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  • Thank you for your very insightful and encouraging response. I've been going over this for a few hours and it appears my numbers are off somewhat. I've calculated my TDEE various ways various times. I took the numbers that kept coming up frequently and averaged them. The TDEE I came up with based on that is 2954. Closer to…
    in MFP deficit less than BMR? Comment by DrSplifflove May 2020
  • I understand you're saying MFP doesn't use TDEE or BMR to come up with its figures, but in the pic you included it mentions calorie deficits. According to that I should have a 1000 calorie a day deficit. That's fine. But should it be 1000 less than my TDEE or BMR?
    in MFP deficit less than BMR? Comment by DrSplifflove May 2020
  • Thanks everyone for all the good advice/info! My "ideal" weight is 165ish. I currently weigh 265. So, I plan to lose 100 lbs. Years ago I was 70 lbs overweight. I went to the gym 6 days a week, ate healthily, and biked outdoors like a fiend and lost the weight, bringing myself down to 168. Unfortunately, about two years…
    in MFP deficit less than BMR? Comment by DrSplifflove May 2020
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