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BSc Ecological Science and now 20 years later an MSc in Soil Management. I guess I must be having some sort of midlife crisis getting an MSc and now getting back to my University Weight :)

To back up my rational for upping the MFP sugar limit check out: http://www.fdf.org.uk/publicgeneral/gdas_science_jul09.pdf

The sugar limit in MFP comes from the USDA recommendation for "added sugar" not milk and intrinsic sugars. The UK guideline daily amounts for sugar allow 19% of your calories from total sugars with only 10% from what they call NMES (non-milk extrinsic sugar), this equates to 90g of sugar (50g NMES) in a 2000 calorie daily…

I also experience this. I have a polar FT7 HRM and it usually reads about 200 calories per hour higher than entering the calories using MFP's defaults, so I usually go with the MFP values. I do have a high heart rate though and I think that may affect it. When running it nearly always gets up into the 190 bpm. I did the…

I appreciate the levels of sugar you eat don't affect your weight loss but they might affect your health. The reason I put this up was I see so many people commenting on how low the MFP sugar level is and how they struggle to meet the levels, if like me they don't like to see red numbers at the end of the day. I thought…

Not sure I understand what you mean by this?

Yes I think your reading of the recommendations are right. The 60g sugar I've upped my intake to comes from 19% of a 1430 calorie diet which is 271.7 calories which equates to 68g (at 4 calories per 1g which is the conversion rate for carbs) so my maths did slip a bit :)

In the UK the Guideline daily amounts (GDA) for sugar are 19% of your total calories of which only 10% should come from Non Milk Extrinsic Sugars (i.e added sugar). MFP gives us an allocation that is only 8% sugar and doesn't distinguish the NMES from the Milk and Intrinsic sugar in Fruit/Veg. If you go by the UK…

Yes the figures do look different when you take into account population size: Diabetics Population* % India 50,800,000 1,210,193,422 4.2% China 43,200,000 1,347,350,000 3.2% US 26,800,000 313,195,000 8.6% Russia 9,600,000 143,030,106 6.7% Brazil 7,600,000 192,376,496 4.0% Germany 7,500,000 81,796,000 9.2% Pakistan…

That's exactly what came to my mind when I read this :)

HW: 177lb CW: 143lb GW: 140lb (soooo close I can taste it) height: 5'8"

Congratulations on 5k. I too am well on my way, did Week 6 day 3 today, 25 mins straight plus I did my first run outside on Saturday. Before I started I couldn't run 100 yards without feeling like I was dying and coughing up blood. My heartrate used to rise over 200 bpm within the 1 minute intervals during the first week.…

I listen to the Grey's Anatomy musical event songs. I especially like 'Running on Sunshine'. I like the mix of fast and slow tracks and at 35mins long it's just the right length for my C25k sessions at the gym.

With a BMR of 1428 and a sedentary life style you should be able to eat 1713 calories a day to maintain, which would mean netting 1213 a day to lose 1lb a week.

The sun is shining and its a beautiful day so my 30min walk turned into an hour and a half wander along the river. Very relaxing, but I'm definitely going to log it as I'm now planning a nice family sunday lunch.

Done 50 each arm with 1.5kg weights and 50 with 3.25kg weights.

Another reason why running 1 mile uses more energy than walking one mile is that when running you are lifting your body off the ground vertically as well as moving it horizontally. I read some research on this somewhere on the internet and interestingly walking at 2 mph actually uses more energy than walking at 3 mph as at…

1 US cup = 236.588237 millilitres

one week isn't really enough time to make any assessment of weight loss, your weight will naturally fluctuates as much as 3 lbs in the course of a day, so if you weighed yourself at the start of the week at a low point and at the end of the week at a high point you could have actually lost 2lbs and you wouldn't see it.…

This may be obvious to you but have you reset your goals since losing all that weight? You may be eating for a much larger person than you now are.

I believe the 55, 30, 15 split that MyFitnessPal uses are probably based on the Recommended Daily Intakes provided by the USDA. The following link has a good explanation of how these are worked out, though looking at it they do give you a bit more leeway, i.e Adults (19 years and older) carbs 45–65% fat 20–35% protein…

I have the opposite problem (if it is a problem), My HRM always tells me I'm using a lot more calories than the treadmill (even though the treadmill is also hooked up to my polar HRM). In fact as a test I have kept my HRM running this afternoon after my exercise session. In the last hour and a half, sitting at my desk…

Surely if your not trying to lose weight and have moved into maintenance you shouldn't be only netting 1200 calories anymore, it should be nearer 1700-1800 unless your are really tiny. I think you may be hungry for a reason.

I had heard of POTS and it seemed to fit all my symptoms well, but when I mentioned it to my Dr she said she had never heard of it. I know Doctors hate patients who look stuff up on the internet.

Thanks for the advice, I probably will see the Dr next week for one last check. She hasn't done an ECG or any physical tests so I'd be happier if we ruled out those options as well as the blood related issues. I do get out of breath climbing stairs. It always annoyed me when helping my Mother in Law in the Garden that she…

I've been monitoring my heart since September, working out 3 times a week at the gym and walking at least an hour every day in between. In all that time I've noticed no improvement in my heart rate. I've been trying C25k and doing the interval training, running for 1min it goes up to 180-190 then drops to 150-160 when…

I've lost loads of big toe nails over the years. Usually from badly fitting trainers or walking too far in wellingtons, it doesn't take much. It is always gross. I've found it easiest to leave the old nail on as long as possible, while the new nail grows underneath. The nail eventually is held on by very little and will…

If every human stopped eating meat, I reckon the cow and sheep would probably be nearing extinction within the century. I love driving through the countryside and seeing herds of cows gently grazing in a field and the hills dotted with sheep and lambs. That sight would soon disappear if we didn't need their meat to eat,…

You have to be very careful with the sodium data in the database. I have noriced many many times that is is entered wrongly. The most common error is people entering the value in grams as it is more usually reported on packaging rather than in mg. Thus a foodstufff with 0.9g of sodium shows up as 1mg or 0mg when in fact it…

When at work I drink decaf tea at frequent intervals and now make a point of filling up my pint glass with water whenever I get a cup of tea, this helps me get the water in. I've still to get myself organised at home.