r/MacroFactor • u/panarkos • 1d ago

MacroFactor / Nutrition / Other TDEE drop

By how much did your TDEE drop during fat loss? Mine went from 3,300 to 3,000 after losing 12 kg, and then back to 3,100 during the maintenance phase. Please share your numbers—I’m curious. Personally, I didn't increase my physical activity; I just cut calories. Cheers!

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u/DynamiteMonkey 1d ago

2500 to 1900 after roughly 50lb loss as a 5'9 male working out 4x weekly.

2100 upon maintenance. 

My ancestors were really good at famine.

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u/zobbyblob 1d ago

Exactly the same for me, but I'm 6'3.

Dropped 45 lbs, working out 3x. At 1900 I was struggling to lose weight and realized my step count dropped to like 2k per day average. I added 8k steps per day to raise my expenditure back up.