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i keep a spreadsheet list of "concentrates" and buy in bulk on sale, on the basis of grams per dollar. I've used protein for some years as you do, usually with milk, yogurt, oatmeal mixed with a variety of other tasty and calorie-laden things. On that basis important considerations for "taking it straight" with water - the…

I'm only familiar with the Android app interface, probably doable on the others. At the bottom of the daily Diary is a "Nutrition" button, clicks to "Nutrition" page with a little "storage" icon upper right - it brings up a "File Export" page. The default period upper right is "Last 7 Days" but tapping that offers "All…

Might recommend Turkish Get-Ups with a kettlebell, but can't do it myself.

My general warm up is 2 sets of 100 JJs / 20 burpees or a 5 sets of 100 strokes on a piston rower. On personal experience of common patellar tendonitis, that worsened to ordinary walking around, I won't work a painful knee for love or money. I was (knock wood) able to fix the PTitis with ankle and pilates-style hip and…

Genetic hair loss at age 20 would be rare, e.g. as caused by high testosterone. From info here, diet could be the culprit: I'd suggest logging food with display of Macros in MFP for a few weeks, and seriously eat to meet the protein target. Assuming protein has been poor, should target it to about 1 gram per pound of…

Fairly new and not feature-fussy, the redesign is fine without being all that much better or worse, except that it is very noticeably more sluggish to navigate pages via links to and within the topic sections. Especially slow on Android, but even on Windows (both have fast internet connection) where the old was pretty much…

With no special attention I got surprising trap development increasing ordinary upper body workouts (bands, DBs and bodyweight) last Spring. A fitness podcast mentioned that they have about the highest concentration of androgen receptors in men, and web search seems to confirm that unusual responsiveness compared to other…

The only way I've come across is "exporting" the Nutrition data to a file that can be loaded into a spreadsheet. In the Android app, that's pressing the Nutrition button next to the Notes button. Upper right on the Nutrition page, there's a little icon that looks like an SD card, click the icon to File Export and upper…

There are serious back problems (e.g. disk, joint or skeletal) that require medical attention to improve. But for many others (like my "long back") the problem is only a structural inclination to intense muscular lock-up. These latter are high-maintenance backs as compared with people naturally built lightly or like fire…

Good things discussed here, I'd throw in isometrics (my current thing for shoulder recovery) and not necessarily full body planking all the time: a yoga strap, towel, whatever held around the shoulders can be pressed forward and held for intensity at various arm positions just sitting or even flat on the back.

Fairly new, I deal with the automation by setting Goals Activity Level to Not Very Active, so it's not bumping target calorie or macros based on "expected" rather than actual performed exercise burn. In Cardio have Created some custom exercises for Diary entry based on external source estimates for what I do. (At the…

I agree the problem is off-putting, especially when the algo restores lousy entries to personal lists after deletion. Another thread mentioned the service "Cronometer" as having a better-curated but maybe more limited food database. Haven't found time to dig into it.

In my long experience of both, lot depends on whether deskwork is in a conspicuous "Dilbert" cubicle environment or private office. It's easier to adopt a standing desk and break for active movement in a private workspace. In a cubicle, apart from taking walk breaks I'd strongly suggest isometrics - lots of online…

May not apply, but I initially set the Activity Level in Goals to include anticipated exercise, then logged sessions - essentially super-adding them. Defining basic Activity Level as Not Very took down target calories - I also had to use the Create an Exercise module in Cardio to reflect routines from other sources.

I entered (Android app) a couple of "Create an Exercise" workouts in the Cardio section, based on the info from other sources. Those include resistance training routines. Seems if you paid for this program the providers could well be able to provide the energy burn estimates for its various elements or routines. The DIY…

My working assumption is there's a ten to fifteen percent "margin of error" on just about every metric for calorie / macro counting and exercise energy burn that I'm using, and further that it doesn't make any difference in achieving long term targets. If my (2000) target calories over or undershoot by 200 on a day it's…

With that information, seems a lot of lifting moves will be too risky, everything should be within medical restrictions and eased into gradually. For years working at a college with no free weights I used cable machines for prone hamstring pulls and seated leg presses - much less taxing than barbell lifts and didn't bother…

Didn't know, always assumed table salt is the cheapest there is, I guess they get raw salt wholesale.

Most people get more than enough iodized salt from junk food. For years on a mainly whole foods diet rarely adding a little sea salt, I got concerned tracking for more exercise (sweat and hydration) this year, and have switched to iodized table salt. Online search says an ordinary healthy sodium intake will provide more…

I agree about glute bridges, recently switched to single-leg with other leg in the air, or they can also be loaded with a dumbbell, etc. set on the lower abdomen. (I've also found bodyweight single-leg squats, in my case holding onto a doorframe for balance, provide a heck of a bun burn without taxing the back like…

Same here: Android 8.1 (Oreo) tablet, worked before the update and everything else is there, Community shows a "loading" spiral then settles on pure white blank.

This informative (presumably official) comment is somewhat buried here and the main points about technical reasons and ongoing format review should be given some top-line exposure - I suspect users will be more patient knowing the design is still a work in progress.

I've seen chain used for large bars to increase resistance gradually dragging up from the floor, where changing body position lowers resistance, but not dumbbells. I've used rubber loop bands to bridge the gap from 25 to 47.5 lbs for pairs I have at home - bands attach and remove quick, similarly increase force at the end…

Absent a diagnosed medical issue, not sure nutrition is rocket science for a teen. The basics are well covered and a thorough introduction to bodyweight exercise and calisthenics progressions is in Ashley Kalym's book:…

Glad if it works for you. I poured water from a measuring pitcher to calibrate "cups" and marked the side of the jar, for tracking serving calories and macros.

Using a blender for serious smoothies, I don't like the prices or small sizes of the commercial shaker cups for simple whey and milk mixing. I use a 1 liter peanut butter jar with a stainless steel shaker ball (four for a couple of bucks on ebay.) Lid's tight, it holds as much as I like and I can pour to a glass or crudely…

Hahaha survey result: "Your food choices could not be tied to any one social class." I'd probably differentiate shopping (whole foods omnivore simplicity) from eating out, which tends to be less often but more upscale than most. Survey choices mooshed those contexts.

Blast from the past. Never owned one, but tried a "Dyna Bee" decades ago my cousin (training as a dentist, swearing by it, showing newly impressive forearms) handed me, and it was really difficult to keep up for long, even though I'd been training with cable machines for some time. That was a very well made heavy ball,…

I use MFP to set rough targets for calories and all three macros, mentally prioritizing protein, then fat and finally carbs as a flexible filler (also watching some nutrients, might look for a salty snack if that's low). Has nothing to do with time of day, or missing on a given day, more concerned to even them out over a…

Re Gla:d I see the Aussies provide a thick PDF: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://gladaustralia.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/MANUAL_2020.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjZx67-of3zAhXEB80KHV0QD9YQFnoECBgQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1TeL8DsiaUw6d6cZ0e-LA7 No experience of arthritis, but common patellar tendonitis taught me…