Every website tells me something different, and I also think it is hard to know how many calories an individual burns throughout the day.
It wouldn't be a big deal, but I want to stay within a 100-200 caloric deficit for an extended period of time.
The only accurate approach I would have an idea to do is to weigh myself once a week after tracking calories and see if I gain or lose. But my activities change throughout the week, so what if I burned more calories one week and I think it's my maintenance?
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12-03-2020, 07:19 PM #1Registered User
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How do you find your caloric maintenance?
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01-06-2021, 07:40 PM #2Registered User
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My bro you're over thinking it way too hard. You got to understand that even when you calculate your calories you are never going to be 100% accurate, there is always going to be at least a 50-100 calories miss calculated.
If I was you bro I'd just keep weigh my self on a weekly basis and then over a 5-10 week period assess whether or not I'm losing weight. Remember your greatest asset is going to be a mirror bro, if you can visually see that you're getting leaner then you're on the right path. Don't let the calories control you, you control the calories.
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02-19-2021, 04:04 AM #3Registered User
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Each site tells me something different, and I also find it difficult to know how many calories an individual burns throughout the day.
It wouldn't be much of a problem, but I want to be left with a 100-200 calorie deficit for a long period of time.
The only precise approach I would have an idea to do is to weigh myself once a week after monitoring calories and seeing if I gain or lose. But my activities change over the course of the week, what if I burn more calories in a week and think it's my maintenance?
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02-19-2021, 04:17 AM #4Moderator
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I would weigh yourself every morning. More data is better than less when it contains 'noise' from day to day changes in water levels. You can't rely on a single weekly change being noise free.
You will never know your true TDEE and it changes every day in any case. You can approximate it over a period of time - you should aim to have typical levels or acticity in this time and weigh and measure everything you eat carefully.
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