Stupid questions....I'm new!

XLMKX
XLMKX Posts: 86
edited September 22 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi all :)
Nice to meet you :)

I had a couple of stupid questions to ask ^.^

Just wondered how you set your loss goals up and how?
Also, how do you track interval training?

Thank you all :)

xxxx

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  • GorillaNJ
    GorillaNJ Posts: 4,024 Member
    There are no stupid questions.... just stupid people who ask questions! :laugh:

    A speaker said that once at a conference and I thought it was the most hilarious thing ever...

    You should be able to find interval training under the exercise tab...or if you have a Heart Rate Monitor you can create your own. and under the home tab there should be a goals menu to select.
  • ❤B☩❤
    ❤B☩❤ Posts: 634
    NO QUESTION IS 'STUPID' IF YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER!
  • SHBoss1673
    SHBoss1673 Posts: 7,161 Member
    as to where to go, On the MY HOME tab at the top, there is a link for goals, click on that, then click on the green "Change Goals" button at the bottom.

    I created a quick guide for people. Read through it, it should help.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/61706-guide-to-calorie-deficits
  • rawdefault
    rawdefault Posts: 66
    I don't believe interval training is in the database... I would log it as bicycling/running/whatever exercise you are doing, at a moderate speed (better to under-estimate than to over-estimate).
  • gdunn55
    gdunn55 Posts: 363
    Hi all :)
    Nice to meet you :)

    I had a couple of stupid questions to ask ^.^

    Just wondered how you set your loss goals up and how?
    Also, how do you track interval training?

    Thank you all :)

    xxxx
    I set my goal by looking at old photos and realizing when I was in the best shape (in my mind). To me it was when I was in HS. I found an old program from football, looked at my weight, and decided to set it 10 lbs less.

    I don't track interval training. The best thing I can tell you is to try and see how long it takes you to do x number of reps and see if you can beat that time and when you can increase weight.
  • XLMKX
    XLMKX Posts: 86
    Thanks everyone, but by goals I meant how do you say I want to be at xlb at x date?
  • stormieweather
    stormieweather Posts: 2,549 Member
    When you set up your goals in MFP, did you select a 1 pound a week loss, or 2 or 1/2? Depending on what you selected, you can extrapolate that out to a certain date. Ie; At a 1 pound a week loss, in 3 months, you ideally will have lost 13 pounds. So on April 7'th, you'd like to be 13 pounds lighter than today.
  • rawdefault
    rawdefault Posts: 66
    It seriously just made my day that you used the word extropolate :D
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