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Hello there. I am using Fitness Pal. I looked at Happy Scale after reading your post. Are you familiar with Fitness Pal? If so, how would you compare the two? Thanks!

Great tips! By the way, I do clean my floors by hand, like hands and knees. So that is good. I also mow most of my yard with a push mower, (gas powered). So that burns a lot of calories. I will spend a couple of hours doing that. At work we have two 15 minute breaks so I walk with a coworker and we can get in almost a mile…

I am seeing a doctor in Nashville about my arthritis. He was looking at my blood tests and said that my cholestrol needed some attention. Before prescribing anything for it, he wanted me to try Berberine. He also said it would help with losing weight. I told him I was trying to lose weight because of the gain from…

Not sure I understand what 'calorie deficit' is. My diary is public is you want to look at it.

What kind of tips do you have for a 67 year old woman. Worked at a desk job for years. I do a little yoga (for seniors, very mild) and a little treadmill. I walk maybe 5 miles a week. Exhausted all the time. Reason for gaining weight, I was on prednisone for about a year and a half and ate everything in sight. I have about…

I did. I had one last night. A mini blizzard is like 340 or 370 calories. I also had one a couple of days ago. Geez. Seems like I could get a craving for salads or broccoli. LOLOL!

I read every bit of that article. It did explain a lot of stuff for me. Thank you so much!

I kind of wanted to lose maybe 12 to 15 pounds by now, but that is okay. After reading some of these comments, I am ok with my loss so far. The weight tends to go up and down. One day I will weight and it will be 168. The next morning it may be 170 pounds. That bothers me some.

I have rheumatoid arthritis. I take xeljanz. I will google it and see how it may affect. I did do yoga but with my wrists and hands like they are I am unable to do many of the poses. I do the treadmill some and I do walk at work. I am so so tired all the time. The doc said that the arthritis will do this to me. I try to…

West Tennessee. The first strawberries are a little tart. After about a week or two they should be really super sweet!!!!

That would have been a great idea. I wish I had seen your post before tonight. Our electricity has been off for two days. I use a PC. Bad storms here these past two days. They were really cute!!! I made little tarts and put the meringue on each little tart. Popped them in the oven and they browned beautifully. First time I…

Yes I have. I told it that I was sedentary. Would that describe me? I hardly do any exercise at all. Or at least nothing regular. Hoping I can change that.

I was looking around the app for my Garmin and came across this explanation: This example is for today.Adjust for Activity Your overall calorie goal is adjusted based on the active calories you’ve burned. This gives you an “adjusted goal” that accounts for the credit you receive for these extra burned calories. 1,200…

I too weigh every morning. My weight does fluctuate like yours It sure does deflate you to see the weight gain. I guess it is normal. Thanks!

Thank you, you gave me a lot to think on. I usually don't have leftovers. My husband is retired and he works here on the farm with some helpers, they usually keep me cleaned up on leftovers. I have taken those Starkist lunch to go. They have tuna, a few crackers and mayo and relish. It is pretty handy. I do have fresh…

Yes I do. We have a fully equipped kitchen where I work. I thought about soups. I would resort to the canned soups. Time at my house is a problem...not enough of it. At this time I think I have more money than I do time. I assure you, there isn't that much money around here! Thanks!!!

Thank you. I live in a rural town. The closet Starbucks or anything like that is an hours' drive from me. We do have a McDonalds, sonic and a Burger King. That being said, I will be packing. Not sure what with yet. I will let you know when I figure it our! Thanks so much!!!

i UNDERSTAND!!!!! Thank you so much for taking the time and using my scenario so that I could understand. I never could understand the reasoning behind eating back your exercise calories. I always thought that it would hold you back from losing pounds. I do see now. I did choose the 2 pound a week with MFP. Thank you…

Garmin just says that I walked 2918 steps (I work in an office at a computer all day) and it also says I burnt a shameful 2007 calories today. No intense activity. Usually I walk on my breaks at work but it was cold today so I didn't. That is actually the only info it gives you. If you do any kind of activity, you have to…

They are all so good!!!!! Usually I find that if I stay away from all sweets for about a month, I tend to quit craving them so much. I have a week to go, maybe I can hold on that long. I really want to get this weight off by summer. I have a couple of months to go. I won't make my goal, but I sure would like to knock…

I think my Garmin just calculates everything. I don't log in any exercises I do. I think that is what got me so confused before.

I have read all of the answers to my questions. When I started this, I wanted to lose about 38 pounds. That would get me to a comfortable weight and it is also puts me on the high range of my ideal weight. I had lost down to my ideal weight a couple of years ago. I did use MFP and it was fairly easy. I didn't have a Fitbit…

Unplug the Garmin. Put it in a drawer. It is not helping you. Go to the MFP Goals tool. Enter your age, gender, height, weight, etc. Tell it you want to lose a pound a week. It'll probably tell you 1200 calories, because your maintenance level (break even) is around 1600 cals/day, so to lose a pound a week you'd have to…

OMG. That sounds so complicated. Losing weight is hard enough without all of these calculations. I think I will just stay at 1200 calories a day and do my mile on the treadmill, do my yoga and forget the rest. You need a college masters to figure all of this out.

I went to Garmin Connect and studied how they got their figures. This is what I found out: Total Calories Burned: Active Calories 722 Resting Calories 1281 Active + Resting Calories = 2003 Total Calories Burned Adjusted Goal: Daily Goal 1200 Active Calories 722 Daily Goal + Active Calories = 1922 Adjusted Goal Calories…

Soon to be 67. I have about 30 pounds to lose. I could use all the help I can get!!!!!

My BMR is figured by MFP is 1300. Does that sound right? I am 66 and I am 5'3" and right now I weigh 175.

I have to apologize for my ignorance working with stuff like this. Garmins, my remote control for the TV. No good at none of that stuff, and I am no good with this calorie stuff. I know what it tells me that I can eat a day and I try to stay a little under it to allow for any mistakes in the counting of the calories. Like…

According to my Garmin right now, today was slow. It shows I burnt 2641 calories.I didn't walk today and only got 4398 steps. No intensity minutes.

I work full time in an office. I don't have a lot of time to exercise. I try to walk at work on my breaks. Some at lunch. My Garmin Connect is connected to My Fitness Pal. Whatever calories that my Garmin shows that I have used is what shows up on MFP. Also, intensity minutes, how many steps I walk in a day...I think it…