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Sort of? I'm tracking calories with it because it flows to another app. I'm not really going to be using it for this (forums).

4 pounds is a very normal swing for me. Keep in mind a gallon of water weighs 8 pounds. It's pretty easy to lose about half that in an hour workout for a larger person. You start combining a workout with a bowel movement and then rehydration and a heavy (weight wise) meal, you can generate some big swings. I used to be a…

I'd look at a different brand. FitBit may have been a first, but many companies out there are making similar devices. From what I have seen, the FitBit software is some of the least user friendly. Keep in mind that any tracking device is only useful with the paired software (on your phone or PC) that lets you track and see…

CICO "doesn't work" for a lot of people because they are unable to accurately track their calories, estimate portions or calculate calories burned for exercise. That doesn't mean it isn't still "true". Anyone that says CICO "doesn't work" for them, I just assume they can't tell they difference between a half pound steak…

Yes, theoretically. But also keep in mind it's pert near impossible to gain or lose a pound of pure fat. Remember that the weight of food and it's caloric content are not that closely related. You need water to stay hydrated and water weighs a lot, but has no caloric content. A pound of pure body fat will also have…

Interesting. I don't have any experience with the non-HR version to compare to. If the daily stuff is mostly being software tracked and not as based on the HR, I guess I spent the extra money for being able to track my resting HR ;)

Here's a one better for you. Any workout routine that doesn't have a goal(s) and isn't tailored to that goal(s) is a waste of time. If you were entering a competition that magically measured pure cardio fitness, then pure cardio would be the way to go. For a competitive marathon runner, some strength and flexibility…

The bigger question (that fewer people know the answer to) and one that may answer this question, is "When you lose a pound of body fat, where does it go?"

I am not sure I agree with that entirely. I have the same setup and I feel it does a pretty good job (especially with the calorie adjustment it sends over to MFP) differentiating between days when I have done little (sat at my desk all day) and days I have been overly active (logged exercise with a chest strap + ran around…

I heard an amazing ad on the radio recently. "Maybe you're not fat, maybe you're just bloated! Try our new all natural pro-biotics. They reduce bloating and will magically make your belly disappear!" Especially hilarious (to me) because I have used that very excuse looking in the mirror before even though I knew for sure…

You should, yes. There is a window after cardio exercise (roughly equivalent to the length of the workout) when your body is trying to replenish your glycogen stores. This is one of the only times (besides during exercise) your body will effective use carbs. Giving it some carbs (not loading or stuffing it, just some) will…

I have the Fenix 3 HR, which was spendy and came in a bundle with the "run" chest strap. However, I am pretty sure they have less expensive models which will work in a similar manner. The Vivoactive HR is a good example.

I have a Garmin wrist based device that tracks HR/calories all day. When I work out, I add a chest strap to it (which the garmin wrist device is synched to) and it just uses the HRM for the time period. No double count, no fuss. I think such a setup may be "best of both worlds" that you are looking for.

I would recommend looking closely at the software that comes with the device. I own a Garmin which I love. I find the Garmin Connect software easy to use. I purchased my wife a more expensive FitBit around the same time and consider it a big mistake. The software seems terrible. There are numerous posts on their forums…

I am the kind of fat where you are in shape and riding a bike 15 hours a week and eating 4000 calories a day just to keep up. Then you have a kid and you drag that kid around in a trailer and not much changes. Then you have two kids and stop doing any riding but basically keep eating the same. I am that kind of fat.