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For me fitbit is in the ballpark but I wouldn't say it's entirely accurate. I am 5'6 157 lbs so my BMR is 1589 a day or 66 an hour according to online sources When I go for a 2 mile brisk walk on treadmill at 3.5 mph fitbit consistently gives me burn rate of close to 400 cals. Everywhere I looked the estimate is 200 cals…

I eat some of them back. I think MFP guides you at 500 calorie deficit. My research and talking to my doc it is more a range in between 500-1000 calorie deficit is acceptable. So days I feel that I'm stuffed. I push that upper limit of 1K and days I feel hungry I eat them all back and stay at that 500 mark or anywhere in…

Did you do blood tests just to make sure you're not diabetic/ pre-diabetic? Could be dangerous if you are. Are you hydrated as in electrolytes sodium potassium calcium magnesium? Are you exercising? And what others said try to ease into it you're dropping 800 hundred calories from your usual that's quite a withdrawal.

Depends. What weights are you doing, what body parts are you training and what do you mean by cardio. For example. I am cycling thru a 6 months weight program I really love, after 8 months injury hiatus. First 6 week is adaptation stage circuit like training lower weights higher reps first week one circuit second week two…

You just answered your own question didn't you? :). Weights increase means you're making progress. Just don't chase the rabbits of I want six pack this and triceps that and push yourself to the point of injury. As long as you're consistent with your workouts and you feel you're getting stronger you're making progress. And…

Hazelnuts. Pine nuts, almonds, pecans, walnuts, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds. It's my snack food, netflix food, comfort food, I eat them by fistful. Now I have to literally count them and that truly stinks.

What is wrong with weights? Is your dietician concerned that it might slow your weight loss progress because weight training could burn inches faster than it could burn pounds in the beginning until you build some muscle mass and it is generally a more slower process compared to cardio? I mean yes it could theoretically…

Well I haven't said that have I? I said that it is not necessarily aggressive and it depends on her, her body type and her fitness level. Medically it is not considered dangerous as an average. Problem with average is that not everybody is that average.

[/quote] Absolutely agree that's why we can't just look at rate of loss but how long we expect that rate of loss to last. In the case of OP who is only planning on a 14 week stretch 28 pounds divided by two we can't just say it's unhealthy because it's 2 pounds per week, it falls within medical guidelines let's assume she…

We are not talking here about severe under eating on a consistent basis. We are talking about relatively short amount of time. In terms of calories we are talking about 500 vs a 1000 deficit which is within a safety range. I mean if I have 10 pounds to loose I might safely go for a upper number in that range vs If I had…

It is person specific. Look at the military, some units would run 5K calorie deficit a day in training I am not even going to say what it might be during deployment, now that's stressful. I am at give or take 500 deficit plus exercise according to fitbit of 800 every other day and 300 hundred on my run days which in my…

Let me play a devils advocate here. It all depends on your activity level your calorie intake and how you feel. When I am physically loaded I am perfectly fine with one meal a day, I don't like exercising with anything in my stomach and I don't feel like eating after I exercised. So a munch on some nuts a banana and apple…

Thanks Lynn, I'm in a decent enough shape. I lift weights most of the time both lower and upper body workouts so my muscles could handle it. Once I saw that my lungs can handle the pace I pushed a little on the distance. It is a walking pace and on treadmill no temperature variation no wind resistance I can read my popular…

Thanks. :). Now since I'm doing it on treadmill what's the good jogging speed? 6mph suffice or I need to think faster?

Your weight is BMI driven and BMI is a range but if you want a rule of thumb weight it'll be your height in cm-100 so you're 172 in cm your weight should be about 72 kilos or 158 lbs for a BMI of 24. So you could set that as your first goal and go down from there if you exercise and want a more athletic look.

I would recommend this Ian Kings book and his weightlifting program I've been rotating thru it for years now and managed to maintain plus minus healthy weight and fitness level. It doesn't matter if you're man or a woman it really works. He really explains everything well in it and has detailed routines that start you off…

I think ecigs while delivering nicotine and other god knows what chemicals don't have the metabolism and appetite affecting ones that are released during the burning of the real cigarrete. When I quit smoking I used patches and went from 132 pounds 32 inch waist to 157 pounds 36 inch waist in 3 months time and stopped…

It's really a mind thing. I've hated it ever since my military days years ago. Jogging around with no end goal in mind loaded with gear drove me bonkers. Point me to a fishing hole 10 miles away cross-country and I'd happily jog to it. Tell me to run 5K on a trail and I'll be going nuts in my head for the duration. But as…

Thanks a lot. I did not realize I can manually log the walks/runs. Thought it only applied to weights.

My experience most likely cause is overexertion. Not really a good thing in a context of average person getting healthy in a gym. Unless you are over eating and ove-rhydrating before your workout I'd say your PT might be loading you up with cookie cutter stuff from the get go vs customizing the routine to your fitness…

Correct but if fitbit is a bit too generous with its exercise calories burn that adjustment becomes larger on the positive side in essence giving me calories available to eat on MFP that I don't have in reality. And based on fitbits tracking of my 40 minute walk I am thinking it is too generous. If I can adjust it down…