Originally Posted by
mkadam68
Well, that's just it. The accuracy of all these are now suspect. How can we know how much to eat & how much to not? I'm almost resigning myself to: if I feel hungry, I'm doing it right.
One gives me a BMR of 1940 cal/day and the other 2092 before factoring in exercise. Close enough. BMR is a relatively simple calculation and most calculators should give pretty much the same answer. I aim for around 2500 - 2800 cal per day depending on exercise level. This is still a bit low if I want to put on any muscle.
I find that when I'm working out regularly, if I feel hungry I have not been eating enough.