D'OH! How can I have been so dumb!

shorerider

Well, just call me Homer from now on!

I have lost exactly 8/10 of a pound in 17 days and have been going ABSOLUTELY NUTS! As my rant posts have attested. I have been racking my brain trying to figure out what changed and trying everything!

Then today, it hit me--I was watching the Tour de France and you could see the HRM on one of the guys. I mentioned to my hubby that I'm supposed to get my HRM back from the company tomorrow--I had to send it back for repairs.

That's when I had an epiphany--I sent my HRM back on June 30 and have been relying on mapmyride.com estimates for my calories burnt since that day (gives a closer estimate for bike riding then MFP). I don't trust the estimates, so I always reduce them by about 20% or so.

HOWEVER, when I realized that my weight loss stopped within 2 days of sending back my HRM, I pulled up some reports of exercise times and calories burned--and guess what!

Based upon my past exercise times/calories burned, I'VE BEEN OVERESTIMATING MY EXERCISE CALORIES BY ABOUT AT LEAST 500-700 CALORIES EACH TIME I GO BIKE RIDING!

That has to be the issue--I really think it has to be the source of problem.

I just can't believe I didn't think of it before today.

So, I'm cutting back my exercise calorie estimate for today by 400 based upon a similar work-out I did 6 weeks ago.

Tomorrow my HRM comes back, and I hope that means my weight loss will be back on track.

shorerider

Well, just call me Homer from now on!

I have lost exactly 8/10 of a pound in 17 days and have been going ABSOLUTELY NUTS! As my rant posts have attested. I have been racking my brain trying to figure out what changed and trying everything!

Then today, it hit me--I was watching the Tour de France and you could see the HRM on one of the guys. I mentioned to my hubby that I'm supposed to get my HRM back from the company tomorrow--I had to send it back for repairs.

That's when I had an epiphany--I sent my HRM back on June 30 and have been relying on mapmyride.com estimates for my calories burnt since that day (gives a closer estimate for bike riding then MFP). I don't trust the estimates, so I always reduce them by about 20% or so.

HOWEVER, when I realized that my weight loss stopped within 2 days of sending back my HRM, I pulled up some reports of exercise times and calories burned--and guess what!

Based upon my past exercise times/calories burned, I'VE BEEN OVERESTIMATING MY EXERCISE CALORIES BY ABOUT AT LEAST 500-700 CALORIES EACH TIME I GO BIKE RIDING!

That has to be the issue--I really think it has to be the source of problem.

I just can't believe I didn't think of it before today.

So, I'm cutting back my exercise calorie estimate for today by 400 based upon a similar work-out I did 6 weeks ago.

Tomorrow my HRM comes back, and I hope that means my weight loss will be back on track.

AlbertSchwartz

ouch, sorry to hear that homer, let me know how you get off as i'm struggling at the mo, not sure if i'm eating enough of too much

shorerider

One thing for sure I'm going to do when I get my HRM back is to wear it for 24 hours and see just what my daily caloric expenditure is--Banks recommends that all the time and I think I'll finally listen to THE WISE AND WONDERFUL BANKS!

AlbertSchwartz

I might try that, would you do that on a rest day?

shorerider

Oh, hey, like the new pics there, Taffy! Much better than the "hair rug"

shorerider

I might try that, would you do that on a rest day?

Yes, Banks stresses not to work out and to wear it for the FULL 24 hours, even while sleeping.

sftbutterflykiss

so what is this thing you wear.. and it calculates you heart rate when you are moving.. then tells you what calories you burn.. where can i find one.. and how much do they run?

shorerider

They're Heart Rate Monitors--cost anywhere from $40 to a few hundred for top of the line. I paid $40 for a basic one but it's broke once already. Polar seems to be well thought of.

Just search the discussions for HRM and you'll find tons of info.