I lost weight eating pizza, wine, and oreos in moderation - and with your high activity level you have plenty of room to work those things in. You don't have to only eat 'healthy' foods to have a healthy diet. You don't need to make such dramatic changes to your diet in order to be successful - there's nothing wrong with milk in your coffee, treats in moderation, etc. Your BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate) is an estimate of how many calories youd burn if you were to do nothing but rest for 24 hours. I'm also 5'2, over 40, and lost all my weight eating b/w 1600-1900 calories, maintaining my weight at 118 with a TDEE of 2200. I lost weight at the rate I wanted to and am now maintaining using FitBit Synced with MFP - are your devices synced together? What activity level have you chosen in MFP? If you average 15K steps per day, you are not sedentary - that's what I was getting during warmer months (now more like 12K) and I'm set to active. Macro Tracker See carbs, fat & protein breakdown by gram or percentageno need for a separate carb tracker or keto diet app Nutrition Tracker and Insights Analyze nutrition intake and set specific goals for macros, cholesterol, sodium, fiber & more. Why are you using external sites to calculate your TDEE - what does FitBit say your total calories burned is? That's a good approximation of your TDEE - mine is very accurate for me. Calorie Tracker Automatically count calories and see your daily progress.

I’m going to try these figures and give it a go. They recommend that 15-20% is deducted from my TDEE to get my daily calories. (Including calories needed for my daily activities and exercise) I’ve been on the iifym website and calculated my TDEE.

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