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I don't know if there's any stigma. I've worn tight under-armor shirts to the gym, before, but now that I work out right after work, I just wear my undershirt from the day, which is already destined for the laundry hamper. When it comes to shorts, it's a pocket issue for me.

My usual approach isn't so much if it's worth the calories, but if it's worth feeling hungry later. In the end, it's basically talking about the same thing, but I find it helps me find an appropriate time and place to incorporate less filling foods. For example, on a day like today, where I don't have a lot going on and…

If you stay within your calorie goals, I don't really consider a meal or a day a "cheat" as much as a "reallocation of calories". If, at the end of the day, you're meeting your goals, who's to say if you can or can't have more calories in one meal than in another, or that you can't deviate from a planned menu?

Is there a particular reason behind the requirement that "you have to put it together at the store"? What I find tends to work for me is to just make a meal at home on the weekends and portion it out so all I have to do is put the container in a microwave and re-heat it. It's got all the charm of leftovers (especially when…

I find that it's sometimes a lack of knowledge in general, especially knowledge in relation to a given individual and their fitness goals and caloric needs, that can play a major role. I once had a boss who lectured me over how I "always seemed to be eating", and that he felt that caused me to put on fat and, therefore,…

For me, it was, because it lets me make some attempt at quantifying all the walking I do as part of daily life, like walking around to my various subordinate's offices or walking my dog. That stuff qualifies as physical activity, but it's not something I can quantify within the scope of a workout.

+1 OP, I haven't been through the situation you've had to go through, but I have found, when dealing with my own pain, the gym really does help. The physical exertion helps me release that energy that's built up. Taking 30-60 minutes a day to focus on the workout and not the source of the pain helps my mind disengage and…

Sometimes, all you need to do is cut the amount of a food you eat, rather than completely cutting it from your diet. If I "cut" anything, it was big bags / boxes of things. I love jelly beans, and in my school days I could easily down a one-pound bag in a single movie night. I still buy them on occasion, now, but I buy the…

Well, you certainly wouldn't be the first to say I was creepy! :wink:

1) "No harm, no foul" is an idiom that simply means no damage of any kind was done. 2) There is generally considered to be such a thing as emotional and psychological pain. Much of the current bullying hubbub is dealing with emotional and psychological attacks that don't require a single physical action. It's like when a…

Well, where I come from, if someone comes up to another person and says "I want to be friends" but they don't want to be friends, that statement is considered a lie. So the person, therefore, is a liar. Apparently, you've got a different perspective, but if I can't gauge a person's intent based on what they say because…

I never said ANYTHING about ANYTHING making someone a bad person. I said it makes them creepy. To me, a "creepy" person could simply be odd or suspicious, not necessarily bad. And it's not the potential sex aspect that does it. If you want it broken down Barney-style, fine: "I love(?) you, you love(?) me, but if all you…

I'm not entirely sure about that last part. When we're talking about the community part, where we've got friends lists, messages, and discussion boards, MFP is basically the same as any other common interest site, which, for years, people have occasionally used to see if real-world friendships, and even dating…

My doctors try to reassure me that they automatically subtract weight for things like clothes and shoes. But, while the additional weight in my clothing may be negligibly more, my shoes are men's size 15s they probably add notably more weight than the US mens' average size of 10.5.

That's why what I do is take a detour back home right after the doctor's visit (no eating, no drinking, not even stopping to use the restroom if I can avoid it), and I weigh myself as they weighed me in the doctor's office. That way, I can check how accurate my home scale is. In my experience, my home scale has been…

A challenge with that is that it's still contingent on updating your weight as you go along. While this helps maintaining a uniformly sized deficit for the whole time, and a steadier rate of loss, you've got to be consistent in measuring and inputting your weight. That then breaches questions of how often should one weigh…

IIRC, it's one of the usual dietary components of the "Body Recomposition" approach. And the logic holds up. You eat at maintenance for your goal weight and activity level. If your goal weight is less than your current weight, then you're going to be eating at a deficit until you get down there. And if your goal is higher,…

For me, one of the first elements is that the act in question is done knowingly and willingly. That automatically covers pretty much all forms of sexual cheating while also providing protection to victims of sexual assault. You don't accidentally have an affair. And that also factors in if people want to talk about things…

It can surprise people to experience how challenging walking, especially when done specifically as a form of exercise and not simply a means of strolling from A to B, can be. As part of our physical fitness test, some people are allowed to substitute the 1.5 mile run with a 2 km (used to be 1 mile) timed walk. A LOT of…

I'd say it can depend on the situation. If they're buying or you're at their house and they're offering food, it fits in the "they're trying to be generous / hospitable" realm. That's where I'd be more likely to accept and figure out a way to fit it into my daily calories *or* I'd thank them, but let them know I've already…

I remember back when I was going through chemo and my appetite was all sorts of screwed up, the doctors had no issue with jellybeans being a notable (but far from solitary or dominating) part of my diet. Sometimes, when there's a medical issue, the priority is simply getting down whatever calories you can. As long as a…

Being closer to your goal could well be part of it. I don't have a goal weight, so I can't say with 100% certainty, but the system might be designed to slowly bring you up towards what it computes will be your calorie requirements for maintenance.

It doesn't help for reading (which you can't really do unless you're willing to pause or learn how to row one-handed so you can turn the pages), but for TV / Movies, I just use a regular iPad stand and set it on the floor to one side. Sure, it might not be as convenient as having the TV right in front of me, but it's a…

I tend to favor the rowing machine. Like the above link discusses, it uses more of your body. I don't know what your experience has been, but there have been times when, while using an elliptical, my hands were really just along for the ride while my lower body did the work. On a rowing machine, the upper / mid / lower…

I'm a fan of the FitBit One. As often as I take my regular watch off (and sometimes forget to put it back on), I'm sure I'd do the same with the wrist-mounted FitBits and end up missing a lot of steps. But the One is nice because you can either clip it to your belt / clothing or you can just dump it in your pocket. That…

My old Lite-Brite would probably send the safety monitors into panic attacks (choking hazard AND a light bulb?!? Run away!!!).

Can't really think of a picture to represent it: But being in 6th grade when they introduced us to this "instant communication" method called "e-mail". The technology, itself, wasn't terribly new, but the experience does date me as someone who didn't grow up with e-mail or even the internet, which my family didn't connect…

Like BigmanTG said, the issue is that it's hard for the system to quantify what YOU do for strength training in terms of calories. What has generally worked for me is to: 1) Tell MFP I don't work out, so my daily calorie goal starts out at my "Sedentary" BMR. 2) Using the Mifflin-St. Jeor equation and an activity…

As long as the calorie balance is correct and you're burning more than you consume, you will still lose. And when it comes to the aspect of "I work out only so I can eat more", that's also perfectly fine. You have recognized that you want to eat more, and you have recognized that you need to work out to compensate for that.

Same here. I totally get how tempting it can be to smell others' food. Just yesterday, someone had something with a garlic-butter sauce that had me drooling and considering a trip to the nearby convenience store, but I've got to make sure my waist is as small as it can be for my fitness test, so I just had to endure. But…