Karen, I think you're supposed to take your resting BMR 1700 or whatever and MULTIPLY it by an activity level like:
bedridden X1.2
seated work X 1.4
seated work with some walking, moving 1.6
active 1.8
very busy 2.0
Then that number should be the number you work from to add in exercise and decrease by 20%. Here's a link to the post that Laurel calculated for me. Our BMR's are fairly close: web page
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