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Sort of. However, 320 calories is not going to taste the same as 1200 calories.

PF doesn't happen to have an indoor track, does it?

1: mma gym membership, since the conditioning classes tend to be fun for me, as is bjj 2: forerunner 935, battery lasts a super long time, and it has all sorts of running stats to satisfy my overly analytic side 3: endangered species 88% dark chocolate 4: japanese sweet potatoes 5: seitan

it's a better smart watch. As a fitness tracker, it's about the same/maybe slightly worse. Right now I have an apple watch and a garmin, both of which I like (for different reasons).

I think most people (of every skill level) do most of their running at an easy/zone 2 type of pace so I wouldn't worry too much about your speed. As your aerobic conditioning improves, your speed can improve at the same % of max heart rate.

I track most things. The main exceptions are items which every time I weigh them, it's the same weight. This at least makes my incoming calories reasonably accurate. Unfortunately, my calorie burn is really off since not everything gets logged. However, for a long time I didn't weigh everything, and that was fine too even…

When i've had my diary open, I don't think I ever had anyone comment positively or negatively on my food choices. Admittedly, my friends list does tend to consist mostly of plant based people (or ex-plant based people at least) so negative evangelism directed at me would be sort of limited.

I eat pretty boring day to day, so I don't want to inflict my eating choices on others :smile:

There's some general advice on reddit's /r/running faq. It's the advice you'd sort of expect, though. https://www.reddit.com/r/running/comments/657a8u/running_in_the_heat_tips_and_tricks_from_a/

I'm at around 560 or so, but no intentional exercise really counts for me since I use a different tracker for running and boxing/kickboxing aren't something fitness trackers really work super well for, so I don't bother trying to wear my watch under wraps and gloves.

I have an apple watch and a forerunner 935, and use mfp and strava.

For running, is vo2max all that important? Is it really that much better than vdot (which is much easier to calculate)? It seems like they both keeping you in aprox the right(ish) intensity, but i'm not too knowledgeable about running.

How much of that is due to exclusively being an endurance athlete, though.

Apple watch was always pretty accurate for running/walking, but I tend to adjust calories statically based on weight and calorie averages now since for quite a lot of my activity, i'm not allowed to use a tracker.

Pick one and adjust after you have some data (using calories and weight measurements over a few weeks). That's the general approach Eric Helms often suggests (for example, in the Muscle and Strength Nutrition Pyramid book) and summarized in this video (near the end). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h9dhQUZECk

I can't do gyms either, I just choose an activity that involves something physical that I like and which I can progress towards. Sometimes external motivation helps, too. For example, I found Emma Abrahamson's peachtree prep videos motivational although even unconditioned emma is much faster than i'll ever be.

I believe you can work around the step count bug w/ intentional exercise by unattaching it and then reattaching it, but yeah it's super annoying. http://myfitnesspal.desk.com/customer/portal/questions/17350497-apple-watch-negative-calorie-adjustment-and-workouts

Yeah, but you have to do it from the mobile app.

I'd say give it a try. I found it sort of boring, although I did appreciate the competitive atmosphere they try to foster by showing everyone's time in the orange zone on the big screens. I think the calorie burn, though, is a massive overestimation due to attribution of too many calories to epoc. Like almost everything…

Yeah, nothing else really has made much of an effort to add sport-specific metrics to help you improve. Fitbit (and honestly, pretty much everyone else) just tries to get calorie burn right for different sports profiles, and doesn't add much in way of metrics. Even simple things like cadence for running isn't all that…

- treadmills are boring, run outside if you can - if you're struggling it's usually because you're going too fast. If you think that's not the case, see below for the reddit c25k faq advice - If you have a heart rate monitor, trying to stay in zone 2 as much as possible is a nice goal (your speed will improve as your…

The ones that are easy to track, I eat back. Some of the others, I don't, and just estimate based on average weight decline over a week.

A pity, i've only ever seen beyond burger in stores and have never seen impossible burger. Admittedly, I'm not much of a burger person, but still....it's always nice to have more options.

I like the fitness features a bit better on fitbit (especially challenges) and how step-centric it is. Otherwise, the apple watch is fine. I don't think i'd buy an apple watch to overcome what will almost certainly be a temporary mfp - fitbit sync problem. That said, I like my series 3 a lot, although I would be happier if…

If you're having adherence problems, then maybe IF would be okay for the last 10 lbs (or however many you want). If you're not having adherence problems, I'm not really sure what you expect from IF.

Paying enough to offset the additional insurance risk. Excess of that wouldn't be justified, and less than that is essentially just offloading some of your increased risk to those closer to the center of the risk distribution.

Smoking, at least in enclosed areas, has health effects for more than just you. Otherwise, I don't care (I don't think i've ever commented on anyone's smoking, unless they were smoking near me).

There's no research that identifies a causation link between diet soda and weight gain. The worst case you have is correlation studies, but those can't identify cause. In my case, i've lost 150ish lbs drinking several non-caloric beverages daily.

Evidence shows that making your feelings known in this way not only isn't effective motivation, but has the opposite effect making it less effective at lowering your rates than keeping your pie hole shut, so I don't understand why you would say anything if you indeed are concerned about your insurance rates.

The impact of dietary cholesterol on blood cholesterol is very low unless you're a hyperresponder.