Tired of this app

There is only ONE effective way to lose weight: calorie deficit. Why you think cardio is the LEAST effective is beyond me since cardio is for overall health and not for losing weight. Neither is strength training by the way.

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Nice humble brag.

If you really need the calories back (that you're not counting anyway) for lifting, you can enter it under cardio:strength training. Then again, the burn is minimal anyway, so you're not missing anything. Cardio is a significantly better calorie burn if you're really trying to add calories.

Alluminati wrote: »

I want to eat your liver with some fava beans

I've got the chianti...it's nice

Do you feel better now?

Sorry your having problems but don't quit the app. Sure it's not perfect and has some bugs that need to be fixed. It is pretty nice to find like minded people that can relate and share in your struggle to become better.

I like logging my food as it makes me accountable for everything. Especially when you have your diary open for the world to see. Can't hide that cookie from prying eyes if you log everything.

And as far as the strength training, if you are looking for the calorie addition, the others say log it under cardio as a timed weight session.

Not sure about uploading pics as I haven't figured that one out yet.

wizzybeth wrote: »

My only compliant is I can't upload pics with my Android phone. Oh well. Life goes on

Open MFP using the browser, not the app, and you can upload pics.

nsa352 wrote: »

I mostly do weights and heavy. I am novice. Deadlifts, squat both 115 lbs. I can donkey kick 165 lbs with 1 leg . And I also do heavy weights for my upper body. My goal is not to lose weight but lose the small amiunt of fat I have left and build muscles ( toned look not bulky). It's just annoying to gauge calories when you have to log things in and then work your butt of lifting weights and mfp doesn't have any measurement of those calories burnt.And yes weights are effective because after lifting you have EPOC.
Maybe instead of mfp, I should go on a bodybuilding forum.

They don't count calories during weight lifting because you'd need to be hooked up to a machine measuring your CO2 output, heart rate, and temp (Probably even more stuff like blood sugar levels) to accurately measure calories burned lifting. You'd look like Darth Vader. It just isn't practical and it's not a straight forward measurement because you're using both aerobic and anaerobic energy. How long are you resting between sets? How heavy is the weight for you? Etc. There are far too many variables for this.

Even if you go to a bodybuilding forum they can't tell you calories burned exactly for weights. You'll just need to weigh in often and adjust the food according to your workout schedule. For body re-composition you'll need periods of bulking and periods of cutting. Simply increase your daily calories slightly until you're seeing a small bump in weight. Do the inverse for cutting. I do agree that this app has problems but the combination of logging and the scale works well for me. Set a calorie goal. Eat that every day. Adjust as necessary.

Go wherever you like but you won't remove the necessity to count calories if you're wanting to have good results. How much protein have you had today? You won't know unless you log it. Of course if you just want to be a power lifter then just eat more and damn the calorie surplus. You can cut sometime next decade.

melmelw03 wrote: »

wizzybeth wrote: »

My only compliant is I can't upload pics with my Android phone. Oh well. Life goes on

Open MFP using the browser, not the app, and you can upload pics.

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