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You are supposed to drink water with Gu, sport beans, clif shot bloks, etc. That said, I've sometimes not done so. But the purpose of those items is to be a substitute for a sports drink which is basically water + carbs + electrolytes.

For the treadmill you set it at a high pace and then go on and off of it (by holding onto the handlebars and then popping your feet to the outside of the belt). You leave the speed constant. I have done it several times and it works fine. However, I will agree that it is difficult to truly set it at your max effort safely.…

The speed and distance aren't necessarily off if the calories are, but they certainly can be off by a fair amount.

You can do Tabata Training with a lot of different exercises. I guess it really depends more on the exercise than the style.

Slight correction: The loop requires a heart rate strap/monitor but will incorporate that into its functionality. I believe it only works with the Bluetooth straps (e.g. H7)

I would absolutely not do crossfit on 60 mile weeks. I guess you have 20 years under your belt so maybe this is different for you, but I personally wouldn't do it beyond 30 miles. Certainly at 60 mile weeks your glycogen stores are very low, your leg muscles are more fragile, and you are risking injury and overdoing it in…

Your muscles are getting stronger, but not more bulky.

Flour is notorious for that. That is why, if you are going to go by volume, recipes often call for sifting the flour to make sure it is airy and not packed.

Ohhhhh. Well: A) working out like mad may be leading to water retention due to sore muscles and other related things that come with increasing workout B) In my experience it can take up to two weeks before a good week shows on the scale Keep at it for a month or so. By then you should see changes one way or another.

It explicitly says not to put mine in the washing machine. That said, I've accidentally done it with no adverse results.

How long have you been at this, supergirl9801? Is this your first month or so (your join date is listed as march)?

As you lost weight, have you been changing your calorie goals?

So your supposition is that she ate at least 400 more calories (more if you assume that her exercise burned ANY calories) than she logged because her measuring spoons were so far off? On that day, please tell me which measurements by volume could be that far off, because I just don't see it. A measuring cup isn't going to…

I use the H7. It was < $50 and coordinated with my apps directly.

Run first. Yoga after will help stretch the muscles that got too tight and help balance things out in the lesser-used muscles in the legs afterwards to help bring anything that's out of alignment back.

Sorry, but I find it patently ridiculous to assume that using measuring cups instead of a food scale is such a big problem that the wild inaccuracies of MFP on exercise are completely wiped out.

I repeated weeks multiple times in my c25k. I believe it even encourages you to do so if you need to on the official website.

Once you have a persimmon, then you will never believe the tomato to be a vegetable again.

It doesn't matter how precise you are with weight vs volume if every other aspect of your diary is a rough estimate. There aren't many foods where the weight vs volume issue is going to be significant enough to be more than background noise compared to the accuracy of figuring out exercise calories, BMR, etc.

I don't know what this class you speak of is, but spinning can be as intense or light as you want it to be in my experience. You have control over your own fate with gear and cadence. I would be surprised if this class of yours is more intense than a typical spinning class. Most spinning classes I have attended are much,…

A lot of weird stuff happens to your body when you run for "2-3 hours." That's marathon training long run territory.

There is no way to be perfectly accurate. And it doesn't matter if your food intake is accurate if your exercise calories are inaccurate or if you have a hormonal issue that makes the numbers no longer applicable.

I now must agree based on this latest information.

Hmmm! Are you actually already below BQ pace then? Seems so :)

I kind of agree. I don't think the weight vs volume thing is going to be a huge issue. However, looking at your calorie burn, I'm wondering whether you do anything to verify them. They look high to me. 10 calories per minute for most exercises you log, including weight lifting. I only burn 10 calories per minute when doing…

I only consider it a cheat day or meal if I don't log it.

Hmm... do you not live somewhere with bitterly cold winters? If I owned a dog I am certain there would be times in the winter when I would not be too keen on the fact that I have to take a dog for a walk. On the other hand, my answer to this riddle is Ping Pong! You can play indoors during the bitterly cold winter and you…

If you are near BQ pace for a marathon then 43 seems much less crazy, but still aggressive. Sites like McMillan seem to predict closer to 46. I think you probably would have had to train more for it not to be quite an effort to get to 43.

What exercise are you planning to do that will burn 700-800 calories per day? If you were a runner that would mean running > 40 miles per week. Whatever the exercise, it's going to have to be at least 2 hours per day, I would guess.

If it showed you the true number it would be under 1200 calories because 2lb/week at your starting and goal weight is fairly hard to achieve.