Lillymoo01 Member

Water fluctuations would be my guess. That time of the month, more carbs or salt than usual, more exercise, injury plus many other things can cause the body to retain extra water than normal. As can a build-up in the bowels. When this happens people normal see their weight decrease again over the coming days. Using a…

Personally, I would then view the other 6 days as punishment days which isn't a healthy long term mindset for weight loss and maintenance. If you work out how to fit foods you enjoy into your diet on a regular basis there is no reward or punishment.

I have had a couple of times when an elbow out at the right time would have collected them on the way past. So irresponsible, even if it weren't for COVID 19.

You can't and if you try and force any change onto them if they are not ready for it they could easily resent you for it. You have to keep doing you while letting them do them. Just lead by example.

Is there where I should add that I am a high cardio person, like average over 20,000 steps a day level of exercise and still my RHR according to my Fitbit is higher than 60? Shrugs. I know I am fit and healthy and that is more important anyway.

I set my activity level to sedentary so that I know that as long as I had a few calories to spare I would never go over by much. In saying that I am normally more active than sedentary most hours in the day so it is only in those last few hours during the day when I see calories go down rather than up. I have read that…

I must admit that I am surprised by many people here having RHR's that have them at elite athlete kind of level (under 60). Me: 48 yo female BMI 19 RHR according to Fitbit 64-67

I think my step count is quite accurate overall. I will pick up a few extra steps with changing gears and going on bumpy roads while driving but this is counterbalanced by the steps it doesn't recognise when I am pottering around the house.

This isn't Fitbit doing this but the syncing between Fitbit and MFP. From what I can see Fitbit only provides the calories you have burned so far that day. MFP seems to assume with its algorithms with this syncing that you will burn the same number of calories every hour, how much depends on the activity level you have…

If it was a rare occurrence I wouldn't force myself to eat but I would be very mindful of the fact that I would more likely be hungrier over the coming days and allow myself the extra calories then. If it is a regular thing then you really need to force yourself to eat because undereating has long term negative…

This is not quite how it works. MPF assumes you will have the same calorie burn every hour, even when you are asleep. It is why when you first wake up in the morning you start with fewer calories than your goal and why there will be a reduction in those hours when you aren't as active as you have indicated you would be…

I am a daily weigher but I don't react either emotionally or physically to day to day fluctuations, just long term trends. If you are reactive to these normal fluctuations that happen to all of us then daily weighing is probably not best for you.

^^^ this and also to counterbalance underestimates with logging food. The best thing to do is to eat back all the calories given to you and at least half of the exercise calories on top of that for a month or so and compare your actual rate of loss to how much your goals and adjust if necessary.

If you have learned where you have gone wrong so it can become more accurate in the future it is anything but a mess. That is a success!

Holy Batman! I think you may be on to something.

No. You just have to eat less than you burn. Just wish it was as simple to do as it sounds though. A slightly slower metabolism as we age just means we burn a little less than we used to. Doing resistance exercises to build up muscle will help though.

I lost around 70 pounds counting calories and have kept that weight off for 3 years while continuing to do the same.

I believe garlic will help prevent you from getting COVID-19. Eat a kitten load of that and no one will come near you. Ginger? Not quite the same effect.

I do this, especially if I know I have a big day planned later in that week. Look at your goal as a weekly goal rather than a daily goal if you take this approach. Some prefer the consistency of the same amount of calories every day but others cope much better with more flexibility. You could easily be the latter.

Choose lean meat sources like chicken, turkey and fish. Eat plenty of fruit and vegetables and complex carbs like oatmeal, whole grain bread, rice, and couscous. You still need some fats so choose food with monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats. Think along the lines of nuts and seeds, avocados, olive oil and fatty fish…

1 pound is a much more realistic and sustainable rate of loss. Dropping it back to 1/2 pound when you are close to goal is also worth considering.

If I was doing intermittent fasting and low carb I'd be hungry all the time too and would not have the energy to do much exercise. Some have great success with this way of eating as it is the best for them and their satiety. I am just not one of them. I need more frequent but smaller meals and moderate carbs to help keep…

Punishing yourself for going over with calories can easily lead to an unhealthy relationship with food and a continuous binge/restrict cycle. It is better to log honestly, learn from it and move on. However, if you know you have a big day coming up or that you eat more on one particular day, banking calories can be useful.…

While us Aussies try to claim it, I do believe that pavlova can be rightfully claimed as a NZ invention.