TDEE calculators vs Myfitnesspal

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Hi, all.

One of the first two tips I got from the forum was to find my TDEE and use MyFitnessPal to track what I eat and drink.

I my profile in MyFitnessPal I’ve added my weight, my height, the goal weight, the exercising I usually do, my daily activity and the week goal.
The website of MyFitnessPal says I need to consume 2000 calories (which is weird, since the app said 2020 calories yesterday).

The TDEE calculators vary from 2300 to 2750 calories for me.

Should I update MyFitnessPal to something like 2400 calories per day?

ps: in the MyFitnessPal website, if I adjust to lose 1kg/week, the website says the goal should be 1,750 Calories/Day and the app, for the same configuration, is saying 1700 Calories/Day. It’s not a huge difference, but I’m wondering why the values are different when both should use the same algorithm.

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See how you get on with 2000 and take it from there. Depending on mental health, weigh in somewhere between every day and every week.

Losing too much - Increase cals 200
Losing nothing - Decrease 200

Not a lot can go wrong :slight_smile:

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