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According to my PolarM400 even when I walk 17,000 steps and workout for 45 minutes ( and burn 400 calories) the most I have ever burned was 2,500 calories in a single day. I don't think that the suggested caloric consumption on MFP is 100% accurate, but hopefully now that I will not be logging my steps and eating back 50%…

I walk a lot almost every single day ( anywhere between 7,000-17,000 steps a a day) and workout vigorously 5-6 and sometimes 6-7 times a week.

Wow! Thank you for sharing this information.

My doctor confirmed that prenatal vitamins have no impact on weight loss, but I continued Googling this and came across the topic of weight gain and prenatal vitamins on different discussion forums (with no scientific basis).

Yes, I think as much as I would like to eat 1,800-2,000 calories a day to lose weight it may not be in the cards for me. Perhaps the good news is that I can eat 1,800-2,300 a day and still maintain, haha, but I should reduce my caloric intake to 1,500-1,600. I have actually been keeping track of my daily deficit in a…

I appreciate everyone's help! :)

I am a gadget geek.

The PolarM400 is designed to serve as both an activity monitor and heart rate monitor. I compared the steps reported by my Fitbit and the steps reported by my PolarM400 and both seem to report a similar step count.

In my opinion, a chest strap heart rate monitor is a bit more accurate than the FItbit frackers (although I believe the lawsuit is against their heart rate monitor reporting inaccurate information and not their devices reporting inaccurate steps). Regardless, I think you are correct, but weighing myself every day will make…

Wow, this makes sense now! Okay, I will go ahead an adjust it immediately. Thank you!

I think I may be eating too much & I should only eat back 50% of calories burned during exercise. 1,210 is my base calorie range for losing a pound a month while sedentary...the other exercise and activity calories were added from my heart rate. I think ultimately I should be eating 1,500-1,600 to lose a pound a day and…

Yes, I am not satisfied with yogurt and chicken and I also try to avoid consuming dairy and only drink almond milk and at times consume yogurt ( it makes me breakout). In the past, eating empty calories helped me stay satiated, but when I try to eat clean and healthy I feel deprived and not satiated.

For those oatmeal packets, muffins I and squares simply use the calories provided to me in the back, but I probably should weigh them as well as the numbers displayed on the package can be off.

You might be onto to something, but over here my phone added an additional 500 calories for 10,000 steps, perhaps it is not adding the correct number of calories and I should remove the activity related calories from the calculation.

I am only adding the exercise calories from my polar/iOS syncs. 1,210 (base)+ 400 (calories from workout)+ 300 ( calories from walking). Should I simply erase any activity related or calories derived from steps from my input and only input the actual workout calories which will then bring the total calories needed to lose…

This is where it gets confusing for me :(. I can burn anywhere between 400-600 calories from working out and if I walk 10,000 steps that's an additional 500 calories just from exercise alone. If my base calories to lose weight is 1,210 (my profile setting is set on sedentary) than I would think that eating 1,800 calories a…

One thing that my therapist suggested is when I feel that a binge is coming and there nothing I do can do to stop it , I should recognize it and have a "controlled binge" where I limit myself to only 1,000 calories of my favorite foods. At the time, it helped get my larger binges under control as I felt that I could have…

I can relate! I binged and regained 12 pounds back, but have since got back on track. My advise to you is to practice self care and force yourself out of the house, I know it can be hard. Also, what are your trigger foods? Eliminate those immediately. I would also suggest eating at your maintenance level for a week and not…

Invest in a good food scale and a heart rate monitor. How many calories are estimating to be burning during a workout? I use Polarm400 to track my daily activities (steps) and calories burned during a workout. I second what everyone here is suggesting, you should weigh everything you eat ( with the exception liquids, for…

That's awesome! I also don't restrict even on days I go over my caloric range. If I am ravenous I'll eat more, otherwise I know that it will trigger a terrible binge episode. In the past, my mindset was such that even if I went over my calorie range by 100 calories I would say "screw this let's binge the day is destroyed",…

Hey there, in 2009 I weighed 215 pounds and I went down to about 118 pounds in about 6-7 months while exercising and eating 1,200 calories a day (I used my scale to weigh my food). Personally, it really destroyed my relationship with food and it wasn't worth it as I was very thin, yet miserable and starving. I gained some…

Yes, I'm glad to see someone else who is consuming more than 1,500 calories a day! I was 129 pounds in January and went up to 145 pounds in April through bingeing (while still working out a lot). I too suffer from terrible binge episodes and I find that if my deficit is greater than 600 calories a day my body is triggered…

I started by eating back 30-45% of my calories, but now I eat back most of my calories on days I workout and burn 400-500 calories per workout session and average 8,000-10,000 steps a day, and still seem to lose weight. I'd rather spend more time working out without feeling lethargic and burn more calories than working out…

I got this scale for $20 or $30 from Bloomingdales and it works great!

In my experience, a loss is a loss and the slower you lose weight the better your feel in the long run.

Hi ladies! Feel free to add me as a friend. I actually made a conscious decision to up my calories to 1,650-2,000 a day in order to avoid bingeing. I exercise so much and burn so many calories in addition to walking 6,000+ steps a day that I did not want to leave my body malnourished. I wear a heart rate monitor and have a…

One more thing, I know I am probably an extreme case, but I had to go to therapy after literally destroying my relationship with food while consuming only 1,200 calories. On the outside I looked like a model, but inside I was dying. It really screwed with my mental and emotional state.

I really don't recommend it especially if you have a lot of weight to lose. In 2009, I went from weighing 215 pounds to 118 pounds in about six months while eating only 1,200 calories. I not only lost my weight, but I also lost my sanity. I was starving and ended up gaining some of the weight back and hovered around 155…

I am 5'4.5, 142.4 pounds and I am 27. I consume anywhere between 1,600-2,000 calories a day and lose about a pound a week ( I use a scale and weigh everything I eat to get an accurate calorie count).I should also add that I workout around 6-7 times a week (I use a heart rate monitor and burn between 360-500 calories per…

I have had mine tested about 9 months ago at a performance medicine clinic after losing around 30 pounds. I wanted to get a better benchmark for the number of calories I need to consume a day to maintain my weight loss . I was surprised to find out that at the time, my BMR was 1,450 calories ( I was 5'4.5 and 129 pounds).…