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I am sure your Doctor would be able to advise you on this. Considering your current weight I would not want to give you advise about calorie intake. Although I have never struggled with an eating disorder, I have always been a bit obsessive about weight and food intake and I'd be happy to talk with you and support you on…

There is some debate about this, but many schools of thought say that a 150lb male has a larger frame and more muscle than a 150lb female and therefore burns more calories at the same activity. It's a fine point of debate and I have seen entire running groups break up because of arguments over how to calculate RHR. I am…

Generally a chart of calories burned is based on a 150lb male, unless otherwise stated. I believe MFP adjusts it based on your weight and gender (I could be wrong) I have not found the calories to be incorrect. I haven't really studied this closely, but I have over 20 years of experience as a Fitness Instructor and 10 as a…

I track my calories everyday. Until menopause I was cold all the time I work hard to be the size I want to be. I have done this for 40 years. There is no THEM and US. We are all the same. We all struggle with our junk food (mine is cookies). Let's remember that as team members of this human race, who wants to stay healthy,…

No worries. It's funny thin people feel misunderstood by overweight people and overweight people feel misunderstood by thin people. The truth is our species survived to be the top of the food chain BECAUSE of our ability to store fat. Those who couldn't store fat died in famines 100,000 or more years ago and never…

I hang out with lots of those people and although it looks like they can eat whatever they want due to "high functioning metabolisms," they can't. Everyone I know who is lean and has maintained it is the same as you. They just move around a lot and are careful eaters. Honestly, this thinking drives me nuts. I've been told…

Really!?!?! I am 53 years old. From the time I was 13 and a friend went on a "diet" I have been paying attention to what goes in my mouth and what stands on the scale. So many overweight people believe that thin people can eat whatever they want and stay thin. Totally not true!!!!! Thin people stay thin because on a day to…

A bathroom scale is not scientifically calibrated and is also made with inexpensive parts. It's accuracy isn't the best. My weight often fluctuates on my scale and sometimes even after a very hard, long workout with lots of sweating and no water intake (bad, I know) my weight has gone up. Don't fret and be careful not to…

I hate the transition of going from weight loss calorie consumption (however small the weight loss desired) to maintaining. It always seems that I just get close to where I want to be and suddenly I'm on vacation, or visiting family and my eating patterns change along with my exercise routines. So I just finally got to…

I've done quite a bit of distance cycling and I have switched my saddle several times. Over the long distance I find that gel chafes in a very nasty way. My current saddle, and I don't see that I will ever switch, is a Brooks leather saddle. It is all leather that moulds to your shape, there is no chafing and thus no…

I'm 53 and definitely have found that it is hard to keep weight off. I can't indulge myself as much as I could 20 years ago. However, I have noticed that I spend more time sitting now than I did years ago. It became VERY obvious to me the week that I had my four grandchildren stay with me (all were under 5 at the time).…

I agree completely. You gave me a good laugh. (I meant to reply to the person who said "without them their guts would be falling out"

I joined and shared it on my facebook page to spread the word.

I used to run and do marathons, then after 20 years of no cycling, a friend asked me to join her on a 525km bike trip. Since then I have done two more long distant trips and we are supposed to do another this year. I resumed cycling as my sole exercise the beginning of February. The weather was too cold and snowy to do…

Saw Allons-y and had to check this out. Each Doctor 9, 10, and 11 has been my favourite when I am watching (rewatching), but David Tennant is the only one that I have made a point of watching other shows he is in.

For the most part, I weigh in every morning. I have since I was 13 and I am now 53. I currently weigh the same as I did at 16 although I am much more fit and firm now. I have never been more than 12 lbs heavier than my my current weight. (except when pregnant). I find that weighing daily helps me to decide if I am going to…