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Looking at the foot pain and leaving the calories to others - Do you only have the pain when you get up in the morning and perhaps after sitting with your feet up for a while? Makes you hobble across the room 'cause it hurts so bad to stand and put weight on them? I'm not a doctor and I don't play one on TV, but I had…
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Just a rule of thumb... Old WW "Points" were approximately 50 calories a point. New "PointsPlus" are closer to 40 calories per point. For exercise, 1 point would be 100 calories or 80 calories under the PointsPlus. This isn't 100% accurate but pretty close when a quick estimate was needed.
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Hang in there, RJ. I hear where you are coming from. I did a reset and when I didn't see a downward trend with my cut, I thought perhaps my BMR/TDEE was lower than the calculators due to due to a suppressed metabolism. So I kept dropping my calories and still no loss, some gain, some loss but ultimately sticking to around…
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Unless something has changed in the past year, you need to use the WW online calculator or buy one of their calculators. There may be a version of the calculator somewhere online but I haven't looked for it.
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Go to the "Check In' tab. At the bottom click on "edit previous entries". You can then change to whatever measurement you want to look at. It looks as if you can only view one body area at a time. If you want to see an overall "grid" of all measurements on multiple days, you may want to use another method.
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Provided you actually meant the 2070 is your TDEE and not BMR, then yes. Was it actually 1725 or so for your BMR? Also, be careful about calling yourself sedentary - Any chance you are a student (looked at your age)? If you are and doing a lot of walking, your actual calories burned may be at a higher level than sedentary.…
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Think of it this way - while most veggies and fruits are "free", the point system rounds up and down with the calculator. A point is approximately 40 calories so a 200 calorie item is usually about 5 pointsplus. A 180 calorie item will probably end up being 5 points. Do enough rounding up and that covers the fruits and…
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Early morning musing or a potential light going on - would this potentially explain why MFP's calorie burn for exercises is usually less than a HRM? It is deducting the "just sitting around" calories and then gives the "net" burn?
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For a ball park estimate, one PP is about 40 calories. This is what I posted in a previous thread: The biggest difference (besides money) is WW converts the calorie value of foods into the point system by using the various factors that defines calories - fiber, fat, protein and carbs. Your high point favorites will be your…
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"I found myself more frustrated as I limited foods I like due to high point value.I now want to go back to just MFP but getting worried what if stopping counting points will make me put weight on.as with MFP i can eat more than with WW point system..." The biggest difference (besides money) is WW converts the calorie value…
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I am in the same boat - estimated BMR at Fat2Fit was 1364 but my insurance dietician tested was 1280. You can fiddle with the personal profile at Fitbit to make it think your BMR is different than the estimation it gets based off of your age, sex, height and weight by adjusting some of the variables. I went to one of the…
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bump = quick post to add the topic to your list of topics or to move it up again in the list of messages so it doesn't get lost several pages down. cut = cutting the number of calories down from your TDEE (daily calories to maintain current weight loss with your regular activities Total Daily Energy Expenditure) reset =…
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WW kind of has the same concept with their 49 weekly points - they are there to give leeway for life events. Use some daily for a few extra calories or save them for a special event during the week.
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Any chance there are hills on your route? And if no one on this board has a better idea, you might post the question on the Fitbit Users board. Kimsied (sp?) over there is very helpful.
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Love seeing posts like this! Let us know how August goes! Susan
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I love mine. I was never able to get an accurate reading from less expensive pedometers. It also calculates based on the data you give it what your overall calorie burn is throughout the day based on your level of movement. I will use an HRM for more strenuous exercise as I don't fully trust online estimate for calorie…
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I just did one egg with a scoop of french vanilla powder and 1/4 tsp baking powder. It seemed so thick I added a splash of milk to it. I also put a bit of cinnamon in as well. Not adding the calories for the milk (was probably a tablespoon at most), the calories according to MFP recipe builder was 204 with 5 carbs, 8 fat,…
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OK guys - here I go... Started my reset on 6/2. For the first 4 weeks I was doing Leslie Sansone for 30 - 60 minutes 3 days a week and then some strength training for 30 minutes 2 days a week (alternating them). Then it got hot (I know - great excuse, right?) and I decided to use my Fitbit to get a better idea of what my…
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Count me in - my cut day is the 28th.
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I'm a week behind you to hit the 8 week mark. Overall I'm up 9 pounds since joining MFP in February and eating more than what I was doing on WW. I have gained 3.8 since starting the reset on 6/2. Sometime this week I am planning on doing a new set of measurements before I cut. It's exciting to have so many of us in the…
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The 1137 calories is not BMR but calories burned since midnight. BMR is your calories burned with no activity (essentially laying in bed with no/minimal movement/activity). Since it is your first day, it is estimating your daily burn (TDEE - total daily expended energy) based on the personal data you told it. 1137 divided…
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The 1450 it is giving you on your first day is an estimate of what it guesses you would burn based on the information you gave it (ht, wt, activity level, etc). It resets at midnight. For example, when I get up in the morning it typically tells me I burned 300-400 calories while asleep. With your 1450 calories after 20…
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No, the fitbit does not do well with cycling. You will need to either use a HRM and input the data as exercise here on MFP. Enter the type of exercise, the time started and the duration along with the calorie burn if you know it from using a HRM.
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Sorry, no experience with this but if she is on some sort of steroid I believe it can make weight loss harder. My thought is - what would it hurt to try?
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First thing - There is no "advanced enough" in this group - I have not seen a more supportive group of people - welcome to the group! I ran your numbers at Fat2Fitradio.com for just maintaining weight as you said you wanted to tone and firm and I think you are within your weight range. I did not input a body fat number as…
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You might try posting the question in the FitBit group as well. It is "FitBit Users".
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I got mine on 4/28 and I have yet to not wear it. At first I was constantly checking the numbers as I was just putting it in my pocket. After a few times of starting the stop watch feature accidentally, I moved it onto my bra - not quite as convenient to check now and really didn't want a lot of weird looks (grin). My RMR…
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Treat the number you get with wearing an HRM for 24 hours with caution. I tried that and it gave me a number of 3000 or so which was obviously (for me) inaccurate. I bit the bullet and got a FitBit (which I love) and my calorie burn is generally 1700 - 2000 depending on my activities of the day.
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Hang in there - I'm up 8 pounds since mid April, 6 pounds since starting the reset 5 weeks ago. There's a lot of us in the same boat! Susan
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I have Kaiser as my insurance provider. When I went in for a check up I asked my doctor for a referral to the nutrition services Kaiser has. I have heard that some universities with sports medicine departments may offer various metabolic tests such as RMR, body fat, etc...
