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Speed is over-rated. Go at a pace that is good for YOU. It took time, but I have accepted that I will never be a 'fast' runner. But I do accept that I AM a runner. Felt odd to claim it for a while due to my pace. My next goal is to finish a half marathon in under 2 hours, 30 minutes. I've done them in 2:32 and 2:36. I do…
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At Wendy's, I like their salads. The 'half' size is a decent amount of food for me. Will sometimes get a 4 piece nuggets (about 190 cals) as well. Subway, many of their sandwiches can 'fit' in my calories depending on my mood. A 6" ham or turkey & cheese is about 320-360. A 6" tuna w/ cheddar is about 540. McD's, I get the…
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1st understand that food is not 'good' or 'bad'. If you choose to have ice cream, or a donut, or whatever, account for it in your daily calories. Not a big deal. If its hard for you to have a lesser amount of his junk food, get things that DO fit. Try Halo Top ice cream. Depending on the flavor, its 240-360 cals for the…
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It could be you are eating more than you think due to not using a food scale. That slice of bread that is supposed to be 40 grams and 50 calories is likely 44 grams and 55 calories. One one item it may not mean much, but over the course of the day/week/etc. it adds up. But if you ramped up your exercise at the same time…
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When I joined a gym and started doing weights 2-3x a week the scale stalled for 6 weeks. New exercise causes muscles to retain water. Eat at a reasonable deficit, and trust the science. Give yourself another 4-6 weeks before panic. Look up common causes for water weight.
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Depends on what works for you. You may have some days where you are more active and thus more hungry.
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I don't overly analyze my #s. I do recall that Fitbit has 2 settings for choosing your daily calorie goal. One uses actual as of the time you sync calorie burn. It seems to consider what you have burned so far for the day and assumes BMR for the rest of the day. You earn more calories as you move. The other sets today's…
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Because once upon a time, I thought I could not. Broke both legs in a car accident in 2003. Hospital stay, PT, bone grafts, etc. Just thought it was not possible. Techically the doc labeled me 51% disabled in lower body, and I do not think I could become physically fit enough for elite military teams, should not try to…
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You have to figure out what works for YOU. There is no right answer. I don't always eat WITH the family but then my kids are older. I leave for work about 6:25am. Leave work @ 5pm. I sometimes (not often) leave the house about an hour early and work out a gym a little past halfway to work. More often, I go after work but…
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I got one but found it was not accurate. Then decided it was ok to estimate sometimes. But if I traveled often, I think I would just pack a kitchen scale.
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The shorter cycles are annoying. But I guess the other benefits to being active, healthy make up for having 15 periods a year.
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Periods can change when your activity levels change, but the end result will vary from one person to the next. Me? My cycle starts every 23 days when I'm regularly active (every 27-28 when I am NOT active on a regular basis) and my side effects like cramps are milder when active. Seeing a doctor is likely your best…
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I don't know your stats or how much effort went into your walk. Strolling aimlessly or heart really pumping? But does a tad over 2 cals per minute seem reasonable based on your resting heart rate? It seems a little low to me, if you were putting out enough effort that your heart rate was up. Have you been using the Fitbit…
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Wondering why the low daily calorie goal? May not be safe to eat THAT low while being THAT active.
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Are you 250-350 pounds overweight? If so, then 20 pounds in a month might be possible. If not, 2-8 pounds is doable. A little more if you are JUST NOW starting and lose a few pounds of water weight. What is 100% doable? Getting started now, taking steps so that you are employing healthier habits by 9/5.
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Hubby and I joined last month. Check them out - you should be able to walk around & tour. We each did the black card, so $22/mo and $39 annual fee. We can each take a guest for free-and there are no limits to the guest. (Anytime Fitness one person could be the free guest but not come back for 3 months.) So I can take my…
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Have fun! The races are the BEST part. I love how you have people of all ages, shapes, etc. participating. If I could afford to register for an event every weekend it would much easier to keep to my weekly training goals. A friend/coworker walked her first 5k this past Saturday after starting her own fitness/healthy focus…
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Water weight is temporary. Some common causes are TOM/Hormones/Ovulation, Sodium, Muscle repair, Stress, Lack of Sleep, Change in quantity of certain food groups eaten from day to day. Assuming your goal is to reduce weight by losing body fat over time, try not to be caught up in the day to day variations. Compare month to…
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I love popcorn and use a hot air popper. For buttery taste I spray on a little of the low cal spray. It says no cal, but that just means it is less than .5 grams c/f/p in a serving with a serving being something like 1/3 second spray. I figure 4-5 seconds is 15 servings x .5 grams is 30-70 cals.
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When you created your MFP profile you chose an activity level, and MFP expects you to log exercise. Assuming you log no exercise, MFP expects you to burn about 1820 per day based on your stats & activity level. This is deducted by the 1320 goal and 1 pound per week loss goal. Activity level refers to your job, hobbies,…
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Increased portions of the meats/proteins you do like? Such as more of the turkey sausage. Larger portion of chicken as you mention you often have it for dinner.
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Good points. You can certainly ask you store about prior year models, and they may have some remaining. But regardless can inform you of what changes may have happened from one to the next.
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PS-for how to handle untracked data? Best way is to log it in Fitbit, in my opinion. Then it will be in the calories tracked that Fitbit sends to MFP.
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Fitbit uses your all day movement (including exercise) to estimate your calorie burn. MFP uses your user-stated activity level to estimate how much you will burn in a day. Both use you stats and a formula for BMR as well. When you sync Fitbit to MFP, MFP gets your total cals burned as of the sync time, and compares to what…
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$100-150 in my experience. One thing you can do to keep cost down a little is to look for the prior year model. Such as I am Brooks Adrenaline GTS as I need major stability control & good arch support. The 18's came out in November 2017, and sell for $120. I can get a 10% discount from my local running store (check to see…
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As you get smaller your body uses less energy. You will not go under 1200, you'll just have a smaller deficit and lose a little slower. Example: Lets assume at current stats you use 1900 cals per day. Eating 1200-1300, you lose a little over 1 pound per week on average. Maybe in 3 months time you body only uses 1700 cals…
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Do the math... How many calories a day are you eating now? How many fat grams per day? Based on the Alli recommendations, I think its to stay at/under 15 grams of fat per meal, 60 grams per day? Let's go with that... If 60 fat grams a day, Alli blocks 15 of them. (25%) At 9 cals each, that is 15 x 9 = 135 cals per day.…
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I'd say first: switch to Diet Dew. Or Diet anything, for soda. Many will say avoid soda totally, but if you're not ONLY drinking soda: do what works for you. But those 2-3 regular sodas have lots of sugar, and thus lots of calories. Beyond that it is not so much about what you eat but how much. Certainly avoid things you…
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MFP estimates your calorie burn when you set your activity level as sedentary, lightly active, etc. Sitting for most of the day would fall into sedentary. That still accounts for some calories burned for moving thru your day. So your typing, etc. are accounted for when you put your stats into MFP. Calorie burn can be put…
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You mentioned kj. How many calories a day do you log, on average? Are you confusing kj for calories? IF you're eating 4500 calories and not losing, the answer is to eat less than 4500 calories.
