what is TDEE calculators ?

TDEE is your total daily energy expenditure.

It's BMR plus a multiplier that takes into account your average activity level.

BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate) is just the calories needed to keep you alive - basic body functions, cells building, heart beating, lungs pumping, food digesting etc.

But most of us don't just lie in bed for 24 hours a day so we have to add a multiplier onto the BMR to account for all the other stuff we do... walking around, raising the kids, climbing stairs, playing sports etc.

If you're usually Sedentary (office job, rarely work out) then your TDEE is typically about BMR x 1.2.

If you're moderately active it could be BMR x 1.4 or more.

If you're an athlete it could be way higher.

To lose weight the best bet is to knock 15-20% off your TDEE and eat that many calories per day. That should give you a nice steady, sustainable weight loss.

So with my stats: BMR at 1626 my TDEE is 1951 so a 20% caloric deficit is 390= I should be eating no more or less than 1561 calories a day. Correct?

So with my stats: BMR at 1626 my TDEE is 1951 so a 20% caloric deficit is 390= I should be eating no more or less than 1561 calories a day. Correct?

Eating below your BMR isn't recommended; maybe your deficit needs to be more like 15%

At 15% -292.65 = 1658

OK, finally this is starting to make sense! Thank you

First time it's made sense to me...thank you!!

Thanks for explaining that so clearly. I was wondering the same thing.

OP: Thanks for posting the question. I wasn't sure what it was either but I didn't want to post a question. This post and the answers have cleared up my confusion. Yay!

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ok, so my BMR=1,332

So, 1,332*1.4=1864.8

-20% OR 0.2=370.16

1864.8-370.16=1494.64????

Net Calories Consumed* and recommended a 1,200 Calories / Day .

or should I eat less than 1494.64 to loose weight?

BMR 1332 X AMR 1.4 = TDEE 1864.8 (rounded 1865) 1865- deficit 20% 373 = 1492 eating 1492 calories a day keeps you above your BMR and under your TDEE. Though I think 15% is more realistic at 1588

OP: Thanks for posting the question. I wasn't sure what it was either but I didn't want to post a question. This post and the answers have cleared up my confusion. Yay!

I am glad it helped. I was a little :blushing: to ask since I have seen very rude comments from some people on some posts, but that won't help me go no where!
Have a great day!

There have been a lot of rude comments lately. It's getting hard for users to post without fear; I hope things simmer down, so we can focus on what's important. It's great that no one has been rude in here!

This thread was so helpful!
Thanks!

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I have been trying to figure this one out for awhile and this is starting to make since to me.

Going by the runners world website my calculated BMR is 1728

Your Basal Metabolic Rate:

Your BMR is 1728

Total Daily Calorie Needs:

Calories Activity Level
2073 Sedentary
2376 Lightly Active
2678 Moderately Active
2981 Very Active
3283 Overly Active

My goal is to workout 6 days a week if I set my activity level to moderately active to be on the safe side. ( I just started the 30 day shred.. trying to do 2 workouts a day tho)

The calories I would need to consume to lose weight would be 2142.. Is that correct Thats a 20% deficient at moderately active.

So 6 days a week is NOT Mod Active, that is Very active. Hope you know how to stagger hard and light efforts to actual benefit from all that exercise, besides just wearing out and causing undue stress, along with undereating if you select Mod Active.

You get Very Active actually, 6 hrs or more weekly.