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happens sooner and faster.) Many people also do less physical exercise as
they age. Older people generally need less energy than younger ones.
6. Our activity level
All movement contributes to our total daily energy expenditure
(TDEE).
This can include:
• purposeful exercise (aka a “workout”); sport training and/or
competition,
• an active job, such as construction or farming,
• daily-life movement, such as housework, playing with
children, going up and down stairs, etc.
7. Our chosen activity types
Along with how much activity you do: How intense is it, how often do
you do it, how long do you do it, and what energy systems are involved?
(we have a few energy systems)
But don’t let all those things overwhelm you.
Just know that they exist.
The processes and formulas we use here account for those differences
already.
So, now let’s take the next step and adjust our TDEE for our goals
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