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I eat one large pizza without putting on weight, and without any other dietary considerations, because I cycle commute to work and run every day... It's all about the calories... Nothing to do with fasted training or the like...

Sitting in a chair is not "exercise" in the traditional sense, but it is steady state, and thus allows for a relatively accurate estimate. Nothing in my post went in to detail about how a HRM estimates caloric burn, so that's hardly surprising. All I said was that being idle and walking (the things that make up the bulk of…

The numbers always make sense. It's just not always obvious what they're trying to tell you...

That's not correct as far as daily burn tracking goes. Daily burn is pretty accurate precisely because your daily activities are all steady state cardio. Sitting in a chair in the office? Steady state cardio. Very very low impact cardio, but that's not so relevant. What is relevant is that it's steady state, so you can get…

They're not "cups". They're metric cups.

Charge has heart rate monitoring. Well worth it.

I didn't add anything as such. My approach to loss was more about moderation than elimination. So I had smaller portions or enjoyed certain foods less often, rather than avoiding things altogether. So maintenance is simply a case of letting myself enjoy slightly larger portions again (though not back to the bad old days)

I'm the opposite. I'll do cardio by preference. I run 5km 3 times a week with the odd longer run thrown in. In addition, I cycle commute to work 14km each way most days. Lifting for me is simply something that I have to do as part of a rounded approach to being healthy. Unlike running (and cycling to a lesser extent), I…

I run all of my 5ks on an empty stomach, first thing of a morning 3 times a week.

Your Fitbit ultimately over-rides whatever you have in MFP. If you tell MFP that you've done burnt 12,000 calories after a day of running a marathon, but you forgot to wear your Fitbit and it says you've only burnt 2,000 calories, then you'll get a -10,000 adjustment. The answer is to enter your excercises in to Fitbit,…

Brisbanite here...

Except, as several people have pointed out, that's exactly what he did...

I'm with Lourdesong. I don't really do sweet fruit, I just don't like the taste. But the stuff that gets confused with vegetables is a regular part of my evening meals...

For me, when I lost my dad, waking up of a morning and knowing that I was still on track to improving my own health was one of the few positives in that period of time. That was enough to keep me going with it...

Which means that for any given volume, the muscle weighs more...

I ran 5km yesterday, then rode 15km each way on my work commute. I came home from work and ate an entire pizza. I still lost weight. *That* is the best thing about running :)

I finished it about a month ago, and now I'm running 5k 3 or 4 times a week, including a weekly Parkrun! I'm the fittest I've ever been

It means your fitness tracker is reporting that you've burnt less calories than MFP was expecting you to by this point in the day. MFP sees that and correspondingly reduces your calorie limit.

There is no such thing as an accurate calorie burn formula for weights. That's why by default, MFP doesn't give you calories back for it.

Fitbit Surge for me... Was using my 'droid phone prior to that, but the HR and the fact that the watch is always on me make it that much better than the phone...

If you're happy to manually delete a duplicate entry each time you run, then it's possible to do. The way I do it is to sync my Fitbit with my Strava account, and sync my strava account with MFP (You can use MapMyRun etc instead of Strava). Then when you finish a run, Fitbit uploads it to Strava and Strava uploads it to…

I've moved to diet soft drinks, rather than full sugar versions, but other than that I haven't eliminated anything. I find that I'm eating less of some things, but that's an incidental side effect of lowered calorie intake rather than a deliberate choice, and even then, if I really want a burger and chips, I'll make sure I…

For me, it's having all of the tech toys to quantify everything. Wifi scales, HR band that syncs with MFP, MFP food database etc. It means there are no gaps or guesses, so I'm not floundering around hoping that I'm doing the right thing. I know exactly what I'm doing, and I can see the results of my choices. And for me,…

How fast are you running in the run sections?

Every morning... As long as the trend is in the right direction, I don't care about daily fluctuations...

If you can do a 20 mile bike ride, but struggled with Day 1 of C25K, it sounds like you were running way too fast. Jog, don't sprint. If you can jog slower, you're not jogging slow enough. Speed will come later.

True, but I keep doing weights as well, even though they don't really having elements I enjoy... Weights I do purely for practical reasons...

I don't "enjoy" cardio as such. What I enjoy is being able to listen to my podcasts and Zombies Run! etc when I'm doing cardio. I prefer being outside to being in the gym as well, which makes cardio more appealing. Though I do genuinely enjoy the "post run" high that I get, that I don't experience with lifting...

I do weights and cardio, but honestly, the weights just aren't as enjoyable. I find them a chore, and the rests between sets are dead time that I find frustrating. Cardio though involves getting outdoors and running in the park. I'm engaged the whole time, and at the end, I feel good. I still do weights because I don't…

Your call. There is no correct answer other than personal preferences. If you're seeing results and not feeling discouraged, you're doing it right, even if you only weigh in once every 6 months... That being said, I do it daily, because I want the data. I'm well aware I fluctuate from day to day, and don't care about that…