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OK, here's a question before I actually post for the day ..... I am trying to get a handle on the BMR / TDEE thing (and breaking the MFP-thinking thing of many many many years' standing) Update - turns out that what with breathing between 9:30 and 11:30 and updating the fitbit sync, the just-wrong-side-of-red turned into…

OK, here's a question before I actually post for the day ..... I am trying to get a handle on the BMR / TDEE thing (and breaking the MFP-thinking thing of many many many years' standing) According to The Formula provided in the Topic opener of "How did you pick your Daily calorie goal number", the maintenance calorie level…

Well DONE!!! (I TOTALLY understand how a truly good sugar cookie recipe can do that. I have one of the BEST gathering dust on my shelf 'cause it is TOOOOOOOOO good! (and even in my childhood I could tell the difference between (a) that one <3 <3 <3 (b) other home-baked ones (that were decent-but-not-good-enough) :| and (c)…

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SOMEwhere in MFP is a rule-of-thumb guide for not using aggressive loss-per-week rates as you have fewer pounds to lose. It is VERY rare that 2 lbs per week NOT under direct medical supervision would be advisable. As it is, people often keep the 1 lb per week goal longer than they should. And if you haven't reset your Goal…

There is a Fitbit Users Group https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/1290-fitbit-users They might have your answers in the FAQ section. (worth checking, anyway!) If you go to MY HOME (beside the FOOD and EXERCISE tabs) and the MY HOME / GOALS subgroup, you can select "Guided Setup" On that page is the 4 levels of…

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Thanks to both of you. I have all of Novembers weight data I can plug into that spreadsheet to give me a running 6 wk start. The only confusing part (to me) is .., Does this mean I enter the MFP NET cals eaten, or ALL cals eaten? * THERE WERE WEEKS WHERE I WAS MUCH MORE ACTIVE AND DOING 12000 to 1500 steps consistently…

Sooo about this "base your Daily Intake Number on your TDEE" thing .... I am:* Female * 63 yrs old * medium bone-frame * 5ft 2 in * sedentary computer-based job (2 yrs to retirement) * currently 143.9 * aiming for maintenance range ~ 135=>138 (for now) According to the TDEE calculator that we were pointed to in the…

Dec 11 Exercise: o:) Double session on the exergame - closed my steps ring and will end up at between 6800 and 6900 by midnight Logged: o:) All (dropped my Daily Calorie Allotment a bit as I am not hungry enough these days, and being a bit less active lately anyway ) In Range: o:) earned 80 fitbit activity credits left 75…

Dec 10 Exercise: o:) Walking was around stores - but closed my steps ring at just over 6000 Logged: o:) All (had to work at getting UP to near my official allotment ) In Range: o:) earned 94 fitbit activity credits despite this being a less-active day (tells you the input vs output ratio ); left all and a little bit more…

Dec 9 Exercise: o:) Good solid exergame trampoline-jogging session. Logged: o:) All In Range: o:) earned 84 fitbit activity credits; left 78 "in the pot". Personal Extra Challenge: A 30-day "3 doodles-a-day" self-challenge to break through my fear of active-creativity / "not drawing it correctly". Started Dec 6 (4 for 4 so…

The aroma of my new coffee (only available at Christmas-time and in "stocking-stuffer" 1-pack-makes-1-pot" size) is WOOOOOOONNNNNNNderful! Very "curl up with this on a snowy night"ish butterscotch and caramel and vanilla notes. But plain "black coffee from grounds" calorie count aka very minimal. I like flavoured coffees…

Dec 8 Exercise: o:) Good solid exergame trampoline-jogging session. Over 8,400 steps (*actually farther ... I put the fitbit in the charger over supper, then LEFT it there while I was out-and-about after supper) Logged: o:) All In Range: o:) earned 196 (* recorded ) fitbit activity credits; left 121 "in the pot". Personal…

Dec 7 Exercise: o:) Over 7,300 steps and not even 9:30 pm yet (long walk to a farther-away grocery store and back, so that I could get a flu shot at their pharmacy while I was at it Logged: o:) All In Range: o:) Earned over 150 fitbit activity credits; left a total of ~300 "in the pot" (usually try to at least eat right up…

I joined UAC in October of 2018. Steady member until after reaching maintenance ... the first time ... (summer of 2020?) returned to get back to maintenance in late fall 2020(?) through March 2021. Then went MIA until returning to The Fold Nov 2021. My Bestest Lessons Learned ... (the hard way)* Much as I championed and…

Speaking of bikes (on stands) in offices .... one of the senior managers in my Division has one in her home office. If she is in the kind of Zoom-style meeting where she mostly listens with her mike muted ('cause at her level some of them include committees and working groups with large numbers of members) she will turn…

Funny you should mention that last bit ... I was looking back at multiple years worth of daily weigh-in data (on my Wii Fit+ program) and the sharp increase in my progress as soon as he was termed 'pre-diabetic due to age' - his daily sugar limited, and most sugary things just DON't come into the house on a regular basis.…

But you are showing up and reporting! That is the Choice of CHAMPIONS (as you work towards discovering your own personal Best Strategies)

But you are still showing up and reporting! That is behaving like a CHAMPION, as you work to discover what works for you.

The emotional eating topic is very important. So is "mindless munching" The root reason for the first bite or two may differ, but the behavior-response is the same, and the potential physical and after-the-fact mental consequences are much the same. For mindless munching (more for boredom-response, or because "nibbling and…

Dec 6 Exercise: o:) A good 35+ minute start with a new character reboot start on my exergame (just finished with DazeOf and ColdRain and am now starting to have Holly and Daze "walk the Island from end to end to end". 8300+ steps on the day and not quite bedtime yet Logged: o:) All In Range: o:) Earned 177 fitbit activity…

OK ... I am SURE (cause I scrolled right from the top of pg 1!) that I haven't reported yet ... Dec 5 Exercise o:) (finished up my exergame "tour" *aka opened up / developed everything there was to do* so starting a brand new "Right from the beginning with new character & name" tour. Logged o:) yup In goal o:) left all the…

I don't know if this will help but: (a) If Thanksgiving is over, can at least the Thanksgiving treats "disappear" (either straight out the door or to the very bottom of the back of the freezer on the way out the door ... until the next time you clean the freezer ;) ) (b) are the Hanukkah and/or Christmas treats something…

But you reported! Way to be a CHAMPION!

But you reported! That is CHAMPION behaviour!