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TDEE is Total Daily Energy Expenditure. So it's your BMR (what you burn for basic functions like breathing, heartbeat and so on) + what you do on a daily basis (like exercise, housework and so on). Plugging in no exercise using your height, weight, age and so forth puts out roughly 1850. Then subtracting 20% it's roughly…
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That's why I referenced asking Mr. Google what your TDEE is and subtracting 5-20%. Any more than that can be detrimental to your goals.
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Wow, awesome comments and advice. I, too, would recommend focusing on diet at first. As someone else said, 80% of it is what you eat. Cutting out carbs, especially simple carbs, can make a huge difference. No doubt. And even seeing a little change will help keep you motivated. You got plenty of advice and lots of invites,…
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A gym might be nice but you don't really *need* it. I agree with brdnw in that you do have time to exercise. However, there are plenty of bodyweight exercises you can do, and plenty of inexpensive pieces of equipment you can buy and use at home. An example would be jumpropes (just get a good one of those and read up /…
