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I would have thought a GPS enabled bike computer paired to a HRM would be your first choice rather than a generic fitness tracker but it depends if you want/need it for other exercise types. Big advantage of bike computers is the larger screen for navigation if that's of interest to you. (It was transformational for me!)…

If losing weight is part of an overall desire to be more healthy you wouldn't be "eating very little and doing lots of exercise". Make a fresh start because you are heading down the wrong path.

Sweating isn't a fitness goal.... :) Often getting too hot can compromise your workout. If your exercise choice doesn't match your goals (it really doesn't seem to....) and you aren't enjoying it then do something else. I far prefer to do my cardio and strength training separately so I can fully focus on the activity and…

The crucial thing in lifting is sufficient volume (at an appropriate intensity). By skimping on rest between sets you could well be hampering that - don't rush it unless you have a good reason to do so. Especially as you say you are aiming for strength primarily. e.g. I'm coming back from injury and the most beneficial…

Car driver nerfed me off my motorbike way back in 1991 - completely ruptured PCL (reconstruction not advised) and bucket handle tear of lateral meniscus. Short term and long term it was the meniscus damage that has caused the biggest impact. Short term as it was blocking my knee joint I couldn't weight bear and coupled…

Your age isn't a factor - we can be impatient at any age! :) You need a lot more time and data points to work out what your weight trend is doing. I would be more concerned that you are trying for such a quick rate of weight loss. PS - did you pick an activity level appropriate for 10,000 steps?

I just don't see any need for hyperbole. Describing the mid-range of what's possible as the sole preserve of pro riders shouldn't be taken literally but there's a good chance of uninformed readers of this thread not understanding that. There's plenty of evidence of uniformed readers already in this thread! Yes we can both…

@cwolfman86 "400 calories in 30 minutes would basically be a pretty exceptional...likely professional cyclist to put out that kind of sustained power. " Sorry but that statement is miles away from reality. 400 cals in 30 mins is only 222 watts - that is not even close to what professional male riders can do. The top guys…

"Possible" shouldn't really be your deciding factor. Physically not much significant happens from a short period of too rapid to be optimal weight loss. My main concern would be the "anxiety, depression, binging" aspects of your post. Severe restriction is a big stressor and could trigger a relapse. The mindset that…

@MostlyWater Sorry but you shouldn't be taking your weight into account for a non-weight bearing exercise. That would be a very poor approximation for many people - especially the overweight and not very fit which are over-represented here. That's part of the reason not to use the database entry for estimates. It would…

My first step would be to look at my bench press to improve my bench press.... Technique - well worth watching the Jennifer Thompson Bench Press 101 tutorials. Then consider your volume and intensity. (Personally from experience I know I need a lot of volume to progress beyond a certain point, ideally x3 a week.) There's…

@yirara Disagree - 277 cals for half an hour isn't at all high for a regular, competant male cyclist, it's actually quite a modest power output c. 150w. Even an old fella like me can sustain that level for many hours. Without knowing anything about the OP's fitness level and how hard he tried it's all speculation for this…

No-one can know from the information given as both numbers are possible for different levels of fitness. e.g. If you are putting out a modest 100watts then 180 net cals would be very close to reality but an exceptional cyclist (most likely a professional male cyclist) could be putting out 400 watts of power and burning 720…

That's why you need to consider the second part of my sentence "has your daily activity changed up or down or stayed roughly the same?". Only you know how active you were as teacher (it's very varied) or how active you now are as a housewife (it's very varied). e.g. When I had a desk job I was easily Lightly Active due to…

That's useful information and a very different scale of calories to the previously mentioned "2 milky coffees a day, with 1 sugar and 3 sweeteners and milk in a mug size cup". Make your own for very few calories instead of buying them from a coffee shop would be an easy win. Big difference between a high sugar, full fat…

The best plan for other people doesn't mean it's the best plan for you. Even if you pick a plan that has a very high failure rate for the general population would it matter on a personal level if it worked for you? The two aspects of weight loss and long term healthy weight maintenance also do not have to be the same, I…

"So I've heard that when people lose weight (fat), they will necessarily lose muscle. " An exaggeration, it's a danger but not a given and people's personal situation and strategies will change the outcome. How much fat over what timescale for example? Plus of course many people add muscle/lose fat while maintaining…

There is no way that's enough calories in two drinks to derail your progress - you need to look at your diet as a whole. Two teaspoons of sugar plus skimmed milk really isn't adding up to a lot.

Why do you feel the need to give it up at all?

Last time you asked this you were a teacher - so has your daily activity changed up or down or stayed roughly the same? Exercise is still separate to activity level.

If I'm a female, would the tape measure measurement get larger or smaller? Yes! No idea if you are also losing weight - it's a way of tracking change over time. (e.g. when I did a deliberate recomp adding muscle and losing fat at roughly weight maintenance arms and legs got bigger, waist got smaller, chest measurement…

"What do you find filling?" Starchy carbs mostly but for me taste is also just as important as macros. "I have heard protein helps you feel full longer. Is this true?" For some people yes, for some no. Pretty sure my son could eat a whole cow if nicely cooked. :hushed: The whole this or that particular macro is satiating…

In a game of thousands (3500 per pound of fat for example) it takes a lot of errors and errors in the same direction to completely derail results. That average piece of fruit I logged for example could be inaccurate either way but it takes a hell of a lot of tens to build up to thousands. I decided very early on that I…

I think your sister's two assertions are flawed. 1/ Medication doesn't cause fat gain without a calorie surplus - the energy has to come from somewhere. Yes medications can make loss or maintenance harder or even much harder by affecting either the CI or CO parts of someone's calorie balance - as can the conditions being…

What do yall eat for work out days? Depends on the workout, gym weights sessions mostly just fit in my normal eating schedule but I don't have your issue. What's your go-to if you have a bs crash during work out? If you crash (better to prevent than have to fix) you want fast absorption carbs, typically glucose based.…

All diets (noun) are macro diets even if people don't actively track macros but can be hugely varied in which macro predominates to suit different people. Maybe expand on what kind of diet you are intending to choose? For example if your macro diet of choice is a ketogenic diet then stocking up on lots of starchy carbs…

@claireychn074 High-5 do an energy drink mix which is 4 parts carbs to one part protein. Per bottle when cycling that gives me 105g of carbs and 27g of protein. Perhaps a bit low dosage of protein for your lifting workouts but when cycling I'm drinking multiple bottles. TBH I can't tell any difference compared to a more…

If that really was your point then I'm sorry but you made a dreadful job of making it. You are also misrepresenting what @cwolfman13 said. He specifically pointed out some of the differences to correct your assertion "they're all the same" which you now seem to be retracting.

Wrong. Read the ingredients and you will see they are different. Because sports drink are formulated specifically for purpose and not just as a refreshing beverage. And different sports drinks have different purposes and dosages. A mix could be 2:1 ratio of glucose to fructose (though some are glucose only (glucose has…

Not everyone gets sore, it's not a great indictaion of appropriate training stress, (BTW your undefined cardio is also part of your cumulative training stress.) From the nutrition/fatigue aspect your carbs and protein (toast and egg) soon after working out are probably more useful than your fat (PB) many hours later. From…