bsharrah Member

Agreed. Listen to your body. If you are not hungry, don't eat. That said, if those are your true numbers, and you are counting calories properly, the weight should be coming off quite easily. If it is not, then either your numbers are off, you are not counting calories properly, and/or you are attempting to eat your…

If you stick to a healthy diet, generally, you will see results. What those results are will depend on the diet and version of the program, so make sure your goals are in line with those two factors. With the lean version, I am assuming your goals are fat loss and/or increased cardio health.

The study you mentioned seems to make sense but if you are counting calories correctly it does not apply because you are eating calories based on your calorie goal, not on whether or not you are more hungry from working out an hour vs half hour.

Weight loss is simply a matter of consuming less calories than your body burns......then we start over complicating it. It you are gaining weight, you are consuming too many calories. Either your calorie goal is off (I would not trust MFP to determine it correctly), or your calorie burn totals are inflated and in your…

Because the statement is not true. A HRM will not make your tracking more accurate because their readings are not that accurate. They offer a rough guess regarding calories burned, and then only under the best conditions (steady state cardio). People here are so caught up with wanting to see numbers that they don't stop to…

This is the kind of false information you will find all over these forums. Don't drink the kool aid.

Definitely not needed. About all they are good for is to motivate those who feel the need to put a number to their exercise effort, but that number can do more harm than good sometimes. They are only moderately accurate with steady state cardio. Most of the time people use them for other forms of exercise and get inflated…

All the readily available research on the subject.

Neither is correct. There are no devices out there that can correctly determine calorie burn (yes, all these people on MFP can be wrong). The devices most here preach about only give you a very rough estimate. Not accurate enough to log if you are serious about tracking and losing weight. Don't let yourself get caught up…

Dead on! Chalk those who disagree to the pathetic and delusional group he referred to.

I took mine off around last July after waking up to the fact that HRM are not calorie burn monitors, and are worthless when used for that function.

370 calories burned in a 24 minute brisk walk? Whatever device you are using, throw it out.

Wow. Some of these responses just amaze me. Walking does very little in terms of burning calories, and weight loss is simply calories in versus calories out. These people stating they lost all this weight walking are being a bit misleading, or very naive. They lost weight because they ate at a calorie deficit, nothing…

I have been using this for my 4S: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004WSWX92/ref=oh_details_o06_s00_i00 If you are using the 5, can't help you. Even if you can find such a case for the 5, IMO it would be too bulky.

What proof? Keep in mind your results, and how you perceived you achieved them, is not proof of anything. Back to the op's issue, use MFP as a tool to track your calories intake. Nothing more. Don't use it to calculate your calorie goal, don't log exercise, and for God sakes don't eat the calories back. The combination of…

This. ...and this. Not only do you not need to know, you are never going to know using the devices so many recommend on this site. Don't buy into the hype (literally).

Do both as a hybrid. http://www.teambeachbody.com/home/-/dl_get_file/d35f8de1-d294-4585-9b3a-1d7c5b21c37a

Follow the nutrition guide. You will notice it says nothing about using a HRM to calculate calorie burn, deducting it from your calorie intake, and eating those calories back. Just pointing that out. The program does suggest using a HRM, but only for what it was ever intended for......monitoring your heart rate. Good luck.…

I am finding this thread extremely comforting. I was beginning to think most here were mindless sheep who actually believed you need to eat back exercise calories because some 110 pound fitness junkie, who was never considered obese in their entire life, said you should. Kudos to all of you for passing on the kool-aid.

I started seeing results after the first month. I did two rounds back to back and lost about 40 pounds. Your diet is key and if you are trying to lose weight, eat at a caloric deficit, but more importantly factor your exercise level with Insanity when calculating your TDEE, then DO NOT eat your calories back. Biggest…

Once again, DavPul speaks the truth, but I predict, once again, it will be ignored, and people will continue to praise the "accuracy" of their precious hrm's. These threads make for great entertainment though.

None track calories burned accurately so just be sure about why you are using it.

Your nutritionist is spot on. Don't log everyday functions, but don't read into that statement. Log those activities you do for the sole purpose of getting a workout, and DON'T eat back calories if you are trying to lose (absolutely the worst advice I see thrown around on this site). I suggest creating a workout routine…

Another waste of money. When are people going to realize that you will NEVER know what you are burning during your daily activity? Accept it. We laugh at people buying hyped up weight loss pills or infomercial gadgets that don't work, then come here and promote garbage like this, which is no different.

Nothing out there track's your total day's calories - not accurately anyway. Technology isn't there yet.

If you are eating back your calories - don't.

I used to, because like so many others on MFP, I wanted to put a number to my effort. Then I took the time to actually research their ability to accurately measure calorie burn and realized how inaccurate they really are (yes, even the Polars with all your personal settings). Now my Polar sits collecting dust. Did you want…

It's called "denial" boys and girls.

They work great for what they are meant to do, which is monitor your heart rate. As for tracking calories burned, consider their readings "for entertainment purposes only" and don't put too much faith in them.

Your weight gain has almost nothing to do with the program. It is a result of what you are eating. Adjust your diet and go from there. Calculate your TDEE based on your activity level including your exercising level (use multiple calculators and average the results), deduct 500 calories, and that is what you should be…