don9992 Member

One does not just walk into Mordor. (Somebody HAD to say that!)

I can't imagine anything that could make cottage cheese taste good.

I greatly prefer a morning workout. It's not always easy to drag myself out of bed stupid early but, after a good workout and 10 minutes in the steam room, I'm starting my day in a very nice place.

Make it easier on yourself and use an activity tracker. I've seen someone mention a Fitbit and I use a Polar 360. I can then upload the results and have Polar's software automatically update MFP.

Maybe I'm a bit contrarian here in this crowd of Fitbits and Garmins but I'm very happy with my Polar 360. It tracks steps and activity percentages, can monitor heart rate by itself or though a chest strap, has settings to track a large variety of workout types....oh, and it tells time accurately! I've used mine for about…

People who do an entire lift set standing right in front of the weight rack.

2000 calories sounds like a lot to me! I do cardio exercise 5-6 times per week and 1800 is a lot.

I go to the gym a couple of times a week in the early morning and would go more often if time permitted. I like the way I feel after working out and catching some steam before having to sit in an office. Days when I can't go I normally power walk at lunch.

The rub here is getting an accurate number of calories from your workout. I discussed in another thread the radical calorie burn difference I see between Map My Ride and my Polar HRM after a 30 mile bike ride. Also, as was mentioned above, MFP gives a Polar calorie adjustment based, apparently, on the activity measure of…

I was talking about cycling 30 miles. That's hardly long distance!

I didn't say I wasn't actually capable, I'm just comfortable not doing it so why should I?

I don't do it every day. A couple of days a week I only do 45-minute spinning classes or elliptical machine sessions. Other days I just walk a couple of miles at lunch. One or two days a week I don't work out at all. I only get to ride much on weekends.

I'm 64, 5'10". I just reset MFP stats from losing 1.5/week to 1/week. My calorie goal just went from 1500 to 1650. Weight went from 218 in mid-January to 205. Was at the point where I was fairly comfortable with the 1500 and hadn't exceeded it in quite a few weeks. Now I have the cram in a little extra food late in the day…

Going back to my original point, even after rejecting the very high calorie number from MMR and using the 1249 from Polar, that still gives me about 2900 calories to consume in a day. There's no way I can eat that much.

I expect you're right. On my ride today MMR said I burned 2449 cals. I also recorded the ride with a Polar HRM and watch and it shows 1242... almost half.

My plan is 1650 cals/day. If I ride a bike for 30 miles Map My Ride shows a 2500 calorie burn. To eat that all back means consuming over 4000 cals. Get real. That ain't happening.

I can't see the point in working my butt off and then negating the extra calorie loss by stuffing my face.

Sell them on eBay. But seriously, if I don't feel like eating why would I stuff my face. MFP whines at me once in a while for not "eating enough calories" but I see no reason not to ignore it.

I do both elliptical and spinning training. Since I've had a few cardiac adventures in the past, I always wear an HRM when working out and record the sessions. I find that, when I compare 45 minutes on the elliptical machine to a 45 minute spinning class, both of which were fairly strenuous, the elliptical always shows a…

Breads and cheese. I also don't eat candy but sweets don't call me that much so that's not something I even think about.

4 mph when alone. 3.5 or so if I have my dog with me.

I see no point in eating to where I'm uncomfortable. I simply don't need cram in a bunch of extra food to match some number if I'm not running around hungry all the time so I won't.

Recently the longest continuous walk I can recall is 8 miles. I've ridden my bike 80 miles twice in recent years for charity rides.

I don't see the need to make it some sort of gender issue. It's just counter-intuitive to say that if burning more calories than one is ingesting reduces one's weight, burning even more calories will reduce that weight more. It's about reaching goals.

Get yourself on of those machines from the 60s that ran a canvas belt back and forth around your mid section. That'll do it for sure.

I use a Polar A300 which isn't the most stylish thing around but it both tracks my steps and, used with their H7 HRM, can log and upload cardio workouts. I'm very satisfied with that combination.

I use a Polar HRM and watch with Polar Flow for gym cardio training and Map My Ride (which, aside from color theme, is identical to Map My Walk, Run, etc.) for outdoor workouts. MFP is pretty much my central collector since all the other apps can report to it.

And you base that response on what?

Coffee, iced tea, coffee, water, coffee, red wine, and a little coffee. Once in a while I have some whiskey and some coffee.

Okay, okay....I get it. Let's just say too much for my purposes right now.