>my ideal weight
>144lbs
Why does TDEE calculator want me to twinkmaxx?

These online 'ideal weight' calculators were clearly designed during the golden age of patriarchy, probably by a chain-smoking white dude named Herbert who thought women should weigh 47kg, be 5'9", and silent. Bro was out here building Cold War missile guidance systems and deciding your thigh circumference. Get that colonizer BMI nonsense outta my face.

>eat less protein on a cut
Is this true

>>76281875 (OP)
it knows that you're NGMI so it's trying to make sure that at least you'll be able to satisfy superior men

>>76281957
Is this really my destiny? To twinkmaxx for other men? There has to be another option. Surely if I get really jacked I could escape twink mode?

>>76281875 (OP)
"Ideal bodyweight" is a misnomer, its a calculation used in medicine for certain weight-based drugs and renal function metrics. It has the same problems as using BMI, in that it assumes a sedentary lifestyle. It's a rough calculation to estimate somene's lean body mass, since for certain things your fat mass doesn't really count.

>>76281875 (OP)
because they don't take muscle into account.
I am overweight by BMI standards, but somehow when I go shopping I have to tuck in every t-shirt I buy because there's just too much fabric around the belly and waist.

A good goal for you would be to take the ideal normie weight and slap on 30 pounds. This way you can gain 20 pounds of muscle and 10 pounds of fat and be extremely strong and mog everyone

>>76281875 (OP)
>5.7
You fucking midget lol

>>76282108
>>76282128
Well im currently about 30lbs over the weight. But I just feel fat. Im pretty strong but I do have noticeable love handles, moobs, and a pudgy belly. I thought my ideal weight would be around 160 but to see 144 is kind of extreme. I do lift though so if 144 is only for sedentary people then maybe 160 is my ideal weight.

>>76282134
No shit sherlock.

woman calculator
170 lbs is a good target weight for you (as fit)

>>76282072
>Surely if I get really jacked I could escape twink mode?
you could, but you won't

>>76282171
Why wont i? Are you some sort of oracle?

>>76281875 (OP)
>5'7
lol lmao just do whatever you want man, nothing you do matters

>>76282405
Why so dismissive? Napoleon ruled over half of europe at 5'6

>>76282072
You could get jacked up to 80kg but then you will look like a jacked midget.
Anything below 80kg is victim weight and you won't have any reach when fighting so bigger men will manhandle you

>>76282410
The average guy in his army got shot and died or froze to death in Russia.
You're not Napoleon, you're that average guy.

You should aim for 75-85 kg and do lots of MMA if you wanna feel like a man at that height.
75kg is victim weight territory if a taller guy who is 90-100kg picks on you it's over.

If you're aiming for some meme lean is law/aesthetic build you're pretty much stuck in twink mode for life.

>>76282402
prove me wrong

>>76282412
>>76282437
Well I was planning for maybe 160lbs with abs, so not entirely too twinkish. Im not a fighter so idk if I want to do MMA. I'll try to focus on not getting too thin. At 5'7 i think I could look like pic related

>>76282418
OK buddy and im sure youre just God's pinnacle creation.

>>76282468
You can't get to 180 lbs without having a beer belly? It's recommended for every man to do some form of fighting, any form otherwise when conflict happens you will freeze cause you're not familiar with it.
Otherwise it really doesn't matter if you can look like that guy go for it, if you can't fight for shit being 180lbs won't make any difference over 160lbs.
Good luck mate.

"Ideal weight" calculators are for sedentary people. You want FFMI calculator.

>>76282511
Id rather not live a life where im on constanr alert from a non existent threat. I feel like learning how to fight only places your mind in a fighting environment which then attracts fights to you because youre desperate to use what youve learned

>>76281875 (OP)
According to the TDEE calculator my maintenance is either 2600 or 2900 depending on whether my activity is moderate or heavy. I’m leaning towards heavy since I run two 5ks and a 10k a week. Strength training gets my heart rate higher than running as well.

The discrepancy is big but I’ve been eating around 2700 for the past few months and have lost weight. Can’t seem to get below 160 unfortunately. I’m okay with it I suppose, I just have to build a lot more muscle.

>>76281875 (OP)
>BMI 23.0 is twink
Paddy Pimblett cuts to 161lbs at 5'10 and then cuts 5lbs of water weight.
Just look at this twink.

>>76282695
So he's about 170-180 when he actually fights.

>>76282524
A man who sleeps with a machete under his bed is a fool on all nights but one.

>>76281875 (OP)
because it's going off bmi and not your actual health

>>76282700
Yeah but the point is he mostly gains glycogen and water and not fat.
If you think BMI 23.0 with 10% bodyfat is twink mode, you're delusional.