Calorie tracking apps and TDEE help please

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Years ago I used MFP and it was ok but some of the nutritional information was a bit dubious.

I've downloaded Nutracheck for my mounjaro journey (didn't realise it cost £6 pm tho) which I began at the weekend and it seems good so far - nutritional information seems more accurate than MFP.

However, I'm confused about how many calories I should actually be eating. When I put my numbers into Nutracheck it said 1244 per day. However, if I use a TDEE calculator elsewhere it says my maintenance is just over 2000 so (if I understand correctly), I should be taking 500 off that to lose weight meaning 1500 per day?

I don't want to lose weight too quickly as I really can't cope with further hair loss after the menopause years and I want to try to avoid lots of loose skin (unable to exercise much due to disability).

Can any advise on what's working for them please with TDEE and the reduction of calories?

Hi, I use nutracheck and I'm in a deficit. When setting up with my details, I just put that I wanted to lose 1lb a week and it gave me more calories to eat. I played around with the weekly loss rate until I was happy with the calorie amount. I think they do 0.5lb, 1lb, 1.5lb and 2lb weekly weight loss.

Hope that helps

Thank you @LoveMyKeeks. I probably put 2lb per week in at the start. I'm ok at the moment on 1200 but I'm going for pizza at a really nice place at the weekend so may have to have a day over 1200.

You can make your own TDEE charts with whatever parameters you want using ChatGPT:

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/weight-loss-injections/5128199-personalised-bmi-weight-and-target-calories-etc-chart-everything-you-need