laurentavener

Thanks. After looking into it more, I was right. I was just doing the sum the other way round. I was taking the food I consume, minus my BMR and exercise and would get a negative number, which is the same as doing it the way thats been suggested here, just its a negative not a positive number. TDEE is BMR+exercise…

Ok, last example; if I ate 2303 and burnt off 1131.9 in exercise, would I deduct my BMR from that to make a deficit of -548.1? (That was my day yesterday.) I know I'm being frustrating, I'm just worried about doing the wrong thing :(

Right, last question; If my BMR is 1700 and I eat 600kcals, would that be a deficit of 1100? As I've been working on calories consumed minus BMR minus calories burnt through exercise to get my deficit. So thats wrong? Also, I'm not in a rush to get through it, I just think that 3lbs loss a week to begin with is about right.

Thank you so much! I just got stuck in all the maths of it! Ill give that a go :)

(I think I might be carrying all of my fat in my brain lol) If I eat 2300 kcals a day, does that mean I have to burn off around 3000kcals to get the 1700kcals a day deficit for the 3lbs a week weight loss?

Or do I not need to worry about the number of calories burnt?

Sure, thanks for that. I work out 2 hours a day plus weights. So, if I were to eat the 2300kcals as you suggested, how do I work that out against what I burn through exercise? Would that mean whatever I burn, thats the amount im in deficit by?

Ok. Done that: BMR=1741 TDEE=3309

I think thats why I'm confused lol. I'm 5ft 7 and I weight 96kg. I just need a definitive answer as I'm going a bit loopy trying to figure it out! Thanks for all the help :)

I only want to lose 3lbs a week for a month or so. As an example, if I were to eat 2000kcals, my BMR would burn 1700 of that, therefore I would have to burn another 2000kcals working out to make the deficit to lose the weight. So that works out as burning off what I eat. From what I understand, you lose weight when you are…