I went today and had my RMR tested. Factoring in daily activity and approx 150 exercise calories, mine is 2059 calories. The dr told me that diet wise, I should aim for around 1600 calories per day. My question is this, I exercise 5x a week, burning between 500-750 calories per workout. Given that my RMR only calculated 150 calories daily for exercise, should I be eating more than 1600 to account for the exercise? I don't want to eat too much, I don't want to eat too little. HELP PLEASE!!!
You can check your Calorie need using CC tool.Ideally to loose weight one should eat around 500 calories than one burns through out the day.
Number of calories to be consumed also depends upon your height,weight and level of activity. Use CC tool it will give you fair idea about calorie consumption
well, if your burn was 2050ish, and she told you 1600, that's just under a 500 calorie deficit. If your real exercise is about 400-500 more than what was factored, you should be okay, you'd just have closer to a 1000 cal deficit.
Original Post by positivelinny:
just out of curiousity where did you get it tested? Can you test other than at a doctors?
I went to a dr. that specializes in weight loss. My regular dr's office didn't offer the test to they referred me.
fantasyflight-thank you so much! I was getting myself so confused. You really simplified the breakdown for me. So if I exercise an average of 550 calories in addition to what the RMR accounted for, I should end up with a 1000 calorie deficit, which would be my 2 lb weight loss per week goal! Let's hope it works!
That's close but not quite right.
You can use the tools on CC to get a reasonably close estimate or you can try doing it by hand. I think the tools are close enough for most people's purposes.
Your RMR has been given as approximately 2059 (includes ~150 calories of exercise). You need to factor in exercise that is beyond the ~150 only and you do that by adding the additional burn and then subtracting the RMR burn for that time.
So, for 30 minutes of additional exercise, you add those calories and then subtract:
(minutes exercised *RMR)/(60*24) ~= 1.5 calories per minute for a rough estimate.
I work out 5-6 times a day [avg daily exercise burn 500-600]... and burn about 2600 BMR. I consume 1500 a day... but that is low... CC puts me at 1850, 1750 if I mark myself as sedentary. My dietitian wants me to stay closer to an avg of 1500... so, it does not sound too off. I am finding that I am hungrier. But since I eat in a range 1500-1750... I can adjust for days when hunger is an issue.
What is a weight loss specialist doctor called? I just see a dietician... she is really good. But, I wonder what a doctor could tell me.
Original Post by smwhipple:
That's close but not quite right.
You can use the tools on CC to get a reasonably close estimate or you can try doing it by hand. I think the tools are close enough for most people's purposes.
Your RMR has been given as approximately 2059 (includes ~150 calories of exercise). You need to factor in exercise that is beyond the ~150 only and you do that by adding the additional burn and then subtracting the RMR burn for that time.
So, for 30 minutes of additional exercise, you add those calories and then subtract:
(minutes exercised *RMR)/(60*24) ~= 1.5 calories per minute for a rough estimate.
I'm not quite sure I understand your formula. Help me out here....
My RMR is 2059(includes daily activity + 150 calories from exercise), when I work out I typically burn about 750(so an excess of 600 above what my RMR factors in) calories. My dr recommended eating 1600 calories. Without factoring in the additional exercise, that puts me at a deficit of 459 calories. So wouldn't adding the additional exercise create my 1000 deficit?
Original Post by lessin08:
I work out 5-6 times a day [avg daily exercise burn 500-600]... and burn about 2600 BMR. I consume 1500 a day... but that is low... CC puts me at 1850, 1750 if I mark myself as sedentary. My dietitian wants me to stay closer to an avg of 1500... so, it does not sound too off. I am finding that I am hungrier. But since I eat in a range 1500-1750... I can adjust for days when hunger is an issue.
What is a weight loss specialist doctor called? I just see a dietician... she is really good. But, I wonder what a doctor could tell me.
The doctor I went to is an Internal Medicine/Bariatric physician. She currently specializes only in the weight loss area. I am considering going to a dietician. My insurance will cover that, but not the actual m.d. Crazy but what do you do?
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