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I've been tracking for months and I've never, by the nutrition lables provided, hit the potassium intake. I doubt I ever have. I'm not dead (or even mildly ill) yet. As someone said above, it's not a requirement for listing on labels.

http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/calories_burned.asp?exercise=136 Can't vouch for accuracy, but when I can't find an activity, I go to my best friend google.

This is true for the original poster. It's only necessary to eat back calories once you get to crazy calorie burns, really.

^ this. Plus, drink tea (lightly sweetened at most) or water. After a week or two of good discipline and distractions, I found these thoughts started to go away. It might be longer, but it won't be like this forever. Just keep yourself busy.

5'3" 141lb Eating 1600-1800cal, not eating back exercise calories (Swimming 3-4 times a week, walking and bodyweight training). I was on 1500cal but with swimming, I was losing to quickly.

Since you're working with the TDEE -% method, days when you don't exercise will give you a different estimate from mfp on each day. MFP calculates on a different method (where you're supposed to keep your deficite the same, so you eat different amounts on different days). As long as your average for the week is looking…

I believe it's circuit training.

I started that Routine not to long ago - I was in agony for three days after the first time. Next time I did it, I cut back on the number of squats and lunges slightly and made sure I stretched really well after. No soreness. Added in some of the reps back the next time, and time after, and after two weeks I can do two…

That would be true, but the OP made a previous thread about binging difficulties on low intake. Slow and steady wins the race. :)

If you can't fit in actual chips to your calories, or can't stop yourself from eating to many, cracker chips are a great low cal alternative. (Special K and Pepperidge Farms both have many varieties).

Made it to a practice this morning - couldn't wait to get started! It was a lot of work, a lot of drills and a lot of fun. Very friendly people all around (Swim people are awesome in general) and I was surprised to find that I wasn't (comparatively) all that slow. The coach was having the group work on keeping our hips up…

1750m workout - warmup, drills, sprints and cool down. Decided to actually time my sprints - somewhere in the last few months I've lost 4-5secs on my 50m sprint time. :D

I just took the plunge and signed up. Will come back with my experience after I go to a practice. :)

My scale does this. If I were you, I'd take the 237.5 because it came up three times in a row. I step on the scale multiple times, and stop when I get a number that keeps popping up.

Seitan (I just take some 80% gluten flour, add water to make dough, cut into chunks and boil in vegetable broth with a spoonful of thai chili sauce in it for 45min. Stays in the fridge a week, and can be frozen). Chili (2 cans beans, 1 can diced tomato, onion, spices. Cook for 1.5hours. Stays in the fridge a week and can…

Like Turtle, I weigh myself first thing in the morning, once a week and buck naked. I also make sure I use the toilet first. It's also a good thing to keep in mind how much water you drank the day before (more=better) and how much sodium you got the day or two before (less=better). Also for women, there will probably be a…

Another factor, besides for weighing and making sure the logs are correct, is that MFP seems to alter the amount of fibre you need when you add exercise, even though it should stay as a constant. A healthy adult needs 21-38g a day, and the default on MFP is 25. So if it's showing red, you might actually be fine if you've…

Why is it better? As long as the multigrain has a good nutritional profile (some of them don't) it's a solid breakfast. And why can't you have different ones on different days?

Swimming: -You burn an awesome amount of calories -There's lots of technique to learn, which (for me) makes it interesting -You can get a good workout as a beginner, or as an expert. -No sweatiness post work-out -Easy on the joints -Indoor swimming is year round

The assumption of 1 lap per minute or 1.5 laps per minute burning so many calories doesn't make much sense though, does it? My top speed is not much more than 50m a minute (so not fast) but I'm putting in a lot of effort. A more experienced swimmer with better technique would find my pace very, very leisurely. And my…

I took a look at your diary. Don't feel bad - you are trying very hard and this isn't going to change in a day. What's done is done, and as long as you're willing to try again tomorrow you haven't failed. I would suggest you increase your calories to BMR for now, or at least 2000cal. IT will be a slower loss, but a loss is…

What is your height? You might be able to loose aggressively according to a calculator, but if you're binging it might be better to try for 2000 cal a day. Some tips for make taking a cut easier: -don't skimp on breakfast. It's tempting to eat a banana and nothing else for breakfast to save calories, but having a balanced…

You might want to up your calories if you are starving enough to binge. You shouldn't feel deprived if you have enough of the right food. A lot of people on here don't eat below their BMR, which at 320lb is over 2000cal a day. What are you eating during the day? You need a good mix of quality carbs (whole grains, veggies),…

Now I want a burger.

That was an interesting read, and I like that he presented a large number of studies. It does seem like you can maintain strength at 1x a week, which is something I am interested in, not enjoying strength training all that much. But I will probably stick to 3X until I am at a point where I'm happy with my strength, at the…

1000 cals a week isn't very much. Assuming complete accuracy, that's only slightly more than a pound a month and I fluctuate that much day to day. Also, the accuracy of MFP in terms of exercise calories is very poor. I only eat back about half of my exercise calories. An inch in 6 weeks isn't anything to sneeze at,…

Gongrats Gutzy! That's amazing. I didn't swim my regular laps today - instead I spent 2 hours with an 8yo who needed to practice his treading water (and got distracted by water basketball and slides).

Thank you for your replies, dapunks and Macstraw. Girlwithcurls2 - my local program says, on their webpage that they take adults of any level, and once (under the weekend program) says 'must be able to swim 100m'. So I'd guess mine is okay with slower swimmers. Which is nice, because despite being called 'speedball' the…

This would be more true if most cows weren't fed on corn and soy...

lol I was wondering what veterinatian had to do with sharing recipes. Welcome! Good luck. Feel free to add me. I eat about 80% vegetarian (I'm pescetarian, and have lots of vegetarian friends) so I have a few recipes up my sleeves.