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To see what would happen, I also put the exact same entry on Fitbit...50 minutes of swimming at 6pm. It doesn't have a "General, leisurely" so I just picked the lowest intensity. It gave 271 calories.

Ok. So my app won't let me do a photo. But it said: Fitbit calories burned 2517 MFP calories burned 2427 Fitbit calorie adjustment 90 I added 50 minutes of swimming while I was at the movies. Now it says: Fitbit calories burned 2517 MFP calories burned 3055 Fitbit calorie adjustment 0 It is giving me 628 calories, which is…

Fitbit 1675 replaced 67 with 600 you logged = 2208 Fitbit Fitbit 2208 + 500 rest of day = Fitbit adjusted 2708 2708 - 2000 MFP - 600 exercise = 108 cal adjustment. base eating goal 1500 + 108 adjustment + 600 exercise = 2208 new eating goal. (2708 - 2208 still 500 cal deficit) But I don't get 2208...i get more like 1700. I…

53 year old, sedentary, female. I have no idea what my TDEE is, but I keep my NET calories at 1900 and have steadily lost weight from 306 to 279 in 4 months. I can't imagine a 400 lb man NOT losing weight at 2100 calories. Edit: Got curious and googled a calculator. Showed my BMR at 1951 and my TDEE at 2351. So...yeah.…

I hate when it gives and then takes back workout calories. For example, I put in an hour of lap swimming (or weights or elliptical, whatever). It gave me this huge 500 calorie adjustment - which I used when I went to dinner. Later I started to put in my dinner, and the "Fitbit adjustment" was negative 250 or something,…

Thanks! I think I'll turn it off for a bit and see what I think of that.

I have an incredibly sedentary job. For instance, this was a normal day; got up, got ready for work, parked in a fairly close lot, went out at lunch, tried to get in a few laps around the office when it gave me the "nudge" but I'm not always able to do that because I'm usually on the phone at 10 minutes till the hour. So,…

These words, "I'll happily abide by the guidelines a doctor or parents give me for Kayla but I'm not going to teach her harmful behavior for her age due to my ignorance about child weight loss/gain/maintenance." are perfect. You're saying basically what I suggested and I can't imagine any parent having a problem with it.…

How about approaching it this way when they talk to you: "I understand your concerns and I want Kayla to be happy and healthy, but I'm not a nutritionist or a dietician and I really don't know the ins and outs of anyone's proper diet but my own. You know I love Kayla and I'm more than happy to talk to her about making…

See a doctor. What you are saying isn't physically possible unless there's something wrong with you. If you are eating fewer calories than you burn, you will not gain weight.

Okay...everyone says you can't. BUT, I once did an exercise class in college and over the course of a few months I lost almost 2 inches on my waist, while not dropping a single pound. So, in my experience, you can tighten muscles without loosing weight, which is what I did. Now, whether you could make your chubby arms look…

When I was in college in the 80's my roommate and I did this fad diet thing where we fasted three days a week and ate normally the other four (I think we drank water and juice). We lost weight...while we were doing it. Gained it back when we started eating 7 days a week though. I don't recall any ill effects, other than…

I'm not in the spot you're in as I only have a few minutes to get to work, but I still find myself having problems "finding time" to work out. I bought an elliptical and do that 20 minutes (most) mornings, before getting ready for work. Then virtually every day I walk at lunch time. It's is SO freaking hot...so I walk in a…

I'm 53 years old. I have a new(er) Lodge skillet and a skillet that belonged to my own mother before I was born. I have no idea what brand the "antique" skillet is, but it doesn't get more seasoned than continual use and good care for 60 or so years. The Lodge is almost as good...sticks a bit more, but that's to be…

To me, "toning" means "tightening". For example, back in college I took an exercise class 3 times a week; tons of crunches for an hour was the main exercise, I swear! I lost 1 1/2 inches off my waist...but not a pound of weight because I was eating like a pig. I was "toning" up. I think it is completely possible to tone…

My mom and dad used to say, "If wishes were horses, peasants would ride." No idea where it came from.

I'm 53 and this is my second time around...as I regained most of what I lost about 10 years ago. Yep...it was easier in my 40's.

Does this help? I couldn't get the converter to work, but the nutrition facts show multiple measurements. http://convert-to.com/edible-cooking-oils-weight-volume-measures-conversion Or this converter is better I think http://www.aqua-calc.com/calculate/food-volume-to-weight

You know, ours was that way too...but it FELT completely full when I got it out of the freezer in the store. It's as though it somehow shrinks as it thaws a bit. Does that make sense? It felt full and hard when I got it. When I got it home, I thought it was squishy, the sides were so soft, but my husband took the top off…

At least it wasn't "created by Satan to test us." I went to a church once where they had a dino display with "The Truth About the Dinosaurs"...yeah....no dino's in Genesis, so they can't have ever existed...or if they did it was only a day or two before Man, so they all lived happily together. BUY A SCIENCE BOOK! I do go…

I got a pint of the sea salt caramel and a pint of the chocolate. It did thaw a bit in the car and so it was hard as a rock when we got around to eating it later that evening, having re-frozen. It spent a few seconds in the microwave to make it edible. As a result, I can't say anything about texture really. But, the sea…

My ex once argued with me that cartoons would still be in color on a black and white TV.

I agree! Are these people like 13 years old?

I used to enter my activity on here AND on my Fitbit...ie: elliptical I'd track with Fitbit and also enter it here. All it did was change my Fitbit adjustment to less, so I still got the same "exercise calories". As a result, I've just quit entering my exercise here and I let Fitbit give me the adjustment, that syncs here.…

Ask the theater. They'll tell you. Prepare to be shocked.

And whole? I don't mind finding a bug in my food. I do mind finding half a bug.

I'm not disagreeing with you folks. I understand NOW that they may be off. I'm just saying MOST people (new to calorie counting especially) probably see "serving size 2 slices (85 grams)" and it's NOT common sense to double check. I think it's completely normal for most folks to ASSUME that a serving size = 2 slice and…

People who have to make everything political. Someone rob a bank? Must be a liberal. Someone cheat on their wife? Must be a Republican. MAYBE they're just a-holes with NO political affiliation? Did that EVER occur to you? That and people who type in text-shorthand. Pay attention in school and learn proper grammar!

If I'd weighed and measured and someone wanted a bite (I'm assuming family or friends, not strangers here) then I just take it as a few more calories off my intake...bigger deficit. It wouldn't even occur to me to not give a bite.

Sure THOSE things have to be weighed and weighing them is common sense. But when a package says one Elevation bar is 130 calories, or two slices of bread is 90 calories, or one frozen dinner is 300 calories, I think most people assume that's what they are. It never even occurred to me to weigh one of those types of items.