Calculating my own TDEE

I love data so I collect a lot of it.

Today I decided to calculate my average caloric intake over the past month and compare that with my weight loss! Here's what I got:

As of April 8 my average weight from the past month was 171.3. I calculated my average caloric intake from April 8 to May 8 (29 days). My average was 1943 calories per day. My average weight from the past month as of May 8 was 165.0, so I lost an average of 6.3 pounds in those 29 days, or 1.5 pounds per week. This means I've been in a (on average, all of these numbers are averages lol) 750 calorie per day deficit. Add 750 to 1943 and my average TDEE is almost 2700 calories per day! Not too shabby for my height and weight lol.

Of course it's possible I'm overestimating the calories I eat (I use MyFitnessPal and weigh my food, etc.) but I do try to be as exact as possible.

I just thought this was interesting because online TDEE calculators all tell me I should be eating 1800 per day to lose 1 pound per week, even when I say I'm "moderately active". So bottom line TDEE calculators are not the end all be all!

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Seeking Support on My Weight Loss Journey Struggling with Exercise but Determined

Hey everyone,

I’m Ethan, 19 years old, 6’1”, and currently weighing 308.2 lbs. I’ve been struggling with my weight for a while now, but I’m determined to make a change. I’ve been having a really hard time with exercise—besides walking, I get super out of breath. I used to be really active in high school, playing football all four years, so I’m holding on to the hope that I can get back into shape.

I’m here because I need support and advice on how to start exercising again, eat healthier, and stay motivated. I know it’s not going to be easy, but I’m committed to putting in the work. Any tips on starting a workout routine, staying consistent, or just getting back into the groove of things would be super helpful.

Thanks for taking the time to read this—I’m really looking forward to connecting with others on the same journey!

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How One Busy [relatable demographic] Finally Broke A Plateau And Stopped Crying and Started Dropping Pounds! This is Definitely NOT Spam and You SHOULD dm me! [insert eye-catching emojis here]

I’m just here to tell the spammers and self-promoters who have been hitting this sub and my DMs that you are not slick, your tactics are super obvious, and you need to stop trying to prey on people looking for help.

Stay alert everyone, if someone keeps trying to take a conversation to DMs or is promoting “one weird trick” in their post, they’re probably trying to sell you something. Keep reporting these posts and remember that there’s no quick fix in the world of weight loss. Check out your account settings to close your DMs and chat requests if you’re getting inundated with “hey I saw your comment, I totally get it, reach out anytime” types of messages lately.

[insert relatable question here to encourage engagement, vaguely allude to details I will only provide in DMs]

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Feeling Frustrated

Not about my progress because that's actually going really good! Im 4.2 lbs down in about 10 days. I've been eating in a deficit and making sure to get between 7-10k steps a day. Today I scheduled my consultation and 2 free sessions with a personal trainer at the YMCA to start strength training... I am really proud of myself.

My parents, however, have both taken it upon themselves (at separate times) to remind me that my weight loss will slow down, or that the numbers on the scale don't matter cause I'm building muscle.... as if I don't already know that. I am 35 years old and have been fat since I was 8 years old. I got my first gym membership in 3rd grade and when that didn't work (because my mom never took me to the fkin gym), they bought me a weight watchers membership. I was the youngest person at every single meeting and it was honestly humiliating. I had to shop in the "husky" section (god that term is so much more hurtful than plus size)... Mind you, both of my parents are also fat and have been most of my life.

It's just so frustrating that neither one of them can just say "hey, good job" or God forbid "I'm proud of you"... I don't know why they both have to tune in with an "actually 🤓" every freaking time I do something for myself. I am also 11 months sober and my parents have both told me that I must not have been an actual alcoholic because I quit so easily and haven't relapsed. I almost drank myself to death last year, I had alcoholic hepatitis, sepsis, and my potassium was so low when I got to the hospital the doctor told me that if I had waited any longer I might have had a heart attack that I wouldn't have come back from. I absolutely was an alcoholic. I just feel like they both try to diminish me every time I work my ass off to better myself.

If you made it this far, thanks. I'm just ridiculously proud of myself for sticking to it and making a plan. Just here fishing for validation, I guess. 🤷‍♀️

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A healthy lunch option around 5 pounds

So, I work an office job, 9-5, for breakfast I just do plain eggs. For tea I either do chicken thigh wraps, mince and rice or sometimes if I'm easy something like a chicken kiev, I generally keep it high protein, skip the chips on the side and go from there.

Now, my issue

My office gives me 5 pound for lunch, near my office is a tesco express, a sainsburys, a greggs, some coffee shops, a wasabi and a subway

I have been doing meal deals, from tesco I usually grab a chicken bacon bistro wrap from the premium section, an innocent smoothie (which I take with creatine) and some flapjack

Ive recently been trying my hand with sushi/gyozas as a snack to lower the calories and eat semi-healthier, but I'm sort've lost. The tesco has quite limited selection, I like those vit hit drinks but they're not there so I go with innocent just for the creatine.

I feel like this lunch is the key to my weight loss, I'm quite happy with my diet outside of this, but if I can get my 5x a week meal down right, it'll get better

can anyone recommend what I should do with the shops available? Ive tried wasabi but its expensive and portions are super small, and I'd rather keep it under 5 pounds

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Feeling a bit conscious of my newish walk

I've lost 86lbs since last August! Down to 232 from 318 and I'm so happy and excited, as one might imagine. What I'm doing has really been working for me and since October I've been dressing better, doing my makeup and looking after my skin again. I have a long way to go, but I look and feel 100 percent better than I did when I started. I've never been one to be ashamed of who I am, fat or skinny. When I walk into a room, I walk confidently and proud with my shoulders back, like I'm supposed to be there. As you might imagine, at 318 that walk was more of a confident waddle on my 5'6 frame and now I can execute more of a stride. Being female, I have noticed that my hips seem to have a pretty prominent sway, but it doesn't bother me. I generally feel good about how I walk. But the last few weeks I have a much younger female co worker that's made a few playful but pointed comments on my walk, and though the tone is silly, it's made me a bit conscious of myself. They make comments like "Yeah, shake that butt mushroomrevolution!". Or "There mushroom is, shaking it". I have generally been making playful or witty comments back. I'm a playful person and I like to joke around so at first it wasn't really anything I thought about. But after the 3rd or 4th time, I've been wondering if the way I walk is wrong or distracting.

I don't even think about how I walk usually but the repeated comments have made me feel like I've done something wrong, and I know I have not. My walk has changed, absolutely, but I feel like I move through the world pretty happily and a lot more femininely than I used to based on the fact that my body shape has changed drastically.

I don't mind the comments about my weight loss. I'm proud of the work I've done. I love the fact that I feel more like myself than I have in a very long time. At a bigger size I was confident in myself as a person and my abilities, but I was always tired and unwell feeling. Now I'm feeling good almost all of the time and have more energy to socialize and be friendlier. Maybe the person commenting is genuinely just trying to throw genuine fun energy at me, but it seems like they'd say other silly things other than how my butt moves if that were completely true.

So is this even a concern I should have? Has anyone else had any consciousness about how they walk after a pretty decent sized weight loss? Do I need to just ask that person to stop talking about my butt and live my life?

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Feeling a bit hopeless

I just am not sure I'll even be able to ever have a body I'll be happy with. I was obese my whole childhood, cue in a grueling amount of self esteem issues and bullying.

When I was around 18 I started a weight loss journey and in 2 years lost what I believe is the equivalent of 60 lbs. I mantained that weight for 1 year and a half before some mental health issues and I gained back 30 of those lost lbs.

I look at pictures of "skinny me" and I get so mad cause that boy still thought he was ugly and fat and was constantly checking himself out and still trying to dress to "hide extra weight". I've been trying again to get my eating under control and exercise more for around 2 months now and while I have had some small progress I still feel at a loss. I wonder if I'll ever be happy with myself

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