Johnd2000 Member

I really don’t see the point of having friends on here, other than to share recipe entries with the wife.

Personally, I think that if you can’t eat something purely for the pleasure of it, then something is a bit wrong.

I’ve reached that age where my starting point before reading anything is “this is probably nonsense, but here goes...”. Always ask yourself how the writer or publisher benefits from saying what they’re saying.

Vape.

I stopped logging on Christmas Eve, for the first time in nearly a year. For 3 days I ate and drank whatever I wanted and did zero exercise. Weighed myself yesterday and I’m 4lb down. Happy New Year.

That’s probably still less nic to the blood than a 20 a day smoker, but a VW device would probably help reduce your overall consumption at bit. 18mg/ml would give me a headrush in minutes, these days (using a sub-Ohm VV/VW/TC device).

What strength are you using and how many ml per day?

I’ve been exercising for 2 years and I’ve never been inside a gym. I do all my exercise at home. For cardio I dance and jog on the spot for around 60-90 minutes (5 times a week). For strength I’m doing planks, press-ups, squats and lunges, plus some light dumbell work (bicep curls and Cuban lifts). Works for me.

I drifted away from vaping 2 years ago, after switching in 2012. The nicotine delivery just wasn’t enough to maintain the habit, so I just found myself using it less and less. More recently, the wife was diagnosed with mild/early COPD, so she’s finally swapped the smokes for vape. I’ve had a couple of tanks of her juice…

There’s growing evidence that our propensity to overeat (or not) may be at least in part genetic. Prof Giles Yeo has a book out on the subject.

Christmas Day will be my first un-tracked day for nearly a year (ie since I started with MFP). I’m so going to enjoy being irresponsible for a couple of days.

Romesh Ranganathan (sp?) was using MFP a few months back. He mentioned it on Twitter.

A waste of money and, in the case of Green Tea extracts, potentially very dangerous.

My experience suggests that my log of calories in might be 5-10% off (from time to time), whereas my calories out (Fitbit) figure is commonly inaccurate by a much bigger margin. I generally have to leave at least half my exercise calories “in the bank” on exercise days or I gain weight (averaging over the week). Over the…

There’s an app I use (Body Tracker) that gives step by step instructions for using calipers. It covers 6 or 7 different methods and does all the averaging for you. You still need someone to take the measurements for you, but they don’t need any formal training.

For most of my first 50lbs loss, I couldn’t walk more than about 20 meters, or stand for more than a few minutes. The only thing I could do at the time was tolerate being hungry (lots of pain meds) so that’s what I did. I looked like death warmed-up, by the time I hit BMI 25. I’ve been exercising religiously since then (2…

I don’t see it as a drag at all. Its easy, quick and the benefits of knowing my CI and macros/nutrition are huge. Its a small price to pay for being able to eat normally, without any stupid restrictive “diet plans”, whilst keeping my weight exactly where I want it.

Nicotine is not carcinogenic.

I stopped logging strength training in MFP, but when I did, I setup custom entries. For e.g. “Plank 60secs” and just record reps. Each time I increased the duration, I just added a new exercise.

Keep eating the things you like. Just eat less of it.

That’s broadly in line with what I get. Mind you, if I eat back more than about a 3rd of my Fitbit exercise calories, I gain.

Completely off the point, but I often take pleasure mispronouncing words deliberately, when talking to subject experts. It’s a habit I picked up from my Dad, who once asked a Dr for his “hobgoblin count”.

Everything usable went to the local charity shop (where I got much of my new wardrobe). I’ve still got a parka that could House a family of four, so I’m planning to give that to a rough sleeper when the cold weather hits.

The “benefit”, such as it is, only comes from the nicotine. The disbenefits of smoking are well known, and lethal. There are, of course, other sources of nicotine that don’t come with poisonous smoke. I know several people who vape to suppress their cravings for sweets.

After nearly 2 years, I’ve accepted that maintenance means repeatedly gaining a bit, then losing a bit.

Assuming you’re aiming for 1200 calories, I’d recommend 1200 calories of things you normally eat. Try that, see how the macros look (and how hungry you feel) and adjust as necessary.

The basic premise is nonsense. Exercise increases calories out, which is half of the equation, However, I would say that that CI is the easier side of the equation to count (reasonably) accurately. The CO figure is harder to work out accurately. So when I wasn’t able to exercise i found getting my deficit spot on (not too…

My wife and I tried to just log our existing diets for 2 weeks, when we started with MFP. I say “tried to” because we both found we instinctively ate less as soon as we started logging, but all the same we both got some surprising results. For me, I found my macros were fairly close to MFP defaults, but I wasn’t getting…

We got some weight watchers scales for about £25 from Argos. They’re accurate, but also need a flat, firm surface (which isn’t easy to find in my 100 year old house).

Nikko Nikko (sp?) pace jogging. I can’t run because the impact gives me knee and back pain. But I can jog along at a slow pace, if I make sure I’m landing on the front of the foot.