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A higher resting heart rate is not necessarily an indication of a higher BMR/RMR. Of course differences in BMR/RMR are due to differences in bodily function. But, what causes those differences? Lean body mass vs fat mass is a part of BMR/RMR; you can increase your BMR/RMR by increasing your lean body mass but it's really a…

Another vote for making big batches, freezing in trays, and then storing in separate containers by flavor (I just used BPA-free ice cube trays and then Ziplocs; my kids were probably thoroughly poisoned because I didn't store it in organic hand-made glass bowls, but whatever). That's what I did and it worked great. One…

Well, no, not quite. There is, indeed, going to be a range of BMR/RMR values for different individuals with the same relevant statistics. If you put me next to another woman born on the same exact day, with the same height, same weight, and same lean/fat mass, it would not be a guarantee that our BMR/RMR would be exactly…

Ha! Feel free! I think we'll be pretty busy... :wink:

Yup. At the time I did the test, various RMR calculators put mine somewhere between 1,700 and 2,200 per day. Turned out it was actually 1,350. I figured out what age/height would produce that same RMR in the calc that Fitbit uses, changed my Fitbit profile to match that, and started eating 500 calories less than my new…

It's definitely not the same for everyone. There are going to be some general concepts that will be mostly true for most people ("foods with a high fiber/water content will fill you up faster" "protein and fiber help you feel full for longer" "eating a large amount of starch/sugar on its own will leave you feeling hungrier…

I also agree with Walk Away the Pounds. I liked using those when I first started out. I mostly used them because they were easy to follow (I'm VERY uncoordinated, haha) but also I think that they're very good to get your heart rate up without overly straining any of your joints or anything, and you can very easily modify…

I assume that you're talking about a database entry? Most of the entries in the database are generated by MFP users. This means that while you can usually find an entry that works for what you're looking for, they are also often prone to errors. You should always double-check the nutritional info of any food you log to be…

As many before me have said, I also log everything but feel good about my choice to eyeball serving sizes for most green/non-starchy vegetables - I also try to err on the side of overestimating, and even if I somehow ate twice as much as I logged (highly unlikely), it's at most, what, a 15-20 calorie difference for a…

Huh. There are restaurants I don't care for, and foods/ingredients that don't agree with me or make me feel extra bloated or whatever, but I can't think of a single restaurant where the food from there makes me feel sick when comparable foods from another restaurant wouldn't. That seems really odd to me.

Absolutely nothing you typed there has any relation whatsoever to anything I said. Nowhere did I say that an overweight child being able to "actually move around" means that there isn't an issue to be addressed. What I actually said was that you were 100% incorrect in your assumption that a child medically classified as…

If that's what you think my intent was, you go right ahead with that.

I know this is way off the topic of the OP, but I just can't with this garbage. A child absolutely does NOT have to be "fat as *kitten*" (as it was so kindly and sensitively put) to fall outside of the "normal" BMI range for their age. A 5 year old girl who is in the 82nd percentile for height and the 85th percentile for…

Agree w/ all of the above. You can narrow down what/where the issue is by checking out your calculations on both sites. First, if this is for the current day (sorry, it's not clear if this is for today or a previous day), check your Fitbit itself and how many calories it says you've burned so far today. If it's crazypants,…

I admit, I haven't read anything in-depth about this particular potential law. However, I don't think ideal of adding language around malnutrition and even extreme obesity into abuse or neglect statutes is completely out-of-bounds. It would need to be applied EXTREMELY carefully - very specific health markers/criteria…

The idea of anything being *outlawed* related to raising one's children beyond outright abuse or neglect is absurd. Unfortunately, there are SO many gray areas when it comes to things like diet and medical care because the application of the same concept in one family may be wonderful and in another family it could be…

I think a good rule of thumb is about 0.5% - 1% of your body weight per week, provided that the calorie deficit you create to achieve that weight loss still allows you to eat enough calories each day to meet your nutritional needs (BARE minimum of approximately 1200 for most women and 1500 for most men, though if you burn…

You should absolutely eat in any way that you like and that makes you feel good, as long as you're getting adequate nutrition. It's just worth noting that most licensed medical professionals don't consider "yeast overgrowth" an actual condition, outside of genital yeast infections and then conditions like thrush that don't…

I think it's both. For the average individual, TDEE does decline slightly over time. Whether the average decline is due to the typical decline in muscle mass as we age or other factors is irrelevant for most people. The average individual who does not pay that much attention to their muscle mass or calorie intake or…

1% isn't always appropriate. My TDEE is approximately 1850, with 4-6 hours per week of light to moderate exercise. 1% of my body weight is around 2 pounds per week. In order to lose 1% of my body weight per week I'd have to eat 850 calories/day, which obviously I shouldn't do. Not trying to make a big deal, just saying…

First and foremost, completely agree w/ the above. 2, 3, even 4 weeks, just keep going. If you're only weighing weekly, try weighing every day for awhile and look at the results as a whole. Sometimes there's a downward trend that you temporarily can't see because your recorded weigh-ins happen to be on higher days. ^^Yes.…

I'd like to encourage everyone again to check their steps setting in their app. What seems to have happened to me was that somehow my setting changed to "don't track steps." I'm 100% certain that I didn't change it, I made no changes to the app at all prior to my issues, so it must have been a glitch on the MFP side. MFP…

I think it depends on how, why, and how often. The ideal goal of MFP is to set you up for a way of eating that will be conducive to maintaining your goal weight for the rest of your life. So consider your lifestyle, what changes you can sustain forever, what you're not willing to give up entirely. Do you frequently do very…

Why is it all or nothing? If you have an issue with alcohol such that any consumption of it would cause a major problem for you, then obviously there's nothing else to say but good for you, and you might want to seek out support specific to staying sober. If not...still good for you, but why not find a way to work a…

I don't understand. Either it's satiating (good for making you feel full/less hungry, often on a relatively fewer number of calories) or it's good for filling up on a bulk (for most people, I would assume that such foods would get you full on relatively MORE calories, allowing you to meet your bulking calorie goals without…

I just don't understand why this needs to be an argument. If someone believes that walking is "great" exercise, how does that impact anyone else? Are there people out there who are saying "why on earth would you bother marathon training/bench pressing/running wind sprints/practicing your aerial cartwheel/riding…

I connected and reconnected last night, and still have nothing today. My steps and weight are showing in the check in, but there's nothing in my exercise diary. This is day 3. I usually am an MFP/Fitbit sync apologist (it doesn't happen too often! usually it's fixed quickly!) but even I'm getting annoyed.

It might be normal, or it might not. Fitbit calculates your heart rate zones based on your age - 220 minus your age is your max heart rate, "peak" zone is >85% of the max, "cardio" is 70-84%, and "fat burning" is 50-69%. Anything below 50% is "out of zone." Most people are "out of zone" during normal daily activities. If…

PSA: "feeding the healthy bacteria in your lower colon" = painful bloating and eye-watering toxic gas for many people :lol:. If that's not you, there's lots of products (granola bars and other snack items, pastas, cereals/oatmeals, yogurts) which have added inulin (you might also see chicory root extract) to increase the…

I did WW 10-12 years ago, about 3 or 4 iterations of the program back. It worked quite well for me then; I lost about 80lbs in just over a year. I just did online, I can't deal with the concept of meetings - go have someone else weigh me, give me a gold star if I lost weight, and then sit in a room w/ a bunch of other…