Replies
-
From some of the comments on this thread, it seems many people think you can't loose weight unless you do "formal" exercises. I lost 40 pounds without doing formal exercises, ever. If the folks just mentioned are right, I must be living in a fantasy.....and my scale must be also. I work a garden. I take stairs instead of…
-
This is good advice since I presume the OP doesn't have a device that actually measures how much moving around is done each day (it can vary greatly from day to day).
-
^----This
-
Exercise won''t help you loose weight if you compensate for the calories burned by eating more calories than you burned in the exercise. It doesn't matter whether you call it exercise or not. Calorie burn is calorie burn. What matters in weight loss is that you burn more calories (however that is done) than you consume…
-
Tracking my calorie consumption and energy expenditure (including calories burned from lots of walking) taught me that I have a calorie deficit barrier. If I eat about 600 or more calories less than my TDEE, I start to feel very hungry to the point it is hard to avoid eating more than my TDEE. I learned that by keeping my…
-
On an active day of moving around, I can burn an additional 800 calories over just sitting at my desk job, and watching TV at home. Nope....I don't call it exercise. I do recognize it as exertion. If there is enough moving around......the calorie burn can be significant.
-
Any exertion will burn more calories than no exertion (sedentary, BMR). Exertion is any movement......whether you call it exercise or not. The only question is........was it enough exertion to make a difference (1 calorie or 100 or ?). The FitBit is good at approximating the calorie burn from moving around with your legs.
-
My wife is a nanny of 1 and 3 year olds. She wears a FitBit (digital pedometer and more) which records her chasing around after them. It gives her a nice calorie credit for the exertion. FitBit can be linked to MFP, so the calorie credit shows up in MFP automatically.
-
My whole family is instrumented with FitBits. We like competing, seeing who can stay in the lead on the 7 day leader board. Fun....and gets us all moving!
-
Shark. If I'm not hit by a stealth attack (e.g. Great White strikes from below and behind), I have a fighting chance of convincing the shark I'm not worth the effort (eyes, gills, top of snout are sensitive). I always carry two knives and a speargun (which would best be used as a physical prod/barrier, shooting the shark…
-
Last paragraph for my opinion, But first, some clarification of "lactose intolerance". 1.) All mammals (animals with mammaries) produce the enzyme lactase in their intestine. Without it, the lactose sugar gets digested by bacrteria instead by the animal that drank the dairy (don't give milk to a grown cat!!!!!!) the…
-
I see your point. Threats of assault are ok. Actual assault is not. And we all know that irate, hateful words don't lead to physical violence all the time. So let's teach our kids to be irate and hateful, but not actually break the law. Got it.
-
Wow! I never considered that 4-5 year old kids would understand that the irate, hateful words of the adults was just hyperbole.
-
So GREAT! Lot's of folks have responded with threats of violence. Is there a lesson for the children, as they watch parents become irate and hateful over this person's stepping out of bounds (most would agree the parents should do the parenting, most). Yep....lets lead by example. Look back at what you've written and…
-
Understand all the "defend the kids" responses. That said, It took someone telling me point blank that I was fat before I realized it. Yeah, yeah, I'd had to buy new pants that fit.....but that didn't make me aware. Yeah, yeah........my wetsuit made it hard for me to breathe (had a friend die of heart attack due to a tight…
-
^----this
-
It is encouraging to see so many people @MFP are aware that obesity can be a result of BOTH behavior (greed) and genetics(genetics). It is also encouraging to see that most of those with a modern understanding of obesity, also know that behavior is more important than genetics, in most cases (i.e. most people can overcome…
-
So do you believe that hunger pains are the result of learned behavior (i.e. conditioning)?
-
It's both. Eating (or breathing for that matter) are behaviors. We choose to eat. We choose to breath (the conscious act). As an MFP user, I have learned to control what and how much I eat so as not to gain my weight back. As a FreeDiver (SCUBA diving without a tank), I have learned to hold my breath much longer than the…
-
MFP --- Where misery loves company.
-
President Ford, Betty Ford, Leonard Firestone, Max Factor, Delores Hope, Chuck Conners, Doris Day, Barbara Eden. A few others I've forgotten...oh yea William Holden.
-
Make food from scratch. Processed "convenience foods" carry a high price premium. Example: A good can of chili will run me $2.50-$3.50 per can. I make it from scratch for about $1.25. I eat chili once or twice every week, so I save around $300/yr just for this one item. I did have to buy a pressure cooker and canning…
-
Different people can have different levels of difficulty quitting smoking (or dieting for that matter). Nicotine, like most foods, causes your blood sugar level to rise. Thus, you may feel more energetic, if you haven't overeaten, sending the lion's share of your blood thru the intestines (like that sleepy feeling after a…
-
It's not how much sugar (simple carbs) you eat (within limits). It is how fast the sugar is absorbed into your system. Processed sugars (i.e. added sugar like high fructose corn syrup) are absorbed quickly. If enough are eaten at once, your blood sugar spikes (glucose), insulin spikes, and diabetes type 2 is a possible…
-
3 Miles per hour is the average walking speed of the average person. Are you sure that you can keep that pace up for over 87 minutes? I eat my exercise calories back, but only until there is about a 3-5 hundred calorie deficit for the day. While I lose weight slower, I don't feel like I am starving, so it is easier to stay…
-
Untrustworthy.
-
OP; Your product "bake-off" seems to have been intelligently planned and executed! Kudos to ya'! :drinker: Also, I bought my immediate and extended families fitbits. My younger brother is the only one that wanted the flex. He relishes in the fact he is beating me (step count leaderboard stuff) all the time. Your…
-
Another thought. Back in Marie Antoinette's time, being able to afford cake could mean you got your head chopped off. In this environment, being rich, having your cake, and eating it too could result in some significant weight loss. Anyone know the average weight of the human noggin'?
-
Also, having money means you can afford gastric bypass. Just because someone looks skinny, and eats a lot, doesn't necessarily mean they are digesting and absorbing all of those calories etc. Stated differently, your experiment relies on your eyes to tell you if someone is fat. Then your conclusion includes an assumption…
-
There is a small amount of muscle (smooth, I think) around veins and arteries, that help a little in pumping the blood thru the body. So yes, the heart is a muscle (and more), but so are the veins and arteries (but much less).
