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I used to have shoulder pain in roughly that same area (not totally sure). I had to refrain from and then change my form on a few exercises -- most notably, push-ups. When I switched to a mostly tricep push-up (i.e. elbows staying parallel to my body instead of diagonal or perpendicular) it never came back. Your mileage…

I have a couple of friends who have purchased shoes very shortly before a half or full marathon. Both of them regretted it because the shoes either didn't wear in as expected or got a little weird after extended use.

Isn't that just a factor of surface area? Store-bought shredded parmesan is a much coarser shred than I do at home with a microplane. It's not as fluffy or dense.

Is that NET calories (i.e. calories eaten minus calories burned)? That at least would put it somewhere within reason, though still too low. If he's talking just about calories consumed then that seems absurd to me.

#1 is not worded properly. They are not arguing against the math of 3500 calories (as other posters here are/have). They are arguing that the body changes as you become more fit and as such it takes a different amount of energy to expend the 3500 calories.

I'm in the same boat. It never occurred to me to move the fitbit to my clothing. I do wake up a few times per night but the ~25 average seems high to me.

What calculator are you using on Fat2Fit? Their primary one uses the Harris-Benedict equation. Unless you had a typo in your post, then "light" activity would indicate your TDEE would be around 1800 calories and moderate around 2025 calories. So if you take 20% off of that, you'd be at 1440 or 1620. Did you mean 1393?

Not all gyms are created equal. The typical factory gym can be intimidating, but there are all sorts of gyms. I used to go to a gym that was exclusively based on classes and no machines. Every exercise in every class had multiple levels and you were always told to do the easiest level when you started. Everyone was really…

I'm hard-pressed to believe that 2 hours of swimming and c25k add up to 400 calories only. c25k is an interval program that by its design should be getting your heart rate up each week because you are progressing. And swimming is an exercise known to burn a decent number of calories.

1000 calories in an hour would be fairly hard for me right now. The closest I come to that kind of burn is during brazilian jiujitsu sparring (drilling and warm ups are nowhere near that) and jumping rope. Those are two super high intensity activities that I can sustain for more than a few minutes. I can't think of any…

Ah, well I guess I am similar then. I use MFP's numbers but make sure that I'm choosing exercises that appear to burn an appropriate amount of calories. 10 per minute for intense, 3-5 per minute for moderate, etc. For what it's worth, my fitbit is mostly useless for tracking actual exercise activities. It seems to…

MFP also overestimates calorie burns for many activities. What's your approach / the one you suggest in this case that doesn't involve an HRM at all?

They are better than nothing, though. I would be surprised in the situation here if the HRM was the problem. It seems much more likely to be the food side of things to me.

Those numbers don't seem too far off to me. About 10 calories per minute for intense exercise seems normal to me.

My shoulders hurt a lot when I started yoga. And my knees hurt from general exercise (squats and the like).

It's normal to lose a bunch the first week or two because you are eating better (i.e. less actual food hanging around in your body) and you are flushing more water through your system. I'm not saying you shouldn't worry about it, but I went through a several month period where I would get lightheaded easily. Eventually it…

You could consider doing some leg exercises to help support your walking. squats, lunges, plie squats, sumo kicks. And various core exercises will help too.

Instead of trying to turn it off, can you shield it? Would workplaces accept that?

I had mixed feelings. I completed it, and was able to run for 45 minutes, but I was slow. My time for a mile was roughly the same on week 1 as the final week. On week 1 I'd run faster because the intervals were short. On week 12 I ran slowly because that was the only way I could sustain it. I also didn't lose any weight…

I would not attempt to run the entire thing in that time frame given where you are now. I am sure you could do it with a combination of running/walking.

Running burns more unless you are somehow walking extremely fast. At some point (5mph? 6mph? Something like that) it is actually physically more challenging to walk at a given speed than to run. Pretty sure it's not 10mph though :) I suspect that if Olympic walkers go about 9mph they are burning WAY more calories than…

MFP compares what FitBit reports as calories burned so far to its own calculations. Even if fitbit reports a certain amount of "Activity" it might still have a lower number of total calories it thinks you have burned, in which case you will get a negative adjustment (if you have that turned on). Are you sure it gave you 29…

Shopping for jeans is never-ending. I started out at 40" waist, then had to downside to 38", then 36", then 34", now 32". The problem is, jeans at the supposed same fit (e.g. relaxed) at the same waist size don't always fit the same. My primary jeans are 32" now and they are getting loose. Yet I have a pair that is really…

It really depends on the exercise (and, sometimes, the day). I am good at talking my body into actually going to the gym or dojo when my body wants out. On the other hand, I often don't give 100% (to the point of complete exhaustion on all sets or intervals) because my mind tells me that I'm working out for over 7 hours…

I've always considered Yoga a great supplement to my main exercise activities. It helps me stay aligned and works a few muscles that otherwise are neglected. I don't think it's the most efficient way to burn calories. I like hot yoga because it helps my lungs between the yoga breath work and the humidity & heat.

I eat unhealthily there and make up for it the rest of the week with deficits. If we had better restaurants for Mexican food around here, that would be substantially different, as I would have delicious healthy options.

The only thing that has ever come close to truly bugging me was when two people came together to a room that was mostly empty with lots of treadmills, then they each got on a treadmill 3 spaces apart with me in the middle, and then proceeded to loudly have a conversation. It bugged me only in that I had to turn up my…

I re-started at a faster pace because at the stated times of the program, I was not running a 5k because I was going too slowly. The last week is a 30 minute run which would require you to be running at 6.2mph. I was nowhere near there. Restarting didn't work either. Still well below a 5k. When I tried going for longer…

I cited several running sources above that recommend interval training. Couch to 5k is in fact an interval training program. The OP is currently doing an interval program of sorts. The weakness of couch to 5k is that you can just slow your running down when you need to run for longer distance/time without any sort of…

I'm looking forward to hearing your reaction once you have it. I personally would prefer a wrist-band. The One comes with one but it's pretty bulky and I'm not sure if the One is made to work with one during the day (it's for sleep tracking). I don't like hooking it to my belt or shirt or other places. I find it annoying…