All body types are different and
the calorie numbers above are just estimates for the «average» human.
Not exact matches
Respectively, drinking a whole cup, two or more of water per day will make the
above numbers grow, and you will consume even 205
calories less than you usually do (without the extra water), 18 grams less sugar, 235 milligrams less sodium and 21 grams less cholesterol.
So, my other question is: should I set my daily
calorie target at /
above my BMR, even though that
number is higher than 75 - 80 % of my TDEE?
If you're moderately active, meaning you exercise around 30 - 60 minutes per day at a moderate to high intensity, the
number of
calories you burn through exercise will be around 15 - 30 %
above your resting metabolic rate.3 You'll learn how to estimate the
calorie needs of people with higher energy expenditures in a moment.
Add up your
calories for the whole week, divide that by 7 (to get your average caloric intake per day) and see how it compares to
number you get from the simple formula I described
above.
The
above should give a fairly accurate
calorie number for reaching your goal, but to get a most accurate Total Daily Energy Expenditure (TDEE), get your body composition tested and enter your stats in the «body fat percentage» field.
You then eat below (
calorie deficit — weight loss) or
above (
calorie surplus — weight gain) this
number.
See
number two
above and you're back to that stressed body storing
calories as fat easier under stress.
Moist treats are harder to calculate, since you must either convert the fat percentage to dry matter, or know the
number of
calories so that you can use one of the formulas
above in order to determine the actual amount of fat (most treat labels do not provide information about
calories).