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That too. I was thinking the app because it shows them all at once. Where the web only shows the selected ones at once.
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And have fun!
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Don’t listen to me saying follow novice 2. I could have sworn it used to have a couple of taper weeks. It doesn’t. That was horrible advice. Sorry! I have now actually looked at the current plans. I would do week 5 of the plan this week (the one ending in a 6 mile long run) and then follow the last week as written. I would…
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The app shows full details for all the nutrients that can be entered in mfp. The web only shows the ones you’ve selected.
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Which Hal Higdon plan did you follow? Novice 2 is the one that goes up to 12 miles and does include 2 weeks of taper. If you didn’t follow that one-take a look at it and follow the last couple of weeks - but err on the side of running less (it it calls for more days running than you have been). You are not going to get…
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Well done! According to the label (at the time anyway) they have 1g fiber per serving. #healthfoood
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I was logging for a long time with measuring cups but my weight loss stalled. I was eating 1200 calories. Then I got a food scale. Oh. Well-that 1200 calories I thought I was eating was really a LOT more. They cost like $10.
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1. If you’re eating cake that has the same or fewer calories than a serving of walnuts, I’m very sorry because that’s a sad cake. My raspberry white chocolate truffle cake was 1300 calories a slice. And healthy cause raspberries. 2. Mfp DOES give you indications on the quality of the food you’re logging - this food is high…
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My BF is tall and relatively thin and doesn’t concern himself with diet. He works a very active job and spends much of the summer dining on pints of Ben & Jerry’s after a meal of pizza and snack of Reese’s peanut butter cups. My son is 6’4” and weighs 145 pounds. I remember one day he was making himself a snack of 6 peanut…
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I’m going to second @AnnPT77 here. This isn’t an absolute. Making smart food choices doesn’t automatically negate hunger. Satiety is an incredibly individual thing - from what foods (in what quantities) a person finds satiation, to the way types of exercise affect hunger (some find strength training to spike hunger; some…
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It’s just your exercise calories. So logged workouts and any synced activity tracker adjustments.
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I had a long talk with my coach about last week. A whole logical thing about how I’m not doing another and I know I said that before but I really mean it this time and launched into a whole PowerPoint presentation. Coach laughed the whole time. Even he knows I’m lying (unintentionally).
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You’ve got an ultra in the fall, right? Marathon in June is a natural step.
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I said I would never do a full. Then never again after the first. And here I am. I say I’m definitely not doing another, but I fear that might be an unintentional lie.
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5 weeks out from my second (New Orleans). I’m at peak training right now so I’m really just about mentally done with the whole thing at this point LOL. Only a couple more big weeks though. Then nothing longer than a half (but several of them) for over a year.
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The recommendation is nearly always to eat a portion of the estimated exercise calories and assess in 4-6 weeks. Then adjust from there. I’ve never seen anyone suggest that mfp/tracker/exercise bike calories should be treated as gospel. Really the opposite. But universally-0 will always be the incorrect estimate. So the…
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This would be a time when succumbing to temptation is the right thing to do. That’s why mfp has you add them and then tells you to eat them.
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It’s calorie balance. Calories in and calories out. Most (but not all) people find it easier to reduce calories in than to increase calories out by the same amount. You can outrun a fork-it just takes a lot of running. I think everyone has a sweet spot. My normal activity level (without exercise) is very low. My appetite…
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Any chance you set your goal to lose 2 pounds per week (and you weigh less than 200 pounds) and your calorie goal is 1200 and you’re not eating exercise calories and you’re eating “clean” and/or started keto, and just started going to the gym and joined a boot camp/HIIT class? If zero of those things are true (meaning your…
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But here’s the thing. Everyone is eating their exercise calories - regardless of what is on paper. Mfp is designed such that it estimates your calorie burn (excluding exercise) and then you add in exercise (or any activity over and above what your base setting is). That is intended to get you to an estimate of your overall…
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If you are hungry after a workout, you should eat something that fits within your calorie goals. If you’re not hungry, you don’t need to eat after a workout (but you’re welcome to eat something if you’d like and you have the calories for it). You don’t need to suck down a protein shake or some sort of smoothie right after…
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Agreed! I felt bad taking this so far off track on that. I think it’s a bit more device specific than brand specific. I’ve had 4 Garmin devices as trackers (ranging from lowest to about highest price). My vivomove (~$100) significantly underestimated, my currently Fenix 5s plus overestimates. My Fenix 5S was about dead on.…
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Right. That’s why I said keep the base calories (eating goal) from the correct (lower) activity setting. I forgot that in my original mention and that’s paramount. I’m not changing anything with Fitbit (or any tracker). Just changing what my activity level setting is on mfp and keeping the original base calorie goal. My…
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If your base calorie goal goes up when you increase your activity level-that’s true. If you keep the original base calorie goal (I forgot that part), overstating your activity level on mfp covers the overage on the tracker. My calorie goal is 1200 (my actual NEAT is 1600). My tracker says I burned 2500 for the day. I know…
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I have days that I eat more (much more) than “normal” and more than my TDEE. I balance these by eating a bit less than “normal” on other days. I manage my calories to a weekly goal. Unchecked eating can easily wipe out a weekly deficit (and then some). Especially since dietary choices on those days tend to be very high…
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I have the same experience with my Apple Watch series 4. Workout calories are quite reasonable and in line with other reasonable estimates (slightly on the low side even). Overall calories for the day is consistently about 20% over my actual TDEE (as measured via weighed food logging and weight change). My Apple health…
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How much are you willing to spend? If you want to run on it, plan to spend at least $1k (USD). That would be rock bottom. Cheaper models just won’t hold up to the wear and tear. I am short and small and managed to make do with a $400 pro form. No one else (in my family) fit on it (belt too short and narrow for most…
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Those are the things I talked about. And as for a watch, there are probably 299485959505 watches on the market that will fit your needs (whatever they end up being). I would strongly suggest working with free phone apps and figuring out what you use, what you like, and what is missing. Use that info to decide which watch…
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If you get the TickrX rather than the tickr it will handle swimming for you (it has a memory feature so you can swim or anything you want without the phone then upload the workout after). Wahoo speed and cadence sensors work with the Wahoo app on the phone now and will also work with a Garmin watch when you choose to get…
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I had all kinds of goals for 2019. I was going to focus on speed early in the year for a March race, train like a madwoman for a hilly half at elevation in the fall and stop with the crazy schedule of long races - just have some fun and enjoy experiences. Aka do epic *kitten*. LOL. I got manflu/plague early in the year,…
