Calorie intake - Training days v Rest days

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GB now maybe im misunderstanding the logic behind TDEE and if so ive been living a misunderstanding for almost an entire year (since i originally started my cut last september).

TDEE: total daily energy expenditure of 1.55 (activity multiplier) assumes u workout 3-5 days per week


Calculate your TDEE (total daily energy expenditure). This will tell you the average number of calories you burn based on your BMR and your daily activity level.

Sedentary = BMR X 1.2 (little or no exercise and a desk or still standing job)
Lightly active = BMR X 1.375 (light exercise or sports one to three times per week)
Moderately active = BMR X 1.55 (moderate exercise or sports three to five times per week)
Very active = BMR X 1.725 (hard exercise or sports six to seven times per week)
Extremely active = BMR X 1.9 (hard daily exercise or sports and a physical job, or twice a day training for an athletic event such as for a marathon or intense competition)

So the figure you come up with will be the average # of calories you burn daily. This number is crucial to us so we can adjust caloric intake in order to bulk (add mass) or cut (reduce body-fat) or even to maintain if that is your goal.


ok so if my BMR = 2000cals and i work out 5 x per week then i multiply 2000cals x 1.55 = 3100cals (this is the number of cals i require daily to maintain my weight based on weekly activity) - i see nothing referencing "off" days. the "off" days are assumed in the multiplier itself (2 "off" days at 5 x work out per week).. to me this means i burn 21,700cals per week due to the fact that my BMR is 2000cals and i work out 5 times each week.. if this formula was to represent a daily expenditure only i see no reason to make reference to how many days per week u work out.. it would simply be 1.55 multiplier for a day of moderate exercise or sports..

therefore every day of the week i require 3100cals to maintain my weight..

how is this incorrect?

[Times Roman]

GB now maybe im misunderstanding the logic behind TDEE and if so ive been living a misunderstanding for almost an entire year (since i originally started my cut last september).

TDEE: total daily energy expenditure of 1.55 (activity multiplier) assumes u workout 3-5 days per week


Calculate your TDEE (total daily energy expenditure). This will tell you the average number of calories you burn based on your BMR and your daily activity level.

Sedentary = BMR X 1.2 (little or no exercise and a desk or still standing job)
Lightly active = BMR X 1.375 (light exercise or sports one to three times per week)
Moderately active = BMR X 1.55 (moderate exercise or sports three to five times per week)
Very active = BMR X 1.725 (hard exercise or sports six to seven times per week)
Extremely active = BMR X 1.9 (hard daily exercise or sports and a physical job, or twice a day training for an athletic event such as for a marathon or intense competition)

So the figure you come up with will be the average # of calories you burn daily. This number is crucial to us so we can adjust caloric intake in order to bulk (add mass) or cut (reduce body-fat) or even to maintain if that is your goal.


ok so if my BMR = 2000cals and i work out 5 x per week then i multiply 2000cals x 1.55 = 3100cals (this is the number of cals i require daily to maintain my weight based on weekly activity) - i see nothing referencing "off" days. the "off" days are assumed in the multiplier itself (2 "off" days at 5 x work out per week).. to me this means i burn 21,700cals per week due to the fact that my BMR is 2000cals and i work out 5 times each week.. if this formula was to represent a daily expenditure only i see no reason to make reference to how many days per week u work out.. it would simply be 1.55 multiplier for a day of moderate exercise or sports..

therefore every day of the week i require 3100cals to maintain my weight..

how is this incorrect?

I've noticed this too.
405, tbh, the TDEE calculator here isn't the greatest. on the one hand, it is a daily estimate, yet incorporates weekly activity, so the units of measure do not match up. for the tdee to be accurate, it would need seperate daily calculations, since a day at the gym can't really borrow against yesterdays' surplus, unless the surplus was stored as fat. if one were to continue with this tdee calculator, to be precise, you'd have to do a work around for (in)active days. There may be a mathmatical solution based on aproximations and estimates if one really wanted to be precise. Or one could go out and get a tdee that calculates DAILY activity, not weekly activity.

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PS - the "^^" in my post was for 405 - Roman snuck in and posted before I could reply!