Question: should I be eating more on days that I work out?

Hi guys! Quick question.

I am trying to use a TDEE calculator to estimate the number of calories I need per day, but Im running into a bit of an issue.

It gives me four options: sedentary, lightly active, moderately active, or very active, and the number of calories I need changes per day based on that. However the designation of sedentary -> very active is based on how many times per week one exercises and the intensity.

I bicycle to work 3-5 times per week, 15 miles roundtrip per day that I do it, putting me between lightly/moderately active.

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If I select lightly active it tells me to eat at 1500 kcal a day. This feels like slightly too much on days I dont ride, but also far too little on days that I do. I tried MFP but it instructs me to eat back the calories I exercised, in full, which feels like far too much.

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Should I be using the "sedentary" setting to establish TDEE and then eating back calories like MFP tells me to?

Should I use the "lightly active" setting and then just eat at that regardless of the day?

How much am I supposed to be eating exactly?

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Any help you guys could give would be appreciated. It takes me a long time to lose weight, so I dont want to waste time, and I have low blood sugar as well so I dont want to fuck up and pass out on the road lol.

I am 30, female, 5'7, 196 lbs FYI.

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