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Preach. I wouldn't want to live in a world where cupcakes and enchiladas were wrong. OP - to quote my 4 y.o. favorite princes - the past is in the past, let it go.... ;) Everyone makes mistakes (and that's if you even want to consider enchiladas and cupcakes a mistake. as others have said, just work it into your larger…

Depends for me. Work days, I consistently have breakfast after our morning meetings. On weekends, especially days when I run, I frequently don't eat anything until lunch.

I have far off dreams of doing a through hike on one of the trails once the kids are older. Unsure if I could really convince my wife to do it with me, although by the time I'd feel secure taking the time off work she may be tired enough of me that she could do with a few months of me off on a trail. :)

I did about 100 miles on the appalachian trail and certainly never ate that much - in part because I didn't want to carry around any more than I needed, and in part because I wasn't really that hungry. I imagine that would have changed pretty quickly our of necessity if I'd stayed at it much longer.

As an USAmerican - chuffed is one of my favorite words in UK English slang. So you could say I'm always chuffed to hear the word chuffed. :)

Running. Then when I'm done running I run some more. That's actually less true since I pseudo-retired from marathon running. But the answer is still running.

Food scale, Fitbit, MFP. Between those three I know what goes in and what goes in with pretty good accuracy, and once I have that, I'm good to go.

We "know" (and I put know in quotes because science never knows anything for absolute sure) based on studies that around 2000 is a ballpark-ish average. There's obviously ton's of variation based off of height, physical activity, gender, etc. 2000 calories isn't a rule, or even a blanket recommendation, so far as I've ever…

mmmm, beer. the three events that have triggered periods of weight gain in my life were: 1) my divorce 2) when my wife got pregnant with our first child and i put on sympathy weight (which is code for ate ice crem whenever she wanted ice cream and then some). I was smarter the second time around. 3) when I started…

I started tracking my weight in MFP on Oct 7, 2014, at 185 lbs. On January 18, 2015, at 162 lbs, I ran a marathon in 3:39, which was only 4 minutes off of my PR. So yeah, you can lose weight and train for a marathon at the same time. I'm sure there's some perfect answer as far as what level of being lighter on race day…

Yeah, I've had people suggest my use of a scale is neurotic. Whatever. It can be tough to ignore people, but you just have to focus on doing what you know works for you. I mean, when you really get down to it, what they think about what your doing is irrelevant. It just doesn't feel that way sometimes, but if you keep…

As others have said, its very much down to personal preference, specific situation, and finding where your own limits are. I live in southern louisiana. In the summer, if I'm going more than 6 miles, my choices are 1) run somewhere where water is available 2) bring it with me or 3) be miserable. I usually opt for 2. I try…

So.... Yes?

I live in southern Louisiana, so it's the opposite for me. Running is easy and actually pleasant from mid fall to mid spring. Meanwhile, running during the summer is a constant test of will.

I mean, you could watch the fat as it goes into your mouth, so I guess there's that.

It just computes that number based off of how many steps it measures you taking (with some adjustments for steps taken while running burn more calories). So any calories you burn in any way that doesn't register as a step won't be measured. I would be hesitant to buy a used one based on the number of people (including me)…

So then maybe they should say that instead of something else. :)

At some point, sure. But to use your example, someone eating 1000 calories over maintenance is gaining 2 pounds a week. I don't think many people are putting on 100 pounds a year, perhaps you disagree. So 1000 calories over maintenance on a sustained basis is an exceedingly rare situation, hopefully we can agree on that. A…

So then say that instead of "you can't out-exercise a bad diet" when I, as well as others, certainly do out-exercise what many would consider to be a "bad diet." Any sedentary person who ate what I eat would be eating a "bad diet" relative to their exercise level, and yet I out-exercise it on a consistent basis.

I've never understood people trying to completely separate exercise and diet as being more or less important than the other for weight loss. You need a deficit. You can get that through, relative to maintenance, exercising more, or eating less. Or you can get that through eating more calories, but exercising in a way that…

Perhaps the only photo this person has of their thighs also includes some.... Other stuff.

I agree. I just posted it to see if anyone else was dumb enough to believe that garbage. So stupid.

Here's a review with 61 references to papers that pretty clearly conclude that smoking is bad for you. 1, this doesn't seem particularly limited as far as research goes. 2, if this is "definitely not conclusive", where are studies that you would suggest refute these findings? And keep in mind, this is a review of the…

64 calories per ounce.

I run so I can have beer. I also love beer.

First of all, thanks so much for the tool and all the work you've put into it. For a data geek like me its quite nice to have. :) Couple things I've been having issues with. The first is around updating for changed calorie/macro goals. But given that MFP can't even seem to keep their stuff straight with their apps right…

Something seems off. I have MFP set to active and 10k steps put me right about break-even on the calorie adjustment from fitbit. Is your profile information (weight/age/gender) set the same on MFP and withings?