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The 2000 calories that the government use to base there recommendations on was established by a survey in which people stated what they THOUGHT they were consuming, however when scientists discovered using doubley labbeled water to fugure out the true calorie needs it turns out that women in actuality burn around 2400…

The best way would be to drink some expensive doubley labbeled water which will show you how many calories you burn. Obviously for most people this is not a practical solution so the only way to really figure out your TDEE is to eat at a specific calorie level for a week and then track your weight, try 2500 calories then…

Thanks for the advice guys, so would i be ok to eat around 100g of protein a day?.

Do you think i could remain in ketosis eating around 20g to sometimes 50g a day?. im around 160 pounds and only want to lose 3 to maybe 5 pounds. When i achieve my goal i will consistently eat around 50g carbs a day

Alot of it has to do with the TYPE of carbs you are eating. if you eat 100grams worth of carbs from sweets you would get a different result from eating 100grams worth of carbs from vegetables. I am not saying it works for everyone but it works for me.

I was meant to type INcorrect, Sorry guys haha

Because the majority of people have been brainwashed by being told that Low fat diets are the way to lose weight and fat, this is UNCORRECT if you truly want to be in the best shape you can the diet you should be eating should contain Low carbs, High Fats and Moderate proteins. The reason people cannot stop eating junk…

I used my weight in stones, I'm 11 stone 4 pounds. And it says at lightly active (for example standing for most of the day or being a teacher for example) I require 2800 calories to maintain.

So if I do alot of standing/walking in the day I should put my activity level on MFP to Active?. Just to clarify that i am understanding this correctly, MFP does not take exercise into account, it bases your TDEE of your daily living activities, I have always been hesitant to put my activity level to Active on MFP because…

Would u say I'm lightly active? Is Sedentary like sitting ALL day?.

I don't know if this is of any significance but on one ordinary day I decided to eat 2,400 calories and according to the scales the following morning my weight had slightly dropped.

So 2,500 calories a day is to much for me?

When I input my stats it's says I need roughly 2500 calories for rarely active. 5 days a week I'm at college walking around so on them days should i rise my activity to the under 1 hour a day level?

Well I'm a student so most days I am either Walking, sitting or standing, is lightly active the correct setting to use, or sedentary?

I thought the whole idea of a Forum was based on people asking questions?

Hey I just found this calculator - https://www.bcm.edu/research/centers/childrens-nutrition-research-center/bodycomp/bmiz2.html do you think it's good or not?

I might just set MFP at lightly active and if I don't get any results I will resort to scoobys calc. Does MFP use the Miffin St Jeor equation?

Is this - http://m.cancer.org/healthy/toolsandcalculators/calculators/app/calorie-counter-calculator a good calculator to use as a starting point?