Question About BMR

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Dry

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Having some difficulty understanding, so I'm just looking for clarification...

Using a BMR Calculator mine is 1831 at a level of "sedentary".

Now I calculate my daily activity (including the gym) to burn about 600 extra calories.

So that puts me at about 2431 calories needed a day.

Is this correct?

In my journal it looks like people are calculating my BMR at a "moderately active" level of 2450 then adding on that the activity I do at the gym... my understanding was that you can calculate it one of two ways... the first being using their "average activity level scale" and the second being using the "sedentary" level or BMR and adding to it your actual activities.

I'm being told that at my moderate level of activity (2450) plus my 600 calories burned a day, my need should be about 3100 calories...


Which is more likely acurate, the 2400 or the 3100?
 
It's just an estimate anyway. Just pick one of those numbers and try it. See what happens to your weight in one week then adjust accordingly
 
Dry said:
Which is more likely acurate, the 2400 or the 3100?
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A simple solution might be to just split the difference - i.e go with 2,750 or so.

btw - a ' rule of thumb ' I sometimes see for calculating a rough estimate of maintenance calories is 16 calories per pound of bodyweight...or in your case, 173 X 16 = approx. 2,770....which is pretty close to 2,750.
 
Dry said:
Having some difficulty understanding, so I'm just looking for clarification...

Using a BMR Calculator mine is 1831 at a level of "sedentary".

Now I calculate my daily activity (including the gym) to burn about 600 extra calories.

So that puts me at about 2431 calories needed a day.

Is this correct?

In my journal it looks like people are calculating my BMR at a "moderately active" level of 2450 then adding on that the activity I do at the gym... my understanding was that you can calculate it one of two ways... the first being using their "average activity level scale" and the second being using the "sedentary" level or BMR and adding to it your actual activities.

I'm being told that at my moderate level of activity (2450) plus my 600 calories burned a day, my need should be about 3100 calories...


Which is more likely acurate, the 2400 or the 3100?
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yeah from what you said above, given you are actually doing moderate activity during the day (what might that be by the way??), plus going to the gym it would be closer to 3100.
 
realworksuks said:
yeah from what you said above, given you are actually doing moderate activity during the day (what might that be by the way??), plus going to the gym it would be closer to 3100.
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That would be walking from my desk to the water cooler... then sitting at my desk... then walking from my desk to the bathroom... then sitting at my desk...

10 reps a day.
 
Wrangell said:
A simple solution might be to just split the difference - i.e go with 2,750 or so.

btw - a ' rule of thumb ' I sometimes see for calculating a rough estimate of maintenance calories is 16 calories per pound of bodyweight...or in your case, 173 X 16 = approx. 2,770....which is pretty close to 2,750.
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You are a beacon of wisdom. Thanks!
 
Still remember it's an estimate and you may be an outlier like me. Multiply my weight (188) by 16 and you get 3008. I maintain at about 4000
 
Dry said:
That would be walking from my desk to the water cooler... then sitting at my desk... then walking from my desk to the bathroom... then sitting at my desk...

10 reps a day.
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Ya that's what I figured, I would consider that a sedentary lifestyle, wouldn't you?
 
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