ConicalFern Member

This is the default answer to everything on this website. Not sure it applies here.

I always have to eat something before bed - as others have said, just save some calories elsewhere to do this. I would find it hard to have a small number of cookies - how about something like a high protein yoghurt or cheese? At the moment I often have a bowl of skyr before bed and find it to be suitably filling.

Bumping this super old post - anyone have any thoughts on the calories burned during a 1h vipr class? 177cm 70kg male

Wrap it in foil! My chicken is never dry and I don't add oil or anything extra. If I'm not adding to anything I'll add some cajun seasoning, which doesn't have nutritional info on the label so I take it as 0 cal!

Strava - you can see HR, but no detailed analysis. Not sure of your device but if you want to see that just use Garmin connect. If you're in doubt use the free version of Strava and see how you get on and often there are free trials of premium you can take advantage of. Strava is a lot more widely used than MMR and such…

C'mon you can log adequately without weighing eggs or slices of bread. Weight fluctuates. Everyone has their preference, but I weigh myself every day and look at the average, rather than doing it once a week. Be patient, keep logging accurately and the weight will come of.

Why not have some proper cheese / buy it in a big block?!

The previous posters are correct and calories are what matters. I just wondered - what is 'a lot of fat'? 20%? 30%? More?

Well... I'm back! The first week or so was fine. I logged a few days retrospectively and was well under my calorie allowance and actually lost a small amount of weight. I was a lot happier too! After a while though, I had my first binge, something I had previously attributed to having constantly logging everything. Clearly…

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I gave up using HR for calories; I found it was massively swayed by the temperature - such that if it was cold I would 'burn' 1000 cals fewer on a 70 mile ride

Depends whether you trying to lose or maintain then :)

My maths is fine... Note the final column is calories per 5km, not total calories. Anyway, yes for 3 rides I will acknowledge it's pretty close, but 660 cals is a pretty big difference. Of note is that that ride had much elevation. If you live in Cambridge (UK) (like me) 100Cal/5km isn't bad. If you live somewhere that has…

Some of my ride data (calories from Strava): Distance / Avg. Speed / Calories / Elevation / Calories per 5km 43.0 / 28.7 / 801 / 140 / 93 45.8 / 32.6 / 1022 / 128 / 111 105.4 / 26.0 / 2768 / 1851 / 131 122.0 / 29.8 / 2548 / 730 / 104

I use Strava for my calorie burns from cycling. It takes into account the terrain and how fast you are going - the faster you go, the more you burn, the more climbing, the more calories per mile. I wouldn't recommend using something like 100 calories/5km. Also see: http://www.crankcycling.com/garmincalories/

Absolutely. One thing that I tried to make clear in my OP is that I've had some super results using this app, I am sure losing weight with it is the healthiest way to do it, and I'm not sure I could have done it without MFP. The last thing I want to do is criticise those who want to log food indefinitely, I completely…

OP here, just to clarify a few things A) I'm a he not a she :) B) I'm not going to eat things that I've restricted myself eating because of their calorofic content, but the hassle that goes alongside weighing the portion sizes. As an example, I have a jar of pistachio nuts at my desk now - this morning before lunch I had…

I think maintaining the same weight for years is an achievment. For some people that means logging for that amount of time, for some (hopefully I will fall into the latter) it doesn't. Both are an achievement.

As I've said before, I've been a similar weight to what I am now before without logging, in fact really paying no attention to what I eat at all (microwave burgers, 175g of crisps in an evening and so on). I put on the weight during a period of my doctoral studies where I was doing no exercise, eating as above, and…

Thanks for your help but it's not just the time it's the psychological effort. I work roughly 11h a day during the week and 6h/day at weekends, combined with the fact I do around an hour's exercise each day (more at weekends) I just can't be bothered any more. Whether you deem it as an excuse or not, I find it annoying. I…

It's more than a second. It takes a few seconds to weigh it, yes, but then you have spend ages finding it in the database and when you're in a rush to get everything in. A good example of it adding time is parmesan cheese (again!) on my pasta. I love putting it on, but weighing it adds so much time; I have to weigh the…

I weighed everything I log, but every now and then (not often) I would cheat and eat something knowing that I won'g log it (actually often the guilt would make me log it the next day). This often leads to a 'cheat' episode whereby I eat everything in sight. In particular with the cheese, the issue is not weighing, but…

I always lose loads of weight whenever I eat raw chicken...

I almost always go for a yoghurt for dessert - I go for the thick, high protein options like Skyr, Liberte and Danone Danio. All less than 150 cal.

What are the benefits of fat? Carbohydrates give you energy that can be burnt during swimming, proteins aid recovery, what benefits do fats bring?

I always eat an apple or banana as soon as I get out of the pool (whilst I'm getting changed). I find that stops me feeling too run down for the rest of the day.

When I was in super-training mode for my triathlon + rowing it was around 37, but has since crept up to around 45.

I confess I frequently eat more calories in snacks after dinner than my dinner its self.

If it's morning and I want to push myself I'll have a proper breakfast - either shredded wheat with banana, or more recently a PB&J bagel. I will wait around 2h before starting (often I will go back to sleep during that time). If it's after work I normally go for a pittabread banana sandwich, again 2h before. If it's…

What does the packet give the values as? You should always aim to use the values for the specific food you're using, rather than a generic one in the database. If the values on the packet are only given raw, one accurate way you could calculate the calories when cooked is to weigh out 100g of pasta, for example, then see…