Total Daily Energy Expenditure (TDEE)

In this assignment I will calculate my Total Daily Energy Expenditure (TDEE). For this purpose I will calculate my Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR) and EIT. The total TDEE will be calculated by the sum of RMR and EIT afterwards.

RMR Calculation

The RMR rate was calculated by a specially designed setting. The test was conducted in Human Performance lab. I was sitting on a bench and various peripherals were attached to me to record measurements. The test measured my body temperature, VO2 level, respiratory quotient, and total calorie consumption per second.

The results measured from the test calculated my Resting Metabolic Rate to be 1079 with Respiratory Qoutient of 0.70.

EIT Calculation

The EIT Calculation was done by averaging the total MET values for three days the results are as follows:

Days	Activities	METs	Daily total
Day 1	Running, 4 mph (15 min/mile) Sitting quietly and watching television Carpentry, general, light effort Bathing, sitting Sitting on toilet, eliminating while standing or squating	6.0 1.3 2.5 1.5 1.8	13.1
Day 2	Basketball, general Bicycling, general Cleaning, sweeping carpet or floors, general Ironing Sitting quietly and watching television Sitting on toilet, eliminating while standing or squating	6.5 7.5 3.3 1.8 1.3 1.8	22.2
Day 3	Sitting in church, in service, attending a ceremony, sitting quietly Walking in church Carrying, loading or stacking wood, loading/unloading or carrying lumber, light-to-moderate effort Carpentry, general, light effort Bathing, Sitting	1.3 2.0 3.3 2.5 1.5	10.6
AVERAGE TOTAL = (13.1+22.2+10.6)/3		15.3

DIT= 0.1*RMR+EIT

DIT=0.1*1079+15.3

DIT=109.43

TDEE

The TDEE can be found from the following values

TDEE =1.375*RMR= 1483

The results found by the test have inaccuracy chance as the RMR was to be measured by repeated tests. As the test was conducted once the resulted RMR can be different. Also the EIT calculated may not be exact energy consumed per day and it may vary by up to 10% every day. Therefore the DIT value and resulted TDEE value maybe somewhat inaccurate.

The total EIT factor has the maximum chance of inaccuracy as there can be activities which are consuming energy but are not added in the daily energy expenditure.

To have more accurate results the RMR value should be calculated by repeated tests and all activities should be included in the EIT.