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this post speaks to me. just posted a discussion about that today. will read member's posts. hopefully it will keep me focused

Informative pic. thanks for posting it. i kinda understand that i lose and gain throughout the day. but just because it is my first time since i started dieting gaining for almost 5 days and then losing it. i always thought weighting at morning would be accurate if you didn't have high sodium intake in the previous day. :D…

i am still trying to lose weight. my goal is maybe 64 or 63 kg. so i still have 5-6 kg (11-13lbs) to lose. it doesn't measure in whole numbers, but it is not a digital scale. but the needle was hovering over the 70 kg. .. hopefully this resolves. i was 69 for two days and now i am 70 again. so it seems like i am just…

thank you for your replay. very helpful

Very nice! Great progress.

yeah, i've been lifting for a few weeks. but i want to be consistent. i know i won't build muscles while still in a deficit but i will feel stronger and that's my goal

wow, didn't see this post yesterday. i see. you look amazing. i am at 23.6 BMI now. and i am planning on going low to reach maybe 20 or 19. just because i know i will feel better

no, my blood tests are fine i guess. i didn't do one for months, but the last time i did that. i was only anaemic but i feel like i am not healthy because i still hold lots of fat in thigh area... i don't think that's healthy

Wow, hope he is doing okay now.

Thanks for your reply. I needed reassurance and that did it for me.

thank you for the your input :)

yeah, i was kinda wondering because i am at a normal BMI now. (i didn't have so much weight to lose) but my friends keep telling me that i am healthy now, why are you still dieting. but i feel like i still got lots of fat to lose. just because i am at a normal weight doesn't mean that my bf% is in healthy range.

Do you do anything in your day other than training? Job? And what's your job? Because i guess people will need to know that to decide if you should eat more

my go to snack is air-popped popcorn. i also like onion pickles :D but i don't think anyone would consider this a snack. frozen yogurt, pick your favorite low calorie one.

i agree, i wouldn't take into account calories burned in strength training,for example, if you are running 30 mins in a day, you only use HRM in this 30 mins. stop the counter after that. and do your strength training.

That makes sense, thanks for explaining.

Yeah, i only use mine on running sessions, walking.. So on. But i can't help myself from thinking about doing an experiment and keeping the HRM all day. Just to see what i would get.. Wonder if anyone tried something similar with HRM with chest straps

Wow, i would get extremely mad in your situation. Lool... I had only little money to spend, so if the watch i've bought was defective. I don't know what i would do... Well, i believe that any company pays one day for their customers' experience.. Even if people trust their products performance, they shouldn't take that for…

Awesome, will check the link when i go home. Maybe one day i will be able to afford it

Spices and salt, and my onion pickles :D

I went for a high pace 35 min walk+run and it was only 225. Umm i think that i can safely eat my calories, i dunno really since it seems that most people get higher readings :D i am not sure is it because i am not fit or what, but @sijomial says that for under average fitness people, it tends to overestimate. Not sure

Why could it overestimate for people under average fitness level? Iam asking because i can probably say i am not really fit.. I don't know if i am below average though. My readings is way off from MFP calculator. Lower not higher.

I actually looked into thw one you mentioned :D, it doesn't have chest strap, nice... But i don't think i would be able to afford it, the polar one i got is even an old model :)

How does the Garmin monitors 24/7, is the hr in the watch itself or do you have to wear like a chest strap all day?

I never had any other hr monitor, i've bought a polar one with chest strap aswell. Was it a problem with the hr monitor itslef or with the company that made you get the Garmin?

Amen, It is also important to mention that many people don't disagree with Vegan diet, but mostly about the idiotic information some people say like "Eat unlimited food and +30 bananas a day and you will lose weight. If it works for some people, eating unlimited on Vegan diet, this could be due to fast metabolism or maybe…

That's the one i use, thanks for your reply :)

what's you fitness level? :) i guess maybe the MFP burn range for people. i am not really fit so this maybe could explain that the calories i get from my monitor is way less than i get from MFP calculator? i am not sure though

I agree, it is very important that the OP know that in order to lose weight it requires a calorie deficit and unfortauntly most of the information on Vegan diet just suggest to cut out animal products. which doesn't necessarily mean that you will lose weight.

yeah, this is quite sad because i would've not noticed that this information label is sketchy if i wasn't logging here on MFP. i will probably check their other packages in the store and see if there nutrition information is like that on all their packaging. maybe even call their hotline and leave a note because many…