    Bump
  • Bridget28152723
    Bridget28152723 Posts: 372 Member
    Thank you for all the info! I have not been counting cals' lately , to take a break I guess. Now I have decided to stay around 1,600 to 2,000, I feel better and wont go to bed hungry therefore no night eating!! I have been eating a lot the last week and I think I lost a little!! My clothes are getting looser, but I am going to be keeping track now , and eating only healthy things. I also burn around 250-800 cal's a day.
  • PaulJRaymond
    PaulJRaymond Posts: 100 Member
    What do you mean by metabolism reset? Thanks for all this info - who knew losing weight was so technical!?!
    (What's Bump mean???)
    Thanks...
    (new person)

    Bump is so that it stays at the top of the list. The posts are sorted by last posted date, so if you add any comment it is nearer the top when you want to search for it later.
  • sandown12
    sandown12 Posts: 648 Member
    So if my TDEE is 2231 - 20%
    I should eat 1785 a day
    Is that gross or net?
  • debzv
    debzv Posts: 23
    bump
  • TriumphNow
    TriumphNow Posts: 526 Member
    Thanks for the information!
  • Marianeyda
    Marianeyda Posts: 60 Member
    did they give u the answer..cuz my bmr is 3245.2 and my tdee is 5598
  • ironanimal
    ironanimal Posts: 5,922 Member
    did they give u the answer..cuz my bmr is 3245.2 and my tdee is 5598
    I guarantee your BMR is not over 3000. Make sure you're using the right units of measurement :P
  • ironanimal
    ironanimal Posts: 5,922 Member
    So if my TDEE is 2231 - 20%
    I should eat 1785 a day
    Is that gross or net?

    Gross. You eat that same amount regardless of exercise, except if you complete a particularly intense workout and find yourself burning like 1000+. In that case, you would eat back to above your BMR.
  • AimeeKessler
    AimeeKessler Posts: 19 Member
    So, if you have a FitBit, and you're eating 15% less than the burned calories it calculates, that's the same as eating TDEE-15%, right?

    (Sorry if this is answered elswhere!!)
  • rima933
    rima933 Posts: 151 Member
    MY tdee is 2530. Does this make sence. If i subtract 15% it brings me to 2150. It seems like way too much. Right now im eating 1200-1600 a day depending if i exercise. My weight is moving so slow, but the inches arent moving at all, especially in my midsection. I exercise about 3 times a week but its usually a very high calorie burn when i do. MY diary is open. can someone suggest anything to me?
  • ironanimal
    ironanimal Posts: 5,922 Member
    MY tdee is 2530. Does this make sence. If i subtract 15% it brings me to 2150. It seems like way too much. Right now im eating 1200-1600 a day depending if i exercise. My weight is moving so slow, but the inches arent moving at all, especially in my midsection. I exercise about 3 times a week but its usually a very high calorie burn when i do. MY diary is open. can someone suggest anything to me?

    It makes sense. You're young and quite active, so your BMR and thus TDEE is higher. If you try that for a month or so and find it doesn't work, just knock 100 off and try that for a month.
  • dcain2
    dcain2 Posts: 102 Member
    Interesting...bump
  • CinJay
    CinJay Posts: 157 Member
    bump
  • emalbright
    emalbright Posts: 45 Member
    I upped my calories on Saturday and I have already lost 2lbs. Definitely was not eating enough and not eating the right things. Sticking to this plan for a while!
  • embersfallen
    embersfallen Posts: 534 Member
    This is the seriously the THIRD time TODAY I have seen this...and even though i have lost inches, and down almost 2 sizes, i've been in a scale plateau for nearly a few months. JUST started today trying to figure out maintainence cals etc to eat more... trully ghoping this kicks things into gear...thanks for all the great info!!!

    REPLY: YOUR WELCOME...CONGRATS ON A 94 lb WEIGHT LOST...

    :) Thank you! Hoping and praying rebooting my stubborn, sleeping metabolism makes that ticker start running again! ;)
  • Marianeyda
    Marianeyda Posts: 60 Member
    thanks i did it wrong...bmr 1493 tdee 2314
  • 2BeHealthy4Life
    2BeHealthy4Life Posts: 150
    So if my TDEE is 2231 - 20%
    I should eat 1785 a day
    Is that gross or net?

    Reply : Gross
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