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Okay, so if I want to lose weight I should eat less than my TDEE, about 10% less right? When I chose Sedentary and set it to lose .5 lbs a week it told me to eat 1,440 calories a day.

I have fat around my thighs and stomach and I want to lose that. I want to be around 119 lbs. Can lifting and using machines, dumb bells, etc, help me slim down??

But MFP gave me a net cal intake of 1,440 per day, so the device is wrong and I should eat more?

I'm still kind of confused.

Thank you. I understand now. Hoping to lose at least 5 lbs of body fat...

Okay, so http://www.fitnessfrog.com/calculators/tdee-calculator.html says my TDEE is 2,183. Just eat below that? Allllllllright.

What Net Calorie goal did it give you? Calories Consumed - Calories Burned = Net Calories If your Net Cal goal is 1,500 calories a day, you need to eat 1,500 calories a day. If you work out, you can eat more than 1,500 calories a day, but you will have to burn off however many extra calories you ate. So if you ate 1,500…

BMR is the amount of calories my body can burn in a day? I will have to read up on this more, or get a book. I have a lot to learn. I am still confused about this! Arg. Thanks so much for your help. I'm going to re-read your post as many times as I have to to understand it, ha.

Now that I know how the Net Calories work, I am focused on what I can do to burn some body fat away.

I am very sedentary. I mostly sit all day long except for the gym at night. http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/ says that I have a BMR of 1415.3 But the BMR used on MyFitnessPal.com says I have a BMR of 1,354 calories/day* (meaning I should eat 1,354 cals a day??)

I understand but not totally about the water weight. Every day that I work out (4x per week) I walk (3.5 mph, uphill) or use the stairclimber (level 7-9) for 20 minutes. I do lifts and pulls but I feel like it's just bulking me up, and I don't feel like I'm not losing any weight at all. Should I do more cardio/aerobics to…

I haven't ever tried to lose weight before so I trust your all's opinions. Since I'm now going with 1,440 calories per day instead of 1,200 per day, here's my stats Goal: 1,440 Food: + 413 Exercise: - 0 Net: 413 Now I need to consume + 1,027 AND +500 (since that's what I try to burn at the gym every time I go, 4x per…

I haven't ever tried to lose weight before so I trust your all's opinions. Since I'm now going with 1,440 calories per day instead of 1,200 per day, here's my stats Goal: 1,440 Food: + 413 Exercise: - 0 Net: 413 Now I need to consume + 1,027 AND +500 (since that's what I try to burn at the gym every time I go, 4x per…

If my net cal is 1,700 I should eat that, but then when I go to the gym and I lose, say 300 cals, I need to eat them back? Then why go to the gym if I need to eat the calories back? I can see doing that on a day where I do in fact go to the gym, but not on days when I don't?

Will I see any results if I stick to what I'm doing? (1,200 cal per day) At first when I got MFP I set it to lose .5 lbs per week, and it gave me a net cal of 1,440 cal per day. Then I changed it to 1 lb per week and it gave me a net cal of 1,200. Should I have gone with a net cal of 1,440?

Thank you very much! I'm glad I understand now.