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When to recalculate your TDEE after losing weight

When to recalculate your TDEE after losing weight

As you lose weight, your smaller body burns fewer calories, so your old daily target quietly stops working. Re-check your TDEE every 4 to 5 kilos you lose so the maths stays honest and the scale keeps moving.

1 Aug 2026 · Burnie Academy
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You were losing weight nicely. Each week the scale dipped. Then it stopped. You eat the same, walk the same, and log the same, but nothing moves. Here is the quiet reason. Your body is smaller now, so it burns less. The target you set at your old weight has gone stale. Your TDEE means the calories you burn in a whole day. This short read tells you when to re-check that number.

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