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Up in Ontario. Not currently doing it, but hoping by next year I’ll have enough confidence to enrol! (Still struggling with sharing a pool with random strangers. 😶 ) Loads of respect and admiration for those who who do!

As long as they don’t screw iOS users, couldn’t care less. Would much rather Google be calling the shots than Facebook.

MFP and Fitbit both tend to estimate high for me, even after tinkering with the settings, so usually I track my walk with Fitbit to get an average speed, and then enter the length under the relevant walking speed in MFP minus a bit to account for stops. Example: If Fitbit reports 105 minutes at 14 minutes per KM, I log in…

60 minute swim alternating between breast & back stroke and water jogging, followed by an hour long walk. Letting lunch settle then will be going for another walk.

I so wish there was a laugh reaction! :D

If your diet is 100% carbs and your calories are in a deficit you will still lose weigh. The anti-carb notion comes from lack of self control.

🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️ Walking: Exercise or health risk? You can break your ankle, destroy your knees, trip and break your nose, develop asthma, stroke out or drop dead of heart attack from increased blood pressure. ALL exercise comes with inherent risk, and many forms such as basic home/property upkeep are inevitable.…

Smoked salmon cream cheese. I have no clue how I have managed to not go nuts on it, because I want to grab a spoon and eat ot like ice cream. 🤤

This. Several vitamins and minerals become toxic when taken excessively, especially over long periods of time (iron, potassium, & vitamin A are the first to enter my mind on this subject). While a daily multi is rarely dangerous to the general public, excessive intake of individual nutrients should be avoided except when…

At 5’6” Youre already close to being underweight. At 115lbs you are going to look anorexic. Focus on maintaining your weight and converting fat to muscle with a regular exercise program.

I have a couple items I usually prelog (morning OJ+iron, worknight granola bar) because I don’t deviate from them, but I pretty well never prelog actual meals any sooner than when it is made because unless it’s on my plate or in my thermos there is no guarantee that I’ll stick to that selection. I tried prelogging in the…

Half hour walk. Had planned on an hour long swim, but I had an hour-long nose bleed instead x.x

Very curious response from your doctor. Maybe he has very few patients who are at or under healthy bmi? Or he’s misinterpreting composition changes (I’m freaked out by my collar bone & pectorals even though I have 80-100lbs to go)? It could even be he’s concerned at the speed it was lost (which is understandable). In any…

Couldn’t agree more! 😊 We have a lot of parks and trails around our city that I’m gradually getting to know. On a non-workday I’m usually out 3-5 hours.

I already deal with discomfort between my back and hip, plus anxiety. If I go to bed even a bit hungry I’m not going to sleep. Something warm and a bit heavy about an hour before bed is usually enough. Week nights are easy: I usually make more food than I can fit in my thermos for work so I log the entire meal made, and…

@nytrifisoul FWIW, thank you for the laugh! :D

If I based a schedule for myself on your goals it would probably look like this: Sun: Rest Mon: Weights Tues: Interval jog/run Wed: Rest Thurs: Weight Fri: Jog/run Sat: Unstructured activity (kitchen dance party, park, etc) Ultimately you have to decide what you enjoy and need most, and how much time you can practically…

After a bit of digging I’m going to chalk up “diet face” to complete and utter ignorance and impatience. I get that the aesthetic can be unpleasant, but most people can avoid it by losing weight sensibly: slow and steady with nutritional dietary choices (exercise of course will help as well!)

My goal BMI range is roughly 23-26. I doubt I’ll get “diet face”, but even if I do it’s better than double-chin. What I *am* worried about is my spare tire turning into an apron. Seen and heard too many horror stories of the health problems it can create, especially for women who work in conditions like my own work…

For most guys lightly groomed beards just look better imo. Hubby can attest to the impact his beard has on our—ahem—life. 😆

Going to second the suggestion of practicing on one meal a day. I started off with logging dinners as I usually had the most available time for it, and once I was comfortable with it (about a week) I added other meals & snacks. It’s pretty easy when you get the hand of it. :)

Tbh it sounds like you need to consult with a counsellor. It’s not normal or healthy to self-punish and it’s frequently a sign of depression. If you are experiencing severe fatigue with weight loss, it’s entirely possible that you are either consuming too few or burning too many calories daily. And finally, adjust your…

Totally agree! 😃 I simply meant that a spaghetti dinner right before bed might skew a weigh-in the next morning. One of my husband’s friends swears that timing of dinner matters because he weighs more the next morning, and I can’t get him to understand the problem is that he probably hasn’t taken a crap yet. 🙄

In terms of weight loss, timing only affects whether or not you’re weighing undigested food in the morning.

It’s just bad photo conditions. :) I have photos from a month ago that make me look early 20s, but photos from ten years ago that made me look mid-40s. As someone else mentioned, there is a growing taboo against asking (even with good intentions!) about others’ weight loss. A lot of the time it’s to avoid potentially…

I track what I can, always rounding up to the next 5th gram (35 instead of 32, as an example). For foods I can’t accurately track I guestimate.

I started with Fumio Sasaki’s “Goodbye Things” last winter and moved on to Kondo in late spring. A lot of what they discuss I was already moving toward on my own, but their perspectives really helped me figure out how I wanted to approach our home environment. The trickle effect has been reduced stress eating and increased…

Remive toxicity from social media, whether it’s removing a relative from your newsfeed or outright removing an acquaintance from your friends list. Charge your phone in a separate room overnight. (Invest in a clock if you need an alarm). Talk to *someone* IRL when stress is overwhelming you (venting on forums isn’t nearly…

You need to dial it waaaaaaaay back. I read the entire thing and was asking rhetorically to make a point to the defensive posters. I’m well aware that the guy the OP encountered was behaving like a predator.

I went from the Flex 2 to and Inspire HR almost two months ago and I’ve been pretty happy with it. The only hiccup I’ve had was about two weeks ago I had to give it a hard reset to resolve a display issue (bumped it hard during work) but no other problems before or after. I suspect the heart rate monitor on it is a bit…