I would like to lose a little bit of weight before my wedding in May. I am currently having one Huel (3 scoops) a day. At first it suppressed my appetite so I wasn’t snacking, but now its not and I find myself always hungry!
How do I calculate the amount of calories I should be having in a day? I read somewhere that for weight loss with Huel, that I need to calculate my TDEE and then take away 500 calories? Is that correct?
Many thanks!
Regardless of whether you are talking about Huel or solid fuels, a pound of fat roughly equates to 3500 calories. This means if you consume 500 calories a day less than your maintenance calories, you would lose a pound a week.
Use a BMR calculator like this to find your maintenance calories. http://www.myfitnesspal.com/tools/bmr-calculator
It’s worth noting that your BMR doesn’t take into consideration any activity, so any calories burned during the day would also need to be taken into consideration.
Edit: sorry, I just noticed you mentioned TDEE. This is a good way of estimating calories used, rather than going the BMR route (which doesn’t take into account calories burned through any activity).