The TDEE Blog
Read when the numbers stop making sense.
Most people know their calories. Few understand why they're not moving. These articles close that gap by covering metabolism, nutrition, and training without the noise.
How Should You Use Progress Photos to Track TDEE Results?
A scale cannot tell fat loss from muscle gain, but a consistent photo can. This guide covers the exact protocol that turns progress photos into real data instead of a random snapshot.
How Should You Weigh In Weekly for Accurate TDEE Tracking?
A single number on the scale is mostly noise. This guide covers the exact conditions, the trend maths, and the weekly protocol that turn daily weigh-ins into a signal you can actually trust.
Cardio or Diet: Which Should Create Your Deficit?
Most people treat cardio and diet as rival methods and pick a side. They are actually two separate levers on the same calorie deficit, and one of them does far more of the work than people assume.
How Many Steps Should You Walk to Reach Your Calorie Target?
The 10,000-step target came from a 1960s pedometer marketing campaign, not health research. This guide replaces it with targets matched to your actual goal, your actual starting point, and a progression rate backed by real trial data.
Why Your Food Log Is Wrong And How to Fix It?
A landmark study found diet-resistant subjects underreported their food log by 47% when measured against doubly labelled water. This guide covers why logs go wrong, whether weighing actually beats eyeballing, how accurate nutrition labels really are, and the fixes that close the gap.
Does Intermittent Fasting Change Your TDEE? How to Track
Intermittent fasting does not raise or lower your TDEE on its own. It restricts the window in which you eat, not the calories your body burns. This guide covers the landmark trial data, how the major protocols compare, and what the muscle preservation research actually shows.
Macro Tracking vs. Calorie Tracking: Which Wins?
Total calories determine whether you gain, lose, or maintain weight. Macros determine what that weight is made of. This guide covers exactly when macro tracking is worth the extra effort, when calories alone are enough, and what the adherence research actually shows.