**Total Daily Energy Expenditure - how many calories you expend on an average day.** TDEE is Total Daily Energy Expenditure - it is how many calories you expend on an average day. It is essentially your [[BMR]] + the caloric cost of activity undertaken in a typical day. So if your typical day is fairly sedentary, BMR is pretty close to TDEE. Or, if you're a pretty active person you may have a TDEE that is 500+ calories above your BMR. Note, though that [[BMR is most of TDEE]]. Your TDEE is the number you should compare your caloric intake to for the purposes of controlling your weight. > [!tldr] For me ≈ 3000 or so > For typical day's activity **** # More ## Source - [[Exercised]] - [[Simple Science Fitness]] ## Related - [[BMR]] - [[BMR is most of TDEE]]