Tdee q

[arielxii]

If anyone is familiar with a tdee spreadsheet can you explain why it lists my maintance for 2 weeks as lower than my intake despite losing weight? I ate roughly 4200, lost a fraction of a lb, and it listed my maintance that week as around 3750. I'm just not understanding this

 

[adviceplease]

@arielxii All I can figure is it's overreacting to the weight lost, calculating that if your lost while eating 4200, then your maintenance is probably now 3750. Or something like that.

 

[arielxii]

@adviceplease I think you misunderstood, I was wondering why it was so low. Shouldn't it be above 4200?

 

[adviceplease]

@arielxii You're right I did. Yes, it should be. I guess that's why the spreadsheet is only one tool. Plug into a couple of online calculators and see what they say.

 

[arielxii]

@adviceplease I was actually looking for one do you know a website that does this?

 

[adviceplease]

@arielxii I usually recommend this one to start with. Set your activity to sedentary regardless of your workouts because they all overestimate the calories burned.

 

[arielxii]

@adviceplease This would be inaccurate for me. It estimates my maintance at 2500-3000. My true maintenance lays around 3500-4000 as I've been eating this amount for a long time and have gained minimal weight

 

[adviceplease]

@arielxii How big are you? That is a large amount of calories.