I’m female, 42, 5’6.5” (169cm) and around 141lb (64kg). According to my Dexa scan my body fat is 28%. The scan also showed I have a slightly higher lean mass than the average woman my age (according to their charts), and my bone density is in their top 5%.
I work out twice a week, very occasionally three times, doing short 15-30 min strength or HIIT workouts like kettlebells, Shred etc. I live in a city and usually walk between 3,000 and 10,000 steps a day (more commonly under 5,000). I can’t imagine that puts me at much over sedentary or lightly active.
I lost 50lb in about a year and have been in maintenance for three months. My TDEE in practice appears to be around 2,100/2,150 which is around 250-500 calories higher than any calculator gives me. When I use a calculator that factors in BF% it raises it slightly, but not by much.
Obviously I’m not complaining about being able to eat more. But why is this the case? Is having dense bones and a moderately good muscle mass enough to give me a 250-500 calorie advantage? Or do some people's metabolisms just burn "hot"?
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