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Agree with this post completely. I've given up eating a whole range of foods that I used to eat without a second thought, simply because they're not worth the calories to me anymore. I've gone to a "quality vs. quantity" philosophy of eating: If I have fewer calories to spend, I'm damn well gonna make sure that every…
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Meanwhile, I've worn a watch my entire life and I don't mind wearing one. But I have tiny wrists -- seriously, they're like 5" around, and even the "small" band size for the Charge HR is too big for me on the tightest setting -- so the size of the Surge or the Blaze would definitely take it out of the realm of possibility…
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The Apple Watch was most definitely marketed to men. When Apple realized it was losing money, it shifted gears and tried to get more women to buy them. But it's large, clunky and -- to be honest -- was marketed more as a tech device than a fashion item. If they'd made a women's face version with a bracelet band, they might…
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I think it's their effort to make the Charge HR or Surge less of an exercise device and more of a stylish watch that can be worn out in public. Unfortunately, as usually happens with these things, they failed utterly to appreciate that the majority of their market is women. This thing would look fine on a man's wrist but…
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Seems to be syncing again for me. Though they did warn of a significant backlog, so it could take some time. And yes, it seems like they need to add some capacity to their servers to handle the volume.
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Just bumping up this link in case any petites in maintenance missed it: We have a pretty active group going in the groups area. Feel free to join us! http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/109137-petites-in-maintenance
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Bumping this up in case any new petites in maintenance are looking for it.
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Another vote for Shock Absorber. Yes, they're a bit pricier than you said you wanted to spend, but if you find them on sale, they're great value and they last a LONG time. Good range of sizes, too.
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Honestly, I think some people have given good advice, but the reality comes down to this: You didn't weigh in before you started. So you may have weighed a couple of pounds more than 151 as your starting weight. And now you're down to 151. But you don't realize you're losing weight because of that. I say, keep on doing…
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NEAT includes both BMR and non-exercise activity.
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Yeah, your math seems right. It's just your choice of acronym that's off. Your NEAT is around 1967, but your TDEE in this scenario would be more like ~2250. So if you're eating at 1500, then you're ending up with a 750/day deficit, which is equivalent to about 1.5lbs/week. Worth noting: A 750-calorie deficit on a TDEE of…
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The Runner's World formula is actually pretty close to what my Fitbit gives me for running, I think. YMMV.
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I'm 5'1" and I agree with all of this. I also lost 50 pounds in a year and I was eating at 1450 calories almost that entire time. I never ate less than 1200. (Well, I did on a couple of days when I had the stomach flu. But other than that, no.) I don't think there's anything magic about the 1200 number or that it's a…
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I don't diet on vacation. It's a vacation, after all. Then again, I always tend to lose weight on vacation anyway. Probably because I'm so much more active when I travel than I am sitting around at my desk job at home. I tend to walk a *lot* when I travel, sightseeing, exploring, hiking and just getting around. I also…
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It's all about personal preference. I am not very coordinated and I'm terrible at choreography, so I hate the dance or step classes where everyone needs to follow along in complicated movements ('cause I'm always out of sync with everyone and it's really embarrassing). I tend to enjoy the ones like yoga or pilates that are…
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Dessert should never be on auto-pilot. It should be savoured, morsel by morsel, and enjoyed as one of the great pleasures of life. Just my opinion, of course.
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No, the steps you take from just walking around at work are already counted by MFP as part of your normal daily activity level. If you put anything other than sedentary, it's given you calories to eat there as part of your base calorie goal. Or, if you're using a tracker like Fitbit, you can sync it with MFP and it will do…
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Depends where you live. http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/down+dirty+salmon/6559229/story.html
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You can eat whatever you like as long as you stay within your range. It's good to get a healthy balanced diet, but it doesn't have to be every single meal, just overall. This isn't a short term diet. It's a change for life. You have to relax enough to incorporate the odd holiday meal, fast food stop or unplanned…
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^ So much this.
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There are almost no wild caught salmon anymore. Anything Atlantic is farmed. Anything Pacific *might* be wild, but if you didn't pay a lot for it, it's probably farmed.
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^ You're a guy. All things being equal, your burns will be much higher than hers.
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Without knowing your height, weight, age, heart rate, etc. it's impossible for anyone on these forums to tell you that. Your best bet is to compare your real world results. If you're losing weight at the expected pace on average (after smoothing out fluctuations), then keep on doing what you're doing. If you're not losing…
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It's also possible that if you've been crash dieting or losing weight in a hurry, that you've dropped some lean muscle mass. You're very near your goal weight; you should be eating at as small a deficit as possible, and strength training to retain that lean muscle. Otherwise, you'll see the scale go down but it will be…
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10% isn't low. It's about as high an incline as some treadmills go. Even 1% or 2% incline is better than 0. It works the leg muscles and adds some cardio intensity. I usually aim for 3% when I'm running on a treadmill. (My outdoor running route is fairly hilly.)
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Walking at an incline should, all things being equal, burn more calories. I'd question those exact values, though. Those websites are notoriously inaccurate.
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Yes, though Europe isn't a monolith either. And neither is Canada. I agree with you on average, but it depends what and where. If you eat at chain restaurants, you'll tend to see bigger portion sizes than you would at little indie bistros or local places.
