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In theory, when you sync a tracker to MFP, you will get extra calories to eat from the tracker adjustment only on a day when the tracker sees you as moving more than MFP expects you to move based on your activity level setting, no matter what your activity level setting is. That includes both exercise and daily life…

Another short bike ride on a nice day (sunny, low 60s F/16 C), and extra slow, no excuse or reason for the shortness this time. I felt fatigued on the ride out, but it may just be that I didn't register the extent of wind. On the ride back, you'd think I'd be more fatigued, but I seemed to be going a gear or two harder and…

I don't understand. Is the breakfast-carb prohibition day 1 only? Asking because most bread (for toast) has carbs, avocados are around 19% of calories from carbs, strawberries are 85% of calories from carbs. Even eggs have some carbs (only 5% of calories). I agree that all of those are relatively low carb (in grams terms,…

Reinforcing what Tom said: Know appropriate protein and fats minimums for your situation in grams, not just percents of calories. Maintain those minimums as you raise/lower calories to affect body fat gain or loss. This is a science-based protein calculator and guide: https://examine.com/protein-intake-calculator/…

Reinforcing what Retro said: Know appropriate protein and fats minimums for your situation in grams, not just percents of calories. Maintain those minimums as you raise/lower calories to affect body fat gain or loss. This is a science-based protein calculator and guide: https://examine.com/protein-intake-calculator/…

For weight loss, no. If eating close to bedtime hurts your sleep quality/quantity, or causes other negative symptoms (like increased acid reflux), then you might want a gap between your last meal/snack and bedtime. I ate/eat up until nearly bedtime, sometimes even in bed, all through weight loss and nearly 8 years of…

IMU the science is . . . limited at best, mostly anecdotal support. The concept is that magnesium is released from the Epsom salts and absorbed through the skin, then replenishes magnesium in the cells. Magnesium levels can affect some muscle symptoms/concerns. The evidence for transdermal absorption being useful is what's…

Part of the problem here is that in some sense, over-eating high-energy, non-filling foods and sitting still "feels good" . . . in the moment. The negative consequences creep on, almost imperceptibly slowly, and they're distant from the root cause. Both of those things - IMO - have clearly been wired into humans by…

I'm not saying school lunches were like that everywhere. I have no idea. I grew up in a rural poverty area: Not the wealthiest school system, by far. Maybe somewhere they had nice meats and fresh veg/fruit? (Things like public school lunches tend to be more regulated and standardized now, at least within a given state,…

The first week or two often will have water retention shifts that cause scale-weight weirdness. Follow a reasonable new regimen (eating and activity) for at least 4-6 weeks, then evaluate average weekly results over that whole time. (You might even drop the first couple of weeks if they're very atypical of what follows.)…

What do I do? Try to take responsibility for myself (these days ;) ), and for my limited influence on public policy and those around me. I don't expect companies to do anything other than sell us what we vote with our dollars that we want to eat. (I have to admit, I don't even think that most "hyperpalatable" foods even…

Hi, Paulette! Good links from those above. Yes, one needs a calorie deficit to lose body fat, though (of course) counting calories isn't the only way to achieve that deficit. That point above about the 2nd law of thermodynamics is correct. If someone tries to lose weight punitively fast (ultra low calories), the loss rate…

I don't have exercise suggestions. (I mostly row and bike, either of which are high-head-movement or balance-centric.) Eating right when out? Make a plan ahead of time about what "reasonable" looks like in the context. If there are menus I can look at online in advance, I do that so I can take my time considering options.…

Use "Strength training (weight lifting, weight training" for traditional heavy-ish reps/sets training, and use the full wall clock time including normal brief between-set rests. (If there's a longer break in there, sure, subtract that time.) If the strength work is more like continuous faster-paced alternation through…

Here's how I think about questions like this: Humans have evolved in a context where most diets were somewhat varied, whether seasonally or daily variation or something in between. I've been alive long enough to see many, many nutrients scientifically identified as essential or beneficial to thriving that were not known to…

For many people, digestive distress from increased fiber is a temporary adaptation issue. It can go beyond gas to diarrhea or constipation. If someone's working on increasing fiber, I'd strongly suggest they do it gradually. I'm not saying there'll be zero adaptation, but it shouldn't be as extreme with a gradual increase.…

Sure. One thing to be aware of: Sometimes people recommend seitan as a vegan protein source, which it is. But seitan is gluten. Sure. As with any other way of eating, to avoid sugar generally or added sugar specifically, it's important to read labels. There's plenty of vegan junk food on the market, and nutritionally it's…

All I did today was spend around 2.5 hours at the rowing club working on our boathouse Spring clean-up day: Shoveling the last of the limestone fines; helping carry some quads (4-rower rowing shells around 30 feet (9 m) long) out of the boathouse so we could wash them and go over them for repair needs then take them back…

Good news, @DiscusTank5: Progress, indeed!

1200 is the minimum goal MFP will give a woman; 1500 is the minimum goal MFP will give a man. It's not that MFP recommends 1200 to women: Quite the contrary. It will never give women fewer goal calories than that. It wants people to get a certain number of calories in order to get minimally adequate nutrition. I'm female,…

Hello, and welcome! You might find some like-minded people in this group, which is relatively new but lightly active: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/145477-herbivores-of-mfp It's a group for vegans, vegetarians, and plant-centric omnivores. I'm a long term (almost 50 years) ovo-lacto vegetarian, but pretty…

When new people ask, I usually suggest that they use the free version to learn the ropes, since the fundamental mechanics are the same in both, then take a look at the list of premium features to see whether any of those would add enough value for them personally to be worth the cost. Since you've successfully used the…

There are a couple of threads here that might also help you. This one is pretty much entirely on-topic for your situation: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10142490/a-list-of-calorie-dense-foods/p1 It's a more expansive list of the type of foods that ddsb111 mentioned. The second one is mainly intended for…

There's a quite lengthy list of ways (32+) to increase strength training intensity here, with descriptions: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10877279/30-tips-to-increase-strength-training-intensity Some of those won't apply in your scenario, but others you could consider/do. On the bench question from…

No, not in MFP. In my understanding, a third party app, eatthismuch.com, has functions similar to what you're asking for, if you sign up for a free account. You can try some of the functions there for free without signup, but I've been told one needs at least a free account (sign up) in order to input food preferences, the…

Why? Nossmf is right. Even if not lifting, even if getting adequate protein, it's fine to eat more than the MFP protein goal (within reason) as long as one has no kidney issues or any other health contraindication. Excess protein just becomes part of energy. ;) By "within reason" in the paragraph above, I mean "as long as…

If you're logging every bite, lick, taste, oil used in frying, condiments, dressings, beverages, etc., plus not choosing lowball calorie estimates from the food database, and still coming up short . . . look at where you're short nutrition-wise. If low on protein, eat more protein, maybe from a protein source that also has…

Yet ironically, so-called "rubber clothing" is IMO the ideal thing to buy from those thrift stores once the big clothes get unacceptably loose, but there's still quite a bit of weight left to lose. Things like drawstring pants, a-line or other loose dresses (perhaps with tie belt), tops and tunics that are a tiny bit snug…

I'm 100% with you on the plate/bowl size issue. I was married in 1977, and recently reached the point of needing to replace dishes we'd received as wedding presents. I could find reaonable-sized dinner plates with some searching, but usually use so-called "dessert plates" or "salad plates" instead. It was much harder to…

I hope you realize that vegetarianism is not inherently a weight loss diet? It's also not inherently a healthier diet. I've been vegetarian for nearly 50 years, and I was fat for most of those years . . . up to class 1 obese in fact, even when I was training hard 6 days most weeks and even competing athletically. (I'm slim…