sgthaggard Member

I weigh myself daily. I don't look at the number, though. My weight is downloaded to my tablet and every once in a while I find it interesting to look at the trends.

I once played squash right after donating. I was 105lbs. I was young. I was stupid. I was passed out on the court.

I find it amazing how hard people try to complicate such a simple formula. Calories in<calories out = weight loss. How you achieve that is entirely up to you.

You will not 'bulk' if you are eating at a deficit. What you will do is lose both fat and muscle. Lifting heavy will maintain at least some of your muscle through your weigh loss.

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That is just freakin' awesome!

If there were a magic bullet, there wouldn't be a $20 billion diet industry. Seriously. Eat less food and move more.

Three egg whites, peameal (Cdn) bacon, whole wheat English muffin, slice of Emmental, and some diced fruit. And coffee, definitely coffee.

I use a 32oz bottle, squeeze a half a lemon into it, add about 1/4-1/2tsp of fresh grated ginger and fill it up with water. I could drink that stuff all day.

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MFP's protein limits are ridiculously low. I aim for a gram of protein per pound of weight. I hit my goal weight and still had a bit of a belly. It wasn't until I upped my protein and started lifting heavy that it started to disappear.

Go to <My Home> at the top and click on <Goals>. On the right hand side, under <Your Diet Profile> you will be able to see your expected calories burned from normal daily activity. That number will depend on what you have your activity level set as. I'm set as 'Sedentary', so my calories burned from normal daily activity…

Cream and sugar, in moderation.

5'6", 120lbs - looking to gain 5- 10lbs of muscle.

I use my HRM only as a means of measuring my calories burned. I don't even look at it when I'm working out.

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: I need this on a t-shirt!

The problem with the HRM is that it only measures calories burned through exercise. The Fitbit is great for measuring your activity level the other 23 hours a day. I have both. On their own, each has their drawbacks. Together, they're fantastic.

But that won't be your TDEE. Fitbit will continue to add amounts for your BMR regardless of whether you move or not during the next few hours. Take your BMR, divide by 24 and multiply by the number of hours left in the day to estimate the additional calories.

I believe they are discontinuing the Ultra in favour of the One? Basically they are the same except the Ultra doesn't synch with your smartphone. Both the One and the Zip can be synched with your smartphone but the One tracks sleep and altitude (stairs) as well as steps.

The 500 (or whatever) calorie deficit is already built into that 1200 calories. Regardless of what your Fitbit adjustment says, what does your Fitbit unit say you burned today? That will be your TDEE.

5'6", 120lbs and the 'mommy fat' was still there. I started heavy lifting about 8 weeks ago and it's all but disappeared. ETA* +1

From now on, I'm going to use the Army calculation on fat2fit. It has me 4% lower than the machine at the gym. :wink:

Deadlifts, squats, and planks will strengthen these areas. But a caveat - you can do these exercises until you're blue in the face but you aren't going to see the results if they are covered by a layer of fat.

Hit the Apps tab at the top of this page, click on the Fitbit tracker link and click Disconnect Accounts.

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Probably because her budget is $50/week. :bigsmile:

It should. Between the two devices, I can pretty much tell you how many total calories I burn on any given day.

I read about it in a number of different places - I think it's a pretty standard ratio.

I use (and need) both the Fitbit and the Polar F7. The HRM is great for logging cardio that the Fitbit won't account for correctly (cycling for example) and the Fitbit is great for logging overall activity level throughout the day that doesn't get picked up by the HRM. One doesn't replace the other, they complement each…

The balanced diet (40% calories from carbs/30%from protein/30%from fat) with a calorie deficit is what worked for me.