You're probably eating more than you think.

Determined_Missy

This is a great reminder. I do lick the peanut butter from the spoon!!

jnunez5

This is great!!! Will start doing this more often!

TheLittleFangs

How after years on this site gave I only just found the Sexypants thread, this post and group.... buying a digital scale tomorrow

juliet3455

@TheLittleFangs You are not alone - many people stumble onto these amazing posts and wonder how they missed them for so long.
Within most of the Message Boards if you go into the Getting Started Message Board you will see an " Announcement Post " that is closed. Within this post is a link to a collection to great posts that have been an inspiration and guide for so many.

You can apply this concept of announcement posts to all message boards.
One of my favorite is a great compilation from different Message Boards called Most Important posts to Read

Don't forget to check out the Hello Healthy as there is lots of good information in there also.

TheLittleFangs

juliet3455 wrote: »

@TheLittleFangs You are not alone - many people stumble onto these amazing posts and wonder how they missed them for so long.
Within most of the Message Boards if you go into the Getting Started Message Board you will see an " Announcement Post " that is closed. Within this post is a link to a collection to great posts that have been an inspiration and guide for so many.

You can apply this concept of announcement posts to all message boards.
One of my favorite is a great compilation from different Message Boards called Most Important posts to Read

Don't forget to check out the Hello Healthy as there is lots of good information in there also.

Thank you so much Juliet

sigsigsputnik

Hi, I am new to the group and just wanted to say that I found the post very helpful. I think the problem is that ALL calories counts, ie. what you consume and what you really expend, are fairly unreliable and are just 'guesses' at best. It works both ways. Most of the modern 'fit-bit' trackers etc. (I own a Garmin Fenix 3) are crap at estimating your expenditure. I have a power-metre at my roadbike which is probably oen of the most accurate sport's measuring tool for calorie expenditure. It shows that most Heartrate measurement are really way off. Add water-intake, natural fluctuations of body weight over days, plus the inaccuracies of tracking consistenly and accuracy is what it is: a loose goal!This just shows that only long-term consistency and reflection on your calorie intake and expenditure really help.... Does not make it easier, though ;(

heybales

Just to comment on the watt-meter calorie burn calc - it is indeed most accurate for power/calories expended moving the bike - but not for your body - for that block of time.

Whereas database entry, HRM, activity tracker (step-based are worthless on bike though) based calorie burn, are including total body burn in that block of time plus the exercise expenditure.

So to your watt-meter calorie burn to compare - you'd really need to add your estimated RMR for that block of time.

Probably makes the discrepancy not as great. Well, unless comparing to cheaper Polar or such.

But then again - your power-meter is good for your 1-2 hrs of bike ride but not really useful for rest of the day - whereas the activity tracker is better at the other 22-23 hrs of the day.

For average folks - the vast majority of calorie burn is during the bigger chunk of time.

SuperCarLori

Ugh...so I need to buy a scale...:grumble: