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Total Weight lost: 85lbs Time it took to lose: 9 months How long in maintenance: 2.5yrs Maintenance weight range: 165-170lbs (6' M) Week of... 2nd January: 173.2lbs 9th January: 170.4lbs 16th January: 170.4lbs 23rd January: 30th January: Success/struggles of the week: Sigh. I can make excuses like miserable weather…

Yes I feel I have a handle on it but struggling as of late with adjusting to less activity and food intake. Was wondering if TDEE might be better long term to balance out without the chasing calories NEAT can cause. That's the thing with me. I have premium and love it. Also have a high end fitness tracker that I find is…

Interesting. Although I'm quite consistent with daily exercise I am a runner and this time of year I am limited to a lot less of it. Usually burn 700-1000cals in summer but right now I'm 300-600 of activity per day. Good to know. Perhaps I'll give it a shot based off my winter TDEE estimate for a week or two and see how my…

Laphroaig QC is nice as well. Have to say of all the peated ones my favorites are Talisker 18 and Bowmore 15 and 18.

Scosche rhythm+ paired to a Garmin Fenix3. The scosche is great because its a small armband. Also have the Garmin chest strap but I haven't used it in almost a year. The scosche is just way more comfortable and convenient.

Ryvita rye and oat bran crackers with natural almond or peanut butter spread on them and four hard boiled egg whites on the side

Wow lots of Bourbon fans on here! Tried woodford reserve double oaked last night. Definitely a great Bourbon! Have to say I prefer Scotch over Bourbon but not by a long shot. Both neat. If higher than 45% occasionally add a few drops of water to dial it down a bit.

I start at 7.3mph and 1% incline. Anything higher I find uncomfortable. Once I get over 9mph I dial down to 0%. Generally finish my runs doing 9.6mph-10.1. Total of 6.2 miles around 41 minutes. Pretty sure I'm getting quite a workout. However I wear a hrm and use a footpod to calibrate speed and the calories burned…

Yup same here. But generally I'm strict Monday-Thurs and the rest more relaxed on intake due to more activity(errands, longer runs etc) . Seems to work itself out. Its on extended holidays or vacations where I need to work on moderation as it compounds into weight gain

Much has to do with the speed of the walk. Scoobys calculator uses the corrected METs values. Try entering your stats there and see how it lines up. His calculations give a higher burn than the F3. http://scoobysworkshop.com/calories-burned/ I walked 7.1k today at 7.2km/H in 59min and the F3 gave me 418 calories.

I don't find it overestimates walking on mine. Seems quite comparable to METs values at a given speed. Have you compared it to those values.

I too make a big batch of steel cut oats. Add a pinch of brown sugar and cinnamon. Makes 4 days worth and I eat it cold. That along with 4 hard boiled egg whites. I hard boil around 20 eggs at once and again that last for 4-5 days. My main lunch is Greek yogurt and frozen berries on top. But certainly would make a good…

Total Weight lost: 85lbs Time it took to lose: 9 months How long in maintenance: 2.5yrs Maintenance weight range: 165-170lbs (6' M) Week of... 2nd January: 173.2lbs 9th January: 170.4lbs 16th January: 23rd January: 30th January: Success/struggles of the week: Holiday water weight is likely gone now. Glad to see things…

I roast a lot of veggies also. I think it's worth it to measure the calories in the roasted version. Example cauliflower loses a lot of moisture and you then end up having a significant amount more of calories (and potassium) per gram of roasted product. Think you'd be surprised on the amt of moisture lost especially if…

Do you roast them whole? I peel and cut the beets into small squares when roasting so it could be losing a chunk of moisture. I know with cauliflower when I roast that it loses quite a bit of moisture and it significantly ups the nutrition per gram of it.

Whisky! Consumed neat. Nice thing is you appreciate its flavor and that also helps reduce eating while enjoying a drink. It's also one of the lowest calorie alcohol choices out there consumed neat (or with a few drops of water or ice) When I have beer I almost always start looking for salty snacks right away.

The 630 deterred me because it's a touch screen. When running I need tactile buttons not a touch screen.

@heybales wow great and extensive article on Fitbits! Does Fitbit devices use the same BMR formula and sedentary multiplier as MFP?

I wish I had weighed food from day one. Would have been faster weight loss and more educating. Equally important: see #1 above. Verifying food entries really dials things as there are a lot that aren't accurate in the database.

You could try the spreadsheet in this thread. Quite extensive and could give you a good estimate of current bmr/tdee especially if you know your bf% http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/813720

I've read that many times on the Garmin forums. Perhaps try disabling it temporarily if you can? Also ensure your profile(weight/height/age) and resting and Max heart rate is setup. You running the latest firmware on the device? That could also be the problem.

I hear ya. I'm in a similar situation after holiday excess calories. Now battling a foot issue along with a cold so can't get back into a rhythm yet. Still eating what I do when I do cardio so I've gained a few lbs. You must've had a good rhythm going previously to lose all that weight. Set a reasonable goal, get tight…

Forerunner 230, 630 or Fenix3. Fenix3 is great and they will be cheaper soon (or perhaps now) as the Fenix5 is coming out.

What logged exercise are you sending over from your garmin? And is it a wrist based heart rate model? Sounds quite high. I'm around your height but 170 and it takes a 5 mile run at under a 7min/mi pace to get 550 calories burned. My BMR + activity level is around 2300-2500 calories per day outside of planned exercise.

At least on my Garmin device, it calculates sedentary BMR as the St Jeor formula and multiplies it by 1.22. Mfp calculates sedentary BMR by using the same formula and then multiplying by 1.25. Thus this will cause sync discrepancies when the device syncs its non-recorded (ie. General steps/movement) calories over to MFP.…

I'm one of the few who went over their maintenance level the last 2 weeks. Thought there'd be more in this bucket.... However great work everyone for keeping on point over the holidays!

It's because garmin uses a different BMR activity multiplier than MFP. I gave up on calorie adjustments and just sync recorded exercises from connect instead.

I'll likely upgrade to this after my Fenix3 is retired. I cannot believe they removed WiFi from most of the new models though!? Was much easier to quickly sync with that vs having to pair Bluetooth or do a wired connection.

Are you sure your garmin profile on connect and on the device match?

Total Weight lost: 85lbs Time it took to lose: 9 months How long in maintenance: 2.5yrs Maintenance weight range: 165-170lbs (6' M) Week of... 2nd January: 173.2lbs 9th January: 16th January: 23rd January: 30th January: Success/struggles of the week: Expected to be up a few lbs considering the increased calories and sodium…