About
A friendly, math-first home for figuring out your TDEE.
Sukie · founder & editor
Sukie has been tracking calories, lifting weights, and tweaking her own TDEE for almost a decade. She built TDEE Calculator Hub after watching too many friends bounce between extreme diets — her goal is a calmer, math-first approach to body composition.
Reach me: sukielovesupport@gmail.com
Why this site exists
The honest answer is that I built TDEE Calculator Hub because I've been calculating my own TDEE for a long time and watched a couple of close friends spiral through extreme diets — keto-then-juice-cleanse-then-fasting-then-back-to-square-one — because nobody had ever sat them down and walked them through the math in a calm voice.
Most of what gets you results in body composition is unspectacular: a reasonable calorie target, enough protein, sleep, lifting things sometimes, and the patience to give it two real months instead of two real weeks. The math is the boring foundation. I wanted a page that respected that.
What we believe
- Calculators are starting points, not verdicts. A TDEE estimate is hypothesis day one. The body tells you the real number after two weeks of consistent eating.
- Protein is the most under-rated macro. Get it right and 80% of nutrition is solved.
- Slow is durable. A 1% reduction in body weight per week is the upper end of what's sustainable for most people. Faster gets undone faster.
- The scale is a noisy instrument. Look at 7-day rolling averages, not single weigh-ins. Hormones, sodium, glycogen, and water move in patterns the formula doesn't see.
- Honesty over guru-ism. If a number is uncertain, we say so. If we don't know, we don't make it up.
How we research and write
Every guide on this site goes through the same flow: I research a topic across peer-reviewed studies (PubMed, Examine.com summaries, ACSM/ADA position stands), draft the page with AI assistance where it speeds up structure and phrasing, then edit by hand — pulling in my own experience, examples from people I've helped, and corrections wherever the AI's default phrasing was too generic. AI helps; it doesn't publish.
Numbers are linked to sources. Where I share an experience or anecdote, it's real (sometimes anonymized as “a friend L” or “a friend R”). Where I don't have a source, I say “in my experience.” Where I'm wrong, please tell me — I update pages when I get it wrong, and the “updated” date on each page reflects real edits, not a build script.
What this site is not
I'm not a registered dietitian, an MD, or a coach with formal credentials. I'm a fitness hobbyist who's spent a long time inside spreadsheets. Nothing on this site is medical advice. If you have a clinical condition — disordered eating history, thyroid issues, diabetes, pregnancy, recovery from an illness — please work with a qualified professional and treat this site as background context, not a treatment plan.
Contact
For corrections, questions, or just to say hi: sukielovesupport@gmail.com. I read every email, though I don't always reply quickly. The site has no affiliate links and no sponsors; if that ever changes, it'll be disclosed at the top of every relevant page.
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