chris_blunt Member

Thanks for the answer. I do normally allow others to use items that I add to My Foods. I can se now that was a mistake, so the lesson learned there is not to share again or I'll lose control of what I add to my food database. I'll make the report as you suggested, but I suspect it will take some time for any corrections to…

I understand what you're saying, but there are plenty of BMR calculators out there, some from quite authoritative sources. There's even one right here on MFP. https://www.myfitnesspal.com/tools/bmr-calculator All of them require you to input your weight to calculate your BMR, and if you change that by about 20kgs the…

I determined it by using the BMR calculator here, inputting my original weight of 102kgs and current weight of 83kgs. My BMR has gone down by 200 calories/day due to the weight reduction. https://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/bmr_calculator.htm I'm actually feeling fine and very comfortable on my current diet. Two Slimfast…

I've just dug a bit more into the figure for calories burned as reported by MFP and a pop-up gives the following information: "You're using MFP iOS to measure your actual activity level throughout the day. To accurately reflect any extra calories you're burning, we use this data to adjust your daily MyFitnessPal calorie…

I'm very happy with my rate of weight loss. I'm consuming between 800 and 900 calories a day and losing around 2kgs per week. Down 20kgs since the beginning of July. My BMR has dropped from around 1,900 to 1,700 calories/day, so I'm having to exercise more as time passes to make up for that.

Thanks for the replies. My steps are being counted by my iPhone, and I have the Fitbit and Pacer apps installed. Those apps seem to sync together and they all report that my 12,700 steps are equal to 9.1 km and correspond to 530 calories with an active walk time of 2 hours 53 minutes. I'm currently 83 kgs. It's only MFP…