I was once 260lbs.
I calculated my BMR here ~ http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm
My BMR was 2126.
I've been counting my calories, eating at 500 calorie deficit (aiming in the ballpark of 1600 calories a day), and working out 3-4 days a week.

I am now 230lbs.
My recalculated BMR is 1990.
Now I am aiming for 1500 a day.

It would seem I cannot consume any less calories a day without negative impact.
Is this where a slow down in weight loss occurs? Because my daily calorie intake starts to get closer to my BMR?

In that case what is your BMR? Is it how much calories your body needs a day to maintain?
So, by eating less you are forcing your body to get it from fat deposit?

How do workout work into your daily calorie intake?
Am I supposed to eat more calories on days I work out?
Am I stressing my body too much by eating only 1500 calories day and working out?

I need an overall better understanding I think of calories in general.

Any help would be appreciated.

fuck all that... just cut most carbs and eat chicken and broccoli 6 times a day maybe some eggs and protein shakes/bars.. weight train 3 days a week and cardio one or 2 days

thats how i got lean and mean just sayin.. no counting

You really don't know what you're doing huh

Dude clean foods duh hhghhh

chicken rice and broccoli 5-6 times a day multivitamin/fishoil, protein shakes before bed to prevent catabolism ALL DAY

Nope. What I posted is what I think is correct but not sure. Just looking for some guidance.

i would love to know the exact values you input to get those energy expenditure estimates. you must be short AF to get 2100 kcal at 260lbs. the problem with those calculators is that they dont differentiate metabolic environments of fat vs fat free mass. muscle mass is far more metabolically demanding because of the energy expended during contraction, compared to fat mass. if you put in 260 lbs of total body mass the calculator will assume a relatively average male body composition (say 15%), and greatly overestimate your lean body mass. if you figured out your lean body mass beforehand and used that in the calculation rather than total body mass (out of 260lbs initially lets assume 30% body fat because you want to lose weight, only roughly 182 of those lbs are truly metabolically active) you would see much lower daily expenditure values both before and after your weightloss.

I kind of understand what you mean.

28
Male
5'8
260 lb

What's tdee? And that's kind of what I am doing I think.