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Originally Posted by asharksrevenge:
To lose weight, you need to either (a) consume less calories than your BMR, (b) exercise to burn calories you subtract from your food calories, or (d) create a combination of the two. Science has suggested a combination of low-calorie diet combined with exercise is the best and most effective long term solution to weight loss. For example, if I had a BMR of 2000, and I ate 1500 calories, I would have a calorie deficit of -500 calories, which over a week, would equal a 1 lb. loss. Adding exercise adds to your total calorie deficit. If I had the BMR of 2000 and ate 2000 calories, I would maintain my weight. If I ate more than 2000 calories, I would gain weight.

I thought calorie deficit is not so much in relation to your BMR, but rather in relation to the calories required to maintain your current weight at your current activity level. So - if I need 2592 calories a day to maintain my 211 lbs in my moderately active life and I want to create a 500 calorie deficit, I would have to eat 2092 calories or increace my exercise.

Or am I just confusing myself? Lol!

Originally Posted by :
I thought calorie deficit is not so much in relation to your BMR, but rather in relation to the calories required to maintain your current weight at your current activity level. So - if I need 2592 calories a day to maintain my 211 lbs in my moderately active life and I want to create a 500 calorie deficit, I would have to eat 2092 calories or increace my exercise.

Or am I just confusing myself? Lol!

From http://www.caloriesperhour.com/tutorial_BMR.php

BMR and RMR are estimates of how many calories you would burn if you were to do nothing but rest for 24 hours. They represent the minimum amount of energy required to keep your body functioning, including your heart beating, lungs breathing, and body temperature normal.

BMR stands for Basal Metabolic Rate, and is synonymous with Basal Energy Expenditure or BEE. BMR measurements are typically taken in a darkened room upon waking after 8 hours of sleep; 12 hours of fasting to ensure that the digestive system is inactive; and with the subject resting in a reclining position.
RMR stands for Resting Metabolic Rate, and is synonymous with Resting Energy Expenditure or REE. RMR measurements are typically taken under less restricted conditions than BMR, and do not require that the subject spend the night sleeping in the test facility prior to testing.
Most people searching the internet for information on their metabolic rate search for BMR because the term is so widely used. In fact, as explained in the Technical Notes, below, RMR is likely to be more appropriate for your needs and is the more accurate estimation.

However, if you are looking for an estimate of how many calories you need or burn in a day, we suggest that you not use BMR or RMR at all. We suggest that you calculate the actual activities that you perform in a 24 hour period as described in Calculating Daily Calorie Needs.

ooo! Thank you chnkymonkey!

Well according to that calculator :

The results of your calculations are: BMR 1,606 RMR 1,532 (calories)

So by eating 12-1400 calories as I am now, I'M EATING TOO MUCH :_( . If I want to create a deficit, I need to eat 1000-1100 calories

Suddenly the occasional 800-900 calories I eat on a day I don't feel like an evening meal doesn't seem so drastically low .

:(

i think those <2000 calculators are way off. you should be able to eat 2000-2500 cs and maintain, Try this calculator. You are moderatley active, based on what you described. http://www.muscleandstrength.com/too...alculator.html

Originally Posted by honeythorn:
Well according to that calculator :

The results of your calculations are: BMR 1,606 RMR 1,532 (calories)

So by eating 12-1400 calories as I am now, I'M EATING TOO MUCH :_( . If I want to create a deficit, I need to eat 1000-1100 calories

Suddenly the occasional 800-900 calories I eat on a day I don't feel like an evening meal doesn't seem so drastically low .

:(

You're discounting the good exercise you are getting in. Honestly, 1500 calories is a very good place for you to be, in my opinion. Give a try for a few weeks and see if your energy doesn't go up and you get through a workout easier. I got to a point where I would get sick and light headed in the middle of a workout. I increased my calories, just a little, and low and behold my weight loss has gone from 4 pounds per month to 10 pounds per month. I wasn't fueling my workouts and I don't think you are either.

You can do this!! I swear weight loss is 99% mental. If you work your way through the head games, the weight WILL come off. It's so hard to calm the mind, but it's the only way. Another thing to consider is that the body really does lose inches even as it holds on to pounds. I find that my clothing sizes go down WHEN I AM STALLED not when I am actively losing. I am in an active losing phase right now but I'm not noticing any differences in clothing fit.

Remember, BMR and RMR are estimates of the number of calories you burn if you don't even get out of bed! Everything you do, from brushing your teeth to carrying the laundry, burns more. Exercise is the cherry on top!

I think the poster above who said you have to eat below your BMR was either mistaken or had a typo.