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You can definitely burn 10 calories a minute or more, especially if you're bigger/heavier. That said, MFP probably overestimates a lot. Another approach when logging stuff is to be less concerned about the calories reported, and rather know that you are working out very hard (by RPE or HR, whether manual or through a…

This has come up before - certainly for me - really creeps me out. You're not the only one... one reason I don't check the forums much!

Welcome - feel free to befriend me - I am all about supporting people on a quest to getting happier with themselves.

Yes, you also just need to be prepared to IGNORE your scale for a week or so since your muscles WILL cling to more water and your weight could level or go up slightly - but remembering that your main goal needs to be long-term fat loss, and that muscle weight gain is ALL GOOD for that will help this shift. Focusing instead…

AMAZON WOMAN YOU ARE THE WOMAN!! YES, I'M 100% BEHIND YOU ON THIS ONE!

Because, yes: people will tell you to have the pie, where they'd whisper behind their hands if you were drinking till you were cross-eyed!

I hear what you're saying... I think the major difference is that food is necessary to our life, where substances aren't - obvious, but not necessarily - so it has to be about changing the relationship to the food, rather than removing the food from the addict's life (of course). So if you do feel like there's a serious…

Glad this was a good topic to post... Yes, scales are weird, definitely keep up the measurements, and start adding in some more challenging activity on top of dietary controls (to zwayny) - the benefits are sort of magically worth it - not just inches going away, but feeling new levels of physical power! I joke not. I…

I definitely hope to help encourage you, definitely also want to suggest that whatever "real life", on-the-ground support you have had in the past for ED issues, you seek that out now. I don't have to tell you it's a serious disease, and worse still, to me, is just how much otherwise fun, productive or creative life energy…

I third that emotion, thank you.

Growing up the child of a feminist activist stepmother, I learned early on the following: 1) We DO NOT use the word PRO-LIFE for anti-abortion positions, because it implies we are ANTI-LIFE. 2) Being PRO-CHOICE is ONLY about keeping the option legal - and SAFE. People tend to poo-poo the 60s and 70s feminist movement as…

Abs Diet, although for sale in a book, is not actually a fad diet. I have eaten several of the meals or snacks from the "your flat belly day" page printed in Women's Health each month, which are from that book, because they're very sensibly put together. For someone with no specific medical concerns, this is a safe and…

I totally agree with: 1) NEW PEDIATRICIAN, or at least second opinion; 2) Add probiotics - if she's not already eating natural yogurts daily - which she may adore with some honey in. I liked plain european yogurt with honey and wheat germ on top, as a child. And banana. I mean, as a young child. You never know. I'd add…

Thanks, ma'am!

Hey, thanks - especially for the VO2 tip! I used that calculator before (with manual HR reading) since I know MFP overestimates, but just put 0. I also think it's fair to say that for most average-sized women (or heavy), through middle age, who move around at all every day and do SOME weekly exercise, you should be able to…

Yeah - I think there's been an error. Every formula I've ever seen basically says your MAXIMUM HR is 220 minus your age (one is slightly adjusted for women, comes out similarly, though). http://exercise.about.com/od/cardioworkouts/ss/findtargetheart.htm I found this article incredibly useful - a little more accurate than…

:happy: glad everyone's on the same page with me, here! I just feel like there are a lot of people who, nowadays, when they set out to get fit, all there is in the world is Jillian Michaels staring them in the face, and they know it's worked for TBL, so they just go with it!

Meant to say, too: from a diet perspective, I try to keep my protein a bit higher, and that can be hard - especially if you're broke and trying to eat non-factory-farmed meat. So I'd be more likely to go without meat I couldn't afford than buy meat I don't want to eat. But I look for deals and stuff and rely on chicken…

Have been pretty particular about this since probably the mid-80s, when I hit my adolescence and started learning about factory farming and overuse of antibiotics and stuff in animal populations. I'm not 100%, but absolutely care and try at all costs to avoid especially some kinds of meats unless they're definitely not…

Literacy and spelling ability is DEFINATELY something our society is LOOSING at an alarming rate.

HAHAHAHHAHAA! Thanks.

AND, may I say, a nice inspiration for a 5'8" who started at a top weight of 195, though my goal's more like 160 - age, build, muscles - but you never know.

I agree - cute before, spectacular now - and you look HEALTHY and muscular and fit - congratulations on this accomplishment!

I would just record everything on the day of. You probably do not need to "make up" for the binges if they've been few and far between, your body will probably adjust. As to eating choices... You need some medical guidance on your sugar and insulin situation, I think. In the mean time, it's a great rule of thumb to eat…

I agree with all these comments: -Get professional oversight -Get your diet in order - not just calorie reduction, but making sure the calories you eat are good ones from "real" foods (which will also help you not feel deprived) including vegetables, beans, lean meats and dairy, with minimal salt -Get in a pool if at all…

Both please feel free to add me - I find my MFP friends extremely supportive and really help keep me answerable to my workouts, especially.

did the chicken thighs have skin on them? just curious. I get the gnarly gas from lentils, but not all beans (need bean-o), and sometimes from certain white flour products, and then some inexplicable things. Maybe sometimes greasy meats, which is why I ask about the skin. I dunno, a big farting mystery, but I despise it…

I'm going for sex followed by an English-style late-night breakfast fry-up. No frickin gym unless I were to hit it after work and before we got home and were asked to make choices about the order of sex, food and gym.

and yeah, what she said!:tongue:

Bill, look: it's about the body defending itself and trying to stay alive as long as it can until it can eat, or eat enough, again. Then it dies of starvation or it gets enough food and begins to thrive, with some metabolic changes. There is solid medical understanding of this and is part of what must be understood when…