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  • A simple thought - as you lose weight your BMR changes - less body mass to support, less calories burnt at rest or doing regular activities. If you've lost 100lbs for instance, the BMR you have now may be as many as a few hundred kcals/day less then when you started. Maybe think of it as the start of a fresh attempt and…
    in Is it more than just counting calories? Comment by fastsquatch January 2013
  • Everyone else has the right answer but the larger problem is the psychological roller coaster of the daily weigh-in. In my opinion, the daily weigh-in data is actually really useful - it keeps you honest and it should be done. But what to do with that number (besides freak out!)? The worst thing to do, in my opinion is to…
    in How does one gain 3 lbs overnight? Comment by fastsquatch October 2012
  • You take whatever the URL of the image is ("http://somewhere.com/myimage.jpg" or whatever) and you put it in 'img' tags, with brackets around the letters img, so (spelling it out so it'll go in here because I haven't taken the time to learn how to quote it properly) - open-bracket 'img' close-bracket your-image-URL…
    in Come on men.. Comment by fastsquatch September 2012
  • For all the guys out there trying their hardest to get to the size they want (esp. the one that mentioned this thread would make them feel badly) I could post the one where I was 40 pounds heavier when I first started using this site, but you can imagine it. So be inspired. You can do it. Slow and steady, every stumble is…
    in Come on men.. Comment by fastsquatch September 2012
  • Irene - very good point, I'm used to hanging around athletes full time so the idea of seeing a high heart rate and being worried was new to me, I'm usually just interested in knowing how fast they were going at that heart rate ;-) I can imagine if you were a nurse picking up your average sedentary individual in a bad…
    in Heart Rate reaching 190 bpm Comment by fastsquatch March 2011
  • Gotta disagree with GooneyAngel, respectfully. I've done a solid hour at 200+bpm more than once so I know it is a) possible and b) doesn't lead to heart attacks. That was 10 years ago even with lots of monitoring (10+hrs wearing HRM a week, lots of doctor work in physio labs looking at ECGs and fine-grained heart rhythm).…
    in Heart Rate reaching 190 bpm Comment by fastsquatch March 2011
  • The 220-age formula is just a rule of thumb, anyone that does cardiovascular training will vary from it pretty greatly. Your max heart rate will decrease as you get older, but with training it will stay above the line 220-age would otherwise draw. I'm 35 and I still hit 188-190 pretty regularly when racing or during the…
    in Heart Rate reaching 190 bpm Comment by fastsquatch March 2011
  • I maintain a stock of "emergency" snacks for when you're going to snack anyway and you just don't want to go too far. Orville Redenbacher Smartpop popcorn - whole bag! about 300 calories. Arctic Zero ice cream - whole pint! 150 calories. Apples, 2 or 3 of them! a few hundred. Have a cup of black beans with some sour cream…
    in Late Night Cravings & Hubby are Becoming my Downfall! Comment by fastsquatch January 2011
  • 750 calorie deficits aren't to be feared and likely won't have hit a starvation mode (which I haven't seen any research proving, btw). They just mean you're body is missing a lot of energy. It'll make it up by burning fat or digesting muscle and turning it into energy - pretty simple. If you do this repeatedly (I do it a…
    in 750 calories deficit Comment by fastsquatch January 2011
  • As someone who works out a ton (competitive cyclist - 18 hours this week) - I see fluctuations of as much as 5 pounds from day to day. that's water. Down inside of a half-pound to a pound, it could be just stuff moving through to put it in a nice way. So on a day to day basis, you can feel like a rock star one day ("a…
    in Daily weigh fluctuations - WHY????? Comment by fastsquatch December 2010
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