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I drink coffee after I do brazilian jiujitsu. Mostly because I carpool with a friend who needs his daily fix but, like me, can't drink coffee before BJJ because of acid reflux. Although I might not do it otherwise, I find that it helps me stay awake late in the afternoon when otherwise I might get tired (after the exercise…

I like mine as a supplemental tool. It won't replace MFP but it adds a few things to track to help me keep motivated. I find that some of the metrics are a bit off, but I really like the flower (not sure if Flex will have that), the step counter, the stair counter, and the sleep information. I've been wondering if the Aria…

Do both. Doing weight training increases your cardio performance and it somewhat increases the number of calories you burn to maintain your weight. The point is not really to "look muscular" as much as to be healthier and improve your weight loss. For what it's worth, I was at 235lbs when I started my journey. I almost hit…

Do you have a source for this? Intervals worked for me. I could run really slowly for 40 minutes but couldn't increase my pace for more than 1 minute or so before. I just ran a 10k on the treadmill at a faster pace than I ever did before interval training. Also, I'm not talking about sprinting. A 1.0 increase is not going…

My trainers always tell me never to run below 5mph. Not sure why. I would suggest setting 5mph as your goal based solely on their ideology. Aside from that, do a lot of intervals. Increase your speed by .2 every 30 seconds until you are 1.0 higher than your normal speed, do that for 1 minute, back down to your normal…

Add me to the data freak camp. However, I used to weigh myself a couple of times per day. I eventually discovered that I "lose" two to eight pounds when I sleep. I still don't entirely understand what all is going on to cause that. Some combination of exhaling water vapor and emitting heat I guess. The existence of this…

Weight loss and smaller portions helped me noticeably, but did not eliminate it. I still have to take medicine for it daily.

Yeast = fungus. I like some flavors of kombucha but the straight-up made from tea one with nothing added is pretty awful to me. It's like a non-fruity lambic.

I hear this from time to time but I don't get it. Why would anyone NOT want crazy dreams? I love crazy dreams! It's like a free David Lynch movie in your head!

You should at least try Kombucha once to see if you agree with my description of it, and so say you did it. It's sort of like an extra tart cider or certain "sour mash" or "lambic" beers. I would also describe those as carbonated vinegar even though a lot of beer afficionados really like them. I like framboise beers though…

I would do both just to be safe. Plus, the Kombucha won't taste like carbonated vinegar with all that chemically sweetness.

It's like carbonated vinegar made from a fungus. It tastes great as long as you completely mask the taste with other things.

I would like to rephrase "bad for you" as "bad for us" in which case I think some of these may apply. I prefer to avoid GMO foods when I can because there is a strong chance that buying gmo foods sends some or most of my money to soul-crushing enormous biotech companies that do a lot of nefarious things to farmers and food…

I usually avoid it due to heartburn implications. However, even that has lessened as I've lost weight and started eating better.

I am considering one in September here, but I am worried that my functional strength is not up to the task. I can't do a pull-up still, for example. I am certain I will have enough endurance for the event in general if I keep going with my current routine, but the functional strength thing is a hard pill to swallow.

I need some sort of structured plan and for a person or program to tell me what to do. My journey to where I am now began with a c25k program on my phone. However, I never felt like I was progressing adequately so I looked into local gyms and decided that I would probably do best in a class environment based on how well I…

It would surprise me if you really would benefit from true carbo-loading (where the point is to make easily-used glycogen available to your muscles), but if you are really pushing yourself I guess it's possible. Anyway, here's an article I followed when I carbo-loaded for a bike event last year. I have no idea if it…

What did you do when you tried the pre-race carb loading? The type of carbs and timing can be important. That said, I'm not sure how much carb loading you would really need to do for a 10k. When I've done it in the past, it is for multi-hour events and I combined it with stuff like fig newtons.

I am kind of similar. I bank calories Monday through Wednesday because I find I have more social plans and eat more calories on the weekends. It is relatively easy to be healthy Monday through Wednesday. Usually ok Thursday, but Friday through Sunday is quite hard to work at a deficit for me. So I adjusted the other days…

Thanks. I've had mine for about a month only. The area where FitBit has helped for me is in actually wanting to walk around at home or work. Whereas before I might wait to put away something at home, I will actually hop up and do it now because I get credit for the steps and stairs. The double whammy is when I get up to…

Mine was sent to me by my MIL who thought it was too complicated. I like it but am not sure I would have paid $100 for it. It supplements my existing tools with a few motivational things it tracks, but it alone wouldn't be sufficient for me to keep my momentum.

Mine generally seems pretty accurate. How many stairs did you climb each time? We have a split-level house and it counts going from the lowest level to the top level as 1 flight of stairs (which I think is reasonable). Does it reflect the stairs accurately if you walk up them? The only thing that is inaccurate for my…

I used to get shoulder pain from doing push-ups as seen in the video above. A trainer at the time told me to switch my form more towards the form you are describing. I never went to having elbows touching the ribs but I did make it close to a 45 degree angle - which is what I've seen most recommended. It was a lot harder…

Follow your doctor's recommendation. Even if it feels ok you might be putting yourself at risk for tearing something.

Your situation sounds like one that you might want to consult a doctor. I don't like the sound of numbness and tingling. I used to have a bit of achilles pain when I was first running in minimalist shoes. I found that foam rolling on my calves was the most helpful, followed by the normal calf stretches recommended. I also…

Thanks, all. I'm starting to get it now. I don't plan on switching my methodology unless the numbers MFP tells me start to differ greatly. If you are doing TDEE, I assume that you have to re-calculate when your lifestyle changes (e.g. during recovery from surgery)?

I agree - if it works for you then do it. I just don't get how it works with myfitnesspal. It seems like you would only be using it to count calories eaten. Is that correct?

You'd have to be working quite vigorously to burn 700-900 calories in an hour. For me, only the most intense activities burn more than 10 calories per minute. I agree with the suggestion to drink a lot of water. Whenever you are hungry, drink water, wait 5 minutes. Sometimes that makes the hunger go away for me because I…

I work out 6 days a week currently. I rest on Sunday. Last summer, I went for long bike rides on Sunday and rested either the Friday before or Monday after. I also tend to have a large calorie deficit monday through wednesday (~500-800 under what MFP suggests) and then make up some of it thursday through sunday. I have no…

Well played! :drinker: