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In my area, such certified/particulate filtering masks are to be reserved for medical staff only. Regular, lay people who are wearing a face covering in places where consistent social distancing is difficult are typically wearing masks made of cloth (regular, everyday cloth), disposable non-medical masks or DIY coverings…

This thing is a miracle (no impact to getting air in): https://www.zensah.com/products/performance-face-mask It’s as close to not wearing a mask as I have been able to find (while still wearing a mask). You can easily breathe in and I feel no air through the mask when I breathe out (so presumably it is doing the same as…

I wear AfterShokz bone conduction headphones when I run. They are open ear so you can hear all ambient noise (for safety) and you can carry on a conversation while the music is playing. I highly recommend them (or another bone conduction brand/type) if you do anything outdoors and/or need to be able to hear people talking…

I have one of these and I’m not sure what voodoo they did, but it barely affects breathing and I feel no air in front of the mask when I breathe out (so presumably it’s still helping prevent me from breathing my cooties on other people). I notice there is cloth in front of my face but I can otherwise breathe very easily.…

Fitbit is using your age and resting heart rate to come up with your “zones”. If you click on the heart rate part of the app, it says “personalized heart rate zones” and you can click on that to see what its calculating as each of the 3 zones. What they define as “cardio” is 60-85% of your heart Rate reserve (which they…

This is a wonderful list of tools for people that May (over)eat mindlessly, And/or May binge due to excessive restriction, And/or have trouble resisting cravings. Binge eating disorder is an eating disorder-which is surprisingly-not really about food at all. Food behaviors are the way things manifest, but the actual issues…

It doesn’t transfer from watch to watch (sadly). Your new Fenix is getting to know you (the metric is calculated in the watch-not on Garmin connect-so it’s only using info in your watch to do the calculation). It’ll even out in time - except that the Fenix 6 does factor in heat and altitude so the end number may be off…

Internet rumor is they have been hit with a ransomware attack. Everyone is getting that message.

I burn anywhere from 150-2500 depending on what I’m doing. My workouts include yoga, weightlifting, circuit-ish stuff and runs ranging from 3-20+ miles. My workouts are structured around a plan for various running races/events. My goal is to complete the scheduled workout within whatever parameters it has (meaning easy…

That’s what I read on the US site. The first question only talks about data on the watch. Which is nice but a small drop in the bucket for my data concerns. And “Garmin has no indication” also fills me with zero confidence. I too would hope they have backups. But I guess we’ll find out.

Working out for 2 hours a day requires fuel (food). You should be netting a minimum of 1200 per day. It takes 1200 calories just to get the bare minimum vitamins/minerals/nutrients you need for your body to function-if you’re sitting around being sedentary. If you’re doing 2+ hours of workouts, you need even more calories.…

The concerning thing is your net calorie intake. Is there a reason it’s so very, very (very) low? As for your loss, there’s nothing wrong. I’m surprised your numbers are all consistently lower than the previous week. Your scale weight is affected by lots of things. Eating more carbs or sodium than normal will cause you to…

My watch is currently showing me 7 days of steps/calories/etc (in pretty colored graphs so I have no idea what the numbers are-but it must have them in order to create the graphs?). So maybe it’s device specific? Or my watch is making stuff up (which it could be since I have no idea what the actual numbers are). In the FAQ…

Strong lifts has you doing heavy squats 3 times a week (every workout). And the intention is that you add weight with every workout. That’s a lot of heavy squats - particularly if you want your legs to feel “fresh” enough to also run 3 days a week. It sounds like you’re new to both the lifting and running? If so, it may…

What kind of workouts are you doing? My preferred exercise is just going for a run. Doing that helps me drain out all my anxious thoughts from life in general. Biking or sometimes walking can do the same. If I’m doing workouts that requires switching between this or that exercise or 30 seconds of this then 45 seconds of…

I know this thread is a few months old, but I want to share my experience. I was diagnosed with BED. I binged multiple times a week-being painfully full, food filling my stomach and all the way up to my throat. And still I could not stop eating. I would have to drink water to try to compact the food so I could fit more in.…

I use the body glide for feet. I don’t think it’s any different than the regular body glide but at least I know that’s the one I use on my feet. I don’t know for sure though. I don’t have any issues with blisters or rubbing or anything when I use that. Do make sure you’re not in cotton socks. Balega, Feetures, Darn Tough…

How many inches did you expect to lose? It seems like you did quite well in that area (to me)?

I manage my calories so that I have one day with a planned higher intake. This allows me to fit in foods that are typically calorie dense, not very filling and not very high in nutrients and still have calories for foods that are more filling and nutrient dense. I don’t cut out foods or label things…

Congrats! That’s fantastic! D I am on ifit but don’t do the ifit workouts. I do run mapped routes of races I’m training for or considering, and other scenic or interesting places. Most of the routes I run don’t have any other users (or very few).

I aim to net somewhere in the ballpark of my weekly average. Net. I have no goal for actual calories consumed because my exercise varies from week to week (and day to day). I also typically have one day that is far over goal (typically over maintenance as well). My deficit is a little less than 400 per day. If I come in…

I have PTSD and my anxiety runs pretty high on a consistent basis. My runner’s “high” happens after long runs where I’ve finally thought all the thoughts and have nothing left think and my brain feels like smoke rising from the ashes-and there’s space in my brain. My body is typically also exhausted and settled. It’s a…

You mean like the 200-400 calories of salad/vegetables I eat each day? Since that’s my entire deficit-not logging them would be a bad idea.

I know you’re getting lots of links and helpful info here, but I wanted to encourage you to call your insurance company and/or really deep read your SPD. Nutrition counseling by a registered dietician is nearly always covered for diabetics. There may be visitation limits and/or referral requirements, but the service is…

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Go to the “Activity” app on the phone. Right below the Move calories chart thingy for the day, there’s a “total” calories. That’s what it’s estimating as TDEE. My rest calories are all over the board (Varies by several hundred calories from day to day - so just racking my move calories on to any number would be wildly off…

Do you enjoy using the elliptical? Have you used one? Do you have the space for one? Do you have the budget for it? Using an elliptical machine is a cardiovascular exercise and burns calories. Whether or not you will lose any fat depends on whether or not you are in a calorie deficit (which is true with or without the…

I also wanted to add you don’t get bonus points for suffering through weight loss. There’s no added virtue in eating the lowest possible calories. The true nirvana comes in eating at a way that you can continue to eat-forever (so including treats every now and then), and that allows you to get through your daily life with…

Are you logging your exercise in mfp? I’m backing into your weight through a BMI chart, but if that’s correct, then an hour of cardio for someone at that weight will burn quite a bit more than 200 calories. Meaning the 1700 you’re eating is likely the very bare minimum if you log your exercise and eat those calories back…

Are you weighing all your food? Or logging portions by eyeballing/using units like “1 chicken thigh” or using measuring cups? Also can you define “not seeing much” for weight loss? Does that mean “only” 10 pounds this month or....?