klreiland

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  • Do Fitbit or the Nike App connect to MFP? If so, how?
  • My Nike App only gives a 3 second countdown and I can disable it for immediate start if I want to. I really like the Nike app.
  • First of all, you should figure out your BMR (Google BMR Calculator- http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/) Your BMR is the energy (calories) that you spend on every day body functions if you were to never leave your bed. Then there is another calculation you can do, the Harris Benedict Calculation. This uses your…
  • Keep in mind that all of our bodies burn calories on a daily basis, even if we were to never leave our beds. Our bodies burn calories when digesting food, circulating blood, blinking, etc. You can calculate your BMR to determine what someone your age, height, and weight burns without even moving. There are additional…
  • I agree about the water weight. The same thing happened to me when I started exercising. Of course you can also retain water weight due to menstruation. Have you changed your eating so you are getting back any of those calories you lost? Are you feeling any more hungry?
  • I want to get the word "Breathe" on my wrist to remind me to take breaths when I am stressed or overwhelmed.
  • I see that different diets have different expectations about macro ratios. Some diets are high protein, low carb. Some are high carb, low protein. Have any of you customized your macro settings or do you all use the default settings from MFP?
    in Macros? Comment by klreiland May 2014
  • I started by getting a general idea of what my caloric intake was by tracking for a few days. There are some formulas you can use. First of all, you should figure out your BMR (Google BMR Calculator- http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/) Your BMR is the energy (calories) that you spend on every day body functions…
  • It is teacher appreciation week so this week has definitely been interesting with regards to temptation. Today was the ice cream social. Instead of imbibe in an icecream sundae with whipped cream, chocolate, and all the fixings I opted to make my own fruit bowl from the fresh fruit and I put a few chocolate sprinkles on it…
  • Hey, Kayla here. Have always played sports but recently retired from the amazing world of roller derby. Now I have more time to focus on me. I have started with changing my eating habits. So far, I have lost 8 pounds in 2 weeks. I need to lose a little over 50 more pounds. Would love to meet other athletes.
  • I am also new to the community. I started this journey 15 days ago and am seeing great results already. It feels good :-) I am a former roller girl (I played roller derby for 4 years.) Now that I am no longer skating 3-4 times per week, I am having to find other ways to stay in shape. My focus right now is on my eating. I…
  • I am very fortunate to have never been one for drinks such as alcohol or coffee. It seems that when I have a soda, I crave them multiple times in the same week. So now I just avoid them entirely. I try to stick to water. Unless you have an all or nothing personality (like me), you may do better by cutting out one thing at…
  • I just started 2 weeks ago. So far, so good as I have lost 8 pounds since I began tracking my calories and watching my food intake. You can do this!
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