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If the weather is ok then walking / running up and down the beach. I'd swim every day too - rather than once - but then I like swimming. If you must be in the chalet there are exercise apps / videos you can download to your phone and do those.

It depends on what exercise you do. If it is cardio the HR monitor / step counter should calculate it. If you are doing weights / resistance training fitbit doesn't know what to do with that so you'll need to log this separately.

That's really interesting - I wonder if it works like that here in the uk. I'm off to compare clothes sizes here - and am hoping that I'm much closer to my goal size than I thought!

The problem here isn't a lack of progress - you are making progress. The problem is your unrealistic expectation about how quickly your body will change. It's taken me a year to drop 3 sizes. That's 4 months per size - not 3 weeks. ETA: bad maths!

I'm doing this for health reasons - but I'm not going to lie. I like that I'm getting smaller. I love it when people tell me I'm looking great. And oftentimes this are the things that keep me going.

yes - in that, that is what I log - because that is the info I have. Do I believe that the calories are often / always different to those stated - yes. But as long as I'm making progress I'm going to continue as I have been. If progress stops then I'll have to tighten up on my logging - and looking at these meals will be a…

It's your body. Your weightloss. Your target. I've been called skinny twice in the last week by friends. I'm not. I'm anything but skinny (I'm almost out of the obese BMI category now!!), but I'm skinny compared to where I started out. And that's what they mean really (I think) - they have a picture of you in their head…

eat it when you want. breakfast is fine. depending on what it is, cold for lunch might work too. meal timing makes no difference, nor does eating dinner foods for breakfast, breakfast foods for lunch etc. If you usually eat a filling breakfast it might affect your hunger levels different throughout the day - but as long as…

I know right - who'd have thought it would get so few - had it been about bacon we'd be into the 20s by now :wink:

I did it last year for December and a little into January. It was a great way to stay in a calorie deficit throughout the holiday period. I didn't like it longer term - but intend to do it again this year for a couple of weeks over the party / holiday period.

no - but I now want to know what kind of exercise you are doing!

You can change your activity level on the MFP goals page. This should get you to the Fitbit group http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/1290-fitbit-users

:smiley: That made me laugh!

The number fitbit gives you automatically is your entire daily burn - including all the sleeping bit. You can use it to track exercise as well. If you do that then it will give you a record for your walks, and you'll be able to see how many steps you took, calories burned etc during the time you were walking. The fitbit…

I maintain at 2400. I'm female, older, smaller and lighter. If that's my maintenance number it going to be a deficit for you. So no - not too high.

A full fat large latte comes in at around 250 calories - and it's worth every one of them to me. I'd have that and skip the food. But then I love my coffee :)

I started at 215lb. At that weight I carried my weight well. I've lost a little over 30lbs so far. Other people still think I carry my weight well. Me - I still look in the mirror and see the same me as before. I no longer carry my weight well in my head. I'm far to big (in my head) to be the weight I am. Photos. Photos.…

I got curious. I google searched. I can't stop laughing!

I'm another one that comes in 5 - 6k by the time I leave work; and that's only when making an effort to move some more during the day. It'd be nice if my job took care of my steps for me - but it doesn't. If I want to hit my 10k step goal I have to move more in the evening (it's not happening before work), that's just my…

I'm a new runner. I've been lifting for a little while (stronglifts). I'm currently trying to train for a 10k race. I've found that I can't do both. My legs just can't take it. I've (unfortunately) made the decision to stop with the lifting while I finish the 10k training. It's only a month to go - so I don't think it'll…

Yes - I see a difference in your back, your sides and your thighs.

Any baby that hasn't been weened yet. Sure they seem happy - but I couldn't take the lack of variety.

I feel this is like sitting in a sauna / drinking green tea / taking any one of the snake oil solutions out there. If I do any one of those things whilst eating at a calorie deficit I will lose weight. If I make no other change - nope. Nothing. Because - well calorie deficit. If I decide to do one of those things - any…

I'm not good with breakfast (solid food wise). Some morning I have, and log, a bucket full of coffee. If I can't even stomache that I save the calories to eat a bigger lunch / dinner. I like big meals. It works for me.

How much did you move the rest of the day? Fitbit tracks your activity all day long. If you do your walk on the treadmill in the morning - then flop on the sofa, and have a Walking Dead marathon (only moving to fetch food / visit the toilet) - because, hey, you worked out, you're done for the day (obviously I would never…

There are some at my gym - I stand on one sometimes whilst I stretch, after burning calories running on the treadmill - or after picking up some heavy things. I do it because it feels funny and it amuses me. I don't believe it burns calories. If it did, (I'm stealing this one from a friend), I'd find a way to sleep on the…

I think you answered your own question right here.

In - a pound a week between now and Christmas gets me to goal.

Did your dietician give you a number of calories to aim for? How about a number of meals to shoot for each day? Or a diet plan to follow? If not I would be going back and asking them for more information about what to do.

Ah - ok. I'll bow out quietly :smile: