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I think you'll need to use either Samsung Health or Google Fit as a go-between to get your steps into MFP. Watch steps => Fit/Health app => MFP

The only benefit I can think of is when you come to the realisation that quitting coffee was the dumbest move ever that first cup back would be sublime!

More likely someones nose got out of join because some rational, sensible advise you've provided recently goes against their current fad/miracle diet and the only way they can get back at you is through petty use of the disagree function.

Get a bicycle, not an exercise bike but a real two wheels, pedal and chain bicycle. Get yourself a 'turbo' trainer. Magnetic ones are cheapest, fluid ones are better but slightly more expensive and the fancy electronic/wheel off ones are the most expensive. Now you have the option of strapping your bicycle on the trainer…

Running outside I've found is always far tougher than running on a treadmill. I put this down to not really needing to to propel yourself forward on a treadmill. On the treadmill your foot lands and the belt does much of the work of dragging your foot back whereas outside you need to do all the work getting one foot in…

Hmmm... It's interesting that you consider 4-5lbs a month as slow. This isn't by any stretch a slow rate of loss and for someone who's not got a whole lot to lose would be considered quite fast. 1-2lbs a month would be a slow rate of loss. This leads me to suspect that perhaps the statement 'I can't lose weight unless I…

Hook, line and sinker! =)

I too suffered a pretty bad bank injury over Christmas. Most of the damage was to my credit card =) As for swimming, I love it. It's one of the exercises that frequently pops up in my 'stay active' rotation. I tend to get bored if I do the same thing for too long so I have a number of activities (running, cycling,…

What's your goal? Knowing what you're trying to achieve will dictate how you should tailor your macros A lifter will likely have a different macro profile than a cyclist who will have a different macro profile from someone who has decided to become fat adapted. If your goal is just weight loss then as long as you're…

Patience. 2 weeks isn't long enough to be of any validity. Weight loss is a month to month thing. See how you're going after 4-8 weeks and go from there.

The fact of the matter is, if you're over weight you've been consuming more calories than you use. That you've not only been capable of eating 1200 calories but been able to eat calories in sufficient quantity to be above 1200cals, above the 2470cal target you've been given, and even above your maintenance calories,…

It's worth noting that this post is getting smashed by disagrees not because of Strong Lifts which is a really good option when you start lifting. The disagrees are coming in response to the recommendation of the quack Dr Fung and the unsupported drivel he spews to sell books.

Height: 6' SW: 160kg (352lbs) CW: 109kg (240lbs) GW: None. My goal was to properly manage my eating rather than some finish line, so I already hit my goal 2 years ago. Weight loss and eventually getting to a healthy weight is a by product of having already succeeded.

LOL! I think I might have accidentally mistyped and added an extra 's' the the word 'as' in this post which got picked up by the filter. AS accurately as possible =)

If you have weight to lose this means that you've been eating not only above of your current calorie target but in greater quantities than your maintenance calories. And that you've been able to consume this excess calorie level regularly and for an extended period of time. So barring some medical issue which you haven't…

I'm not at that stage yet but I'm sure others will be able to chime in with more detailed information. It sounds like what you're looking for is body recomposition. This, as I understand it, is done by eating at maintenance while engaging in a lifting program. The idea being to maintain your current weight but to shift the…

No, you need to lose weight permanently not 'fast'. Fast and successful, when it comes to weight loss tend to be mutually exclusive. If you're anything like me you've probably spent decades trying to lose weight fast. Turns out losing weight fast is the slowest way to get to a healthy weight. The value of a weight loss…

Make sure you're keeping your eye on what really matters. Eating more fruits and veggies is a good thing but if you're getting the same amount of calories (or more) from these new foods it won't help with weight loss. Eating breakfast doesn't "wake up your metabolism" it's going just fine and in fact if you've added…

Losing weight occurs in a calorie deficit, gaining/toning muscle occurs when those muscles are placed under load. Neither of which necessarily requires drinking a protein powder. If, for whatever reason, your not getting enough protein from your food then it can be useful to use a protein supplement to reach your target…

Since you're determined to get an answer and since it absolutely doesn't matter... You should have 40% fat, 35% protein and 25% carbs There ya go. There's an answer for you. Good luck.

Yeah, MFP is designed for you to eat exercise calories back however the number of calories from exercise is less than reliable. With this in mind many people find that a good starting place is to eat back 50% of the extra calories. Then after a month or so you can check your progress. If you're on track then keep going at…

There is no 'should' other than to get a minimum of protein each day. There's no correct or right answer as it's purely down to personal preference. I have never barely even glanced at my macros because my goal is to lose weight and macros don't matter for that goal, only calories so that's what I track and I let my macros…

yeah, it's messed up like that. Usually if you wait a little while it will sort itself out. It's just some REALLY bad coding in the application that makes it do weird stuff like that.

Reality check time. You'll have a much better time with this if you manage your expectations. Some things to keep in mind: - 1lbs-2lbs per week is a reasonable expected rate of loss. 4.5lbs is twice this, so hardly a disappointing result and almost certainly not a result that you can expect to maintain week after week. -…

I kinda do TRE/IF in that I tend only really eat in the afternoon/night. I don't do "real" TRE/IF eating because I have no trouble or issue eating outside of that window if I feel like it and I'll usually have a coffee in the morning when I get to work. So on a typical day I'll have a coffee in the morning then nothing…

Don't overthink it as none of this is precise or exact. Your calorie target and the number of calories you burn could be off by a hundred or so calories in either direction. The number of calories in the food you're eating could be a hundred or so calories off in either direction. It's all just rough figures and ballpark…

I've dropped from 160kg down to 108kg. There's a lot to unpack in your post so I'll go over a few bullet points that I wish I had known earlier. - Forget workouts, at least for now. Exercise only has a very minimal impact on weight loss and can at times be counter productive. At the weight you are and the weight I was…

As you've said time. Other than that the only options are surgery (which I won't do) or being younger (which I can't do).

My old man gets gout and usually flares up after he eats prawns (shrimp). Never stopped him from eating them though. He loved prawns and said sometime it was worth it. =)

All food is organic by it's very definition (unless you're eating rocks, metals or minerals then that's a whole other issue). Everything is a chemical. Everything. And everything is both toxic and non-toxic because toxicity is determined by dosage. Organic (with a capital O) is a marketing ploy used to fleece gullible…