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Small individually-wrapped hard candies or mints, even the ones with sugar, usually end up only being around 20-30 cal each and they last a long time in your mouth. They're my usual go-to because they're easy to keep with me. My grandfather taught me a trick of taking ONE small piece of (your favorite individually-wrapped)…

I have pizza every Friday, as part of a group outing with friends. It's more than OK so long as you keep an eye on things! As for being a *little* over on fat, that's fine too once in a while. I find that I often tend to be a tiny bit over in one macro but a tiny bit under in another. And then the next day, I'm a tiny bit…

You understand now though, right? DON'T BE A LOGBUMP! :wink: :smiley:

Erm. Well. I wouldn't say either is *better* for long term health. Both are recommended for overall health. In my specific case, sustained cardio is particularly important because of the heart health benefits I need thanks to my family history. But I agree with the consensus here that resistance training isn't done to burn…

It's rare that MFP gives me "many" extra calories. Depending on how much of a surplus I have and whether I'm actually hungry, I might eat at least some of them back. I'll check my nutrition levels and see if I'm particularly low in something (like protein) and maybe grab a slice of lean turkey or handful of nuts to nosh…

It's not that they want you to want the same thing they do. It's that they're baffled that you COULD POSSIBLY want something other than what they want. You're THEIR child, after all. Wow, I've just defined every single argument I've had with my own mom over the past twenty years. Regardless of the specific subject.

There's a weight/resistance activity you can log manually in the fitbit app and it will override the sensor-estimate, but I don't know what fitbit estimates for calorie burn. My resistance training is in the middle of interval/circuit, so my heart rate is staying up throughout. I just have the Zip, though, so noting heart…

"But [Kuroshii], how can you be depressed? You have nothing to be sad about!" ::headdesk::

Also note that the "sedentary" setting does not mean being a couch potato all day. It still implies at least SOME movement. I keep myself on sedentary and it tends to even out. On the days I work from home, I tend to get ~150cal taken away from me unless I do a workout or at least go for a walk. But on the days I seriously…

There's type 2 diabetes in my family which I'm trying to avoid. My doctor told me the best way to avoid it is to "eat like you already have it." i.e. limiting both refined sugars and simple carbs, eating small healthy snacks between meals, etc. (He said the second best way, meant to be in addition not instead of mind you,…

I know a lot of gyms offer P90x classes. If there's one near you, maybe you could pay to go to a class or three and try it out see if you like doing it before spending a lot of money up front.

I haven't put together enough data to know whether individual sessions boost my mood on a given day other than the intellectual feeling of accomplishment, but I do know that when I'm exercising regularly my seasonal lows aren't as low.

The sync isn't always instantaneous, but if you look at "yesterday" in each app they should match. There's a rather exhaustive FAQ post in the "fitbit users" group that goes into troubleshooting detail.

As some have already said here, targeted fat loss is a myth and especially for women the belly (and hip) fat is always first on and last off for (ahem) biological reasons. As others have already said here, some of us never will lose it completely for genetic reasons. I'm one of those people: I'm trying to get mine back…

My weight goes up and down around five pounds every month and has done so for as long as I can remember. I haven't noticed cravings coming and going to match, so I suspect it's all water weight.

I don't wait for motivation. I get home from work, change directly into my workout clothes and DO MY WORKOUT without even thinking about whether I want to or not...never mind actually wanting to or not. Many people find that working out in the morning is better for them because they have physically tiring jobs. My job is…

THIS! And since I am a grown-up, I have complete permission to go back and get a second cookie if I want one. Or even a third (calorie allotment for the day notwithstanding). But this way I am MINDFUL about it, as opposed to sitting there with the package of cookies within arm's reach of me as I eat.

Sniff tests! I know now from experience (having bought the big box at Costco more than once in a fit of optimism) that Kashi TLC bars are OK when they first expire, but within about a month after that they go really stale and taste terrible.

Yes. It doesn't seem to recognize fractions, only decimals. So half a serving gets entered as .5 not 1/2, a third of a serving is entered as .33 not 1/3 etc. There's a hard candy that I like eating ONE of for dessert, that a serving is five pieces. I put in .2 for servings and it scales everything down accordingly.

The OP has since stated that she cannot eat popcorn. :( We need to come up with more NON-popcorn munchies for her!

You cannot eat popcorn! I haz a sad. :( On a serious note, a friend of mine cannot eat popcorn either because she has...Crohn's Disease, IIRC. She calls Pirate's Booty "fake popcorn" in conversation, and buys large bags of it at Costco.

Me too! When I'm in the office I'll get 5k-7k steps hardly trying, but days I work from home I become a complete lump if I'm not careful.

Skinny women have been getting more of the love from the start! It's refreshing to have a song that embraces curvier body types IMHO. Agreed on the reminder to keep good form when doing squats. The straighter your torso the more you're also working Core muscles which help with posture.

Thirding the suggestion of air-popped popcorn! If the thought of eating it plain does not appeal to you, a tiny bit of olive oil sprayed on with a mister lets herbs or spices stick to it. Splurge a little and find good quality corn to start with. An example of what NOT to buy is the giant jug of jolly time from Costco: it…

It's supposedly (steps+elevation change in 10ft increments)=floors, so it's not supposed to count elevator rides...but then I've heard (over on fitbit forum) of folks getting credit for a bazillion floors thanks to going on an airplaine. It's a bug, mind you.

Being sick on top of your period, your body needs the extra energy so just keep it as healthy as possible (extra protein does help) and try not to fret. My weight fluctuates by as much as five pounds every month thanks to my period. I'm new to MFP so I'm looking forward to seeing how much of it is water and how much of it…

Let fitbit do that math for you. fitbit is excellent at figuring out your TDEE range based on your activity. Then it will start feeding that math (TDEE adjusted by day's actuals) to MFP for MFP to use in it's calculations of what calories you should eat. So on days you're more active vs others, fitbit has you covered!

I have an old-fashioned (but not all that old) Oster blender. Glass and metal, no plastic. It's large, but the glass has tic-marks on it so you can still make individual shakes/smoothies/what have you. Greek yogurt, frozen fruit (no need to add ice then!) and *maybe& a splash of milk and some protein powder. Yum!

So glad I am not the only one who noticed this.

Counting steps while driving is a known bug with all the fitbits, though it doesn't happen to everyone. That's why there's a "driving" activity which you can log (on fitbit, not MFP) that will take away those erroneous steps. Have you looked at the forums on fitbit? They'll be more helpful than here for most of your…