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Your spreadsheet gives me a BMR of 1523 as opposed to MFPs 1616. I put 14 hours a week standing/on feet because of walking around school and walking at work. That's purely walking from class to class, not the time sitting there, obviously. I put 2 hours a week of the second row, moving a lot/lifting things because of a lab…

I just ask because I'm ~30lbs away from my goal. So too much cardio is bad? I'm doing 30 Day Shred which has a little bit of weights, plus another video which is mostly cardio. I'm completely out of shape though so even my piddly little 3lb weights wipe me out near the end.

What does this mean?

That's a great way of explaining it, haha. If I take my maintenance (2020) and take off 20% I get 1616. It says my BMR is 1618. So that's basically eating at BMR plus exercise calories... Should I do 18% or something to give me that buffer you talked about?

I have a feeling this was just asked but I want to make sure. If my BMR is 1600, can I eat at that plus exercise calories? Or should it be more? From what I understand BMR is the new number to never go below instead of 1200, right? Also, If I'm going from 1100/1200 the last few weeks, then suddenly to 1600+exercise cals,…

Okay, that's good. Maybe I misread it. In particular, if it matters, I'm using a Polar FT4.

Any help is appreciated

Wait. I think I understand. BMR is ~1600 TDEE is ~1900 Lets say I plan to exercise and burn 400 calories a day That makes my TDEE 2300 2300 x 20% would be a 460 deficit That would be 1840 calories that I would eat? Is that right? That seems high. Did I do it or did I do something wrong? If that's right, I would really lose…

I really like the look of that, thanks. I imagine it will work well with a HRM since I'd be moving so much, and it seems similar to the 30 Day Shred? Thanks for the link!

As far as spending goes, I'd probably borrow the DVDs from someone I know, at least at first.

Thanks! Those are a lot cheaper than I was expecting! Does anyone have any information on Power 90? Is it better than 30 Day Shred? Any other information?

Thanks.

I replace breakfast, and sometimes lunch/snack if I'm really busy that day, with a Slimfast shake. It's quick, tastes good, I can afford it on a college budget, fills me up for a good while, and honestly, it's probably better for me than other quick foods I'd eat otherwise.

I weigh every day (kind of obsessively) but I don't log it until the end of the week.

Wouldn't your TDEE without exercise factored in just be your BMR?

Kind of maybe? :P

Alright, I'll see how it goes. Thanks for your help! I think I've just about got it, so thanks to everyone else for their help too!

Thanks for your help!

That's good, I'm in college and I still need it explained to me like I'm 5. :)

Kind of? So since my BMR is ~1600, if I ate that, with NO exercise, I would still lose weight? I am 22, 180lbs, 5' 9''. My activity comes from school. It just seems kind of high.

This makes sense, thanks. It also reinforces my plan of slowly working up to 1600 from where I am now instead of just jumping there.

So when you eat 1800, do you exercise? Or is that your base line like 1200 is for others?

That's not with exercise. That website asked my activity level, and I gave it, and it gave me that number. So it's saying I need to burn 500+ calories a day?

Wait. Wait. I thought I had calculated my TDEE (BMR+Activity cals) with the fact that I don't exercise already in mind. I got that final number because I put very light activity levels, and that was purely because of school activity. Now I'm confused again.

And don't eat them back? But if I set it to 1700, and exercised 500 off, I'd be netting 1200 still. I'm not trying to be argumentative, I'm just trying to understand this website's logic, haha. Why not eat 1200 and not exercise? How is that different?

Just for the cookies then, haha. I don't know. I know that I'm not going to stay with 1000, but I wasn't anyway. It was mainly to jump start and see a result fast since I took a break and needed some motivation to keep on with it all. I think I'll give it another week at 1000, then 1100 for a couple of weeks, etc, and see…

cubbies, I am not close to goal. I am a little more than halfway there, but I've still got 30-40 to lose. What are you subtracting from? This is what's confusing, some people want you to eat below and some want above. Why does MFP set it below? MFP seems to think that you need to subtract from your BMR to lose. My body…

I forgot to add: What's confusing me the most is the stuff saying to eat AT LEAST your BMR. My BMR is 1651. MFP says to eat at least 1200 to lose. I don't understand. I just really can't comprehend how eating MORE, especially that much more, means you lose weight, unless you're exercising, which I'm not.

No, you shouldn't exercise if you're not going to eat afterwards if all you've had is 1100. When I exercise I usually don't eat back all of the calories I burned, but I do eat back at least half.

Also, if it matters, I've got 30-40lbs to go before I reach my final goal.