Anyone get RMR tested? How did it differ vs estimates?
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I disagree: http://www.acefitness.org/blog/616/bmr-versus-rmr
This also meshes with the literature the university hospital system gave me. While I'm not staying the night at the testing facility, I do have to be fasting for 12 hours before the test (so that I'm not burning calories due to digestion) and it will take an hour and a half to perform. I'll be in a dark room completely still, and not allowed to sleep, read, or anything.
All those measures are doing is lowering your RMR to be measured as closer to your BMR, but it will never get all the way down. In any case, it doesn't really matter. There's so much misuse of those terms on the internet that you can't really rely on a web search to clear it up. I got the definitions straight from the physicians at the weight loss clinic I attend. If they're wrong, then so am I.
And my information is from the University of Michigan hospital. I used that link because it was the same as they told me. So I'll believe them.0 -
And I never said BMR and RMR were the same, but they are VERY close.0
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I had mine tested a couple of weeks ago. Mine was off by 311 calories.0
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I had mine tested a couple of weeks ago. Mine was off by 311 calories.
Under or over?0 -
The calculators had me at 1403 but the RMR test gave me 1092.
To answer someone's previous comments I have a fitbit. On a regular, non work day, non exercise day the Fitbit has me at around a 1700 burn. That is just regular moving around and tending to my kids. Since I had to lie still for the RMR I can see how it gave me 1092 since the RMR test and wearing my Fitbit would calculate two totally different calorie burns.0 -
The calculators had me at 1403 but the RMR test gave me 1092.
To answer someone's previous comments I have a fitbit. On a regular, non work day, non exercise day the Fitbit has me at around a 1700 burn. That is just regular moving around and tending to my kids. Since I had to lie still for the RMR I can see how it gave me 1092 since the RMR test and wearing my Fitbit would calculate two totally different calorie burns.
I am not sure I totally understand what you are saying regarding the fitbit. I am trying to figure out how to still be able to use mine with my numbers being different from all the calculators. Is that possible, to your knowledge?0 -
Mooser- Did you say you had your BMR tested and it's 1498? Find out what age/weight you can put into Fitbit so it calcs a BMR of about that rate for you. Tell it you're older and/or smaller than you are. I think then you might get good estimates of your TDEE (what you burn in a day including activity).0
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Mooser- Did you say you had your BMR tested and it's 1498? Find out what age/weight you can put into Fitbit so it calcs a BMR of about that rate for you. Tell it you're older and/or smaller than you are. I think then you might get good estimates of your TDEE (what you burn in a day including activity).
I will do that. I did that for MFP and I have the metabolism of a 55 year old woman my size (I am 32). ) I will update fitbit, too. I adore my fitbit, and was really bummed that it may not be the tool for me. I hope this works! Thanks a bunch!0 -
I love mine too and use it mainly for what any pedometer does-- just to get me to my steps goals. But the charts are neat. Even if it's not exact for you, it's all still totally valuable. Trends matter, as does the difference between your intake and output. It might mis-report your calorie output (burn) by x-hundred calories but if you know roughly by how much, you can use it just as if it was perfectly accurate. Good luck!0
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