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A lot depends on how they measure the calories burned to build their tables. If they use an oxygen analyzer to determine a persons caloric burn while exercising and building tables from that then it includes all your calories burned both exercising and basic living (BMR). If they are using something similar to a watt meter…

"I guess I'm going to have to keep trying and lose weight on my own." Use the community here to help. That is what this site is all about.

GREAT WORK!!!

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At the end of the day you either trust them or you don't. You don't need strip clubs to cheat.

Gin and Diet tonic water. Took me by surprise that regular tonic water had calories and carbs.

Coming from a fish hater that wants to try and eat the stuff for health. I just cover the stuff in spices. The black eyed pea has a good spicy catfish. Torchy's has a good Tuna. Strangely I found I can handle sushi. Especially if there is wasabi. The horseradish flavor covers all.

Howdy! The community here seems to be one of the best tools. Feel free to add for motivation. The more the merrier.

How long is a piece of string? Just depends on the person.

Not sure about the Garmin HRM's without GPS but I use a Garmin 705 GPS/HRM and it works great. It also lets you define segments of a ride and you can see how you compare against all the other people who rode the same segment. Pretty motivating when you want to place for a hill climb or similar. The downside to using them…

Avoid them. Protein generally has less calories per weight than other forms of food so I do find that a Turkey or a Chicken breast fills me up better than some other forms but you gotta eat a balanced diet to be healthy and plans like Adkins are just wrong.

I am amazed at how much sodium is in food you eat out!! I am not really worried about keeping my sodium to a specific level but if you eat out at all it's almost impossible to keep your sodium levels anywhere near the RDA.

Bike riding....especially outside....way more fun than a spin class for me. Some love the spin class though.

There is an old saying Breakfast like a King Lunch like a Prince and Dinner like a Pauper. i.e. give yourself more calories in the early part of the day when your about to be up and working and less when your closer to sleep.

I've got a strong bios towards getting fit with my bike and hiking (if I can ever find some interesting places to go). Went to Yellowstone over the summer and loved it.

Don't despair. You will get there. The change in seasons I find makes it hard this time of year. Sometimes your body just needs a breather. Either way patience will get you there.

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Get a digital one that can auto subtract out the weight of the container (i.e. put on the empty container...hit a button...add food....displays just the weight of the food.)

basically you need to have them uploaded to a web site like Picassa and then post a like the above message states.

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oatmeal and healthy soups. Both are pretty filling and very low cal. I find I can eat a small breakfast (oatmeal with milk) for just 200 cal which makes the rest of the meals easier to hit the target. Preplanning as mentioned is a great way as well.

Commute by bike to school and on errands. It overlaps with travel time you would already be spending so it works out very nice.

First and foremost a nice mix off all the food groups. I think it's important to mix it up and eat lots of different things and don't eat the same old thing every day. Whole grains (Oatmeal, cereals with whole grains, Wheat bread, Quinoa, etc..) Fruits and Veggies - both are lo cal and give lots of vitamins and minerals…

You should look into the Austin ridge riders as well as biking and other exercise groups at http://www.meetup.com . There are lots of weekly ride calls for both in Austin. They range from beginner to advanced with a very good biking community here in Austin.

I'm much much happier just getting on my bike and riding outside. Much more motivating for me. I save the spin class for rainy days.

If you ride at a less intense pace your body will burn more fat (about a 50-50 ratio for fat to carbs) but you will burn less calories overall so to get the same calorie burn you need to cycle longer. The more intense you go the more you shift the ratio to burning more carbs yet net more calories burned per unit time. Of…