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I've seen calorie counts for showering, doing your hair, driving, and even sitting. Doesn't mean it's logical or relevant to log.

You're probably one of the people who can get away with eating at 100 calories over BMR then and does your husband have an unmarried brother hanging around?

The basics of a sedentary setting: Sleeping - 8 hours Personal care (dressing, showering) - 1 hour Eating - 1 hour Cooking - 1 hour Sitting (office work, selling produce, tending shop) - 8 hours Driving car to/from work - 1 hour General household work - 1 hour Light leisure activities (watching TV, chatting) - 3 hours

What would the purpose of logging it be? If it's to gain more to eat then no. If it's to impress your friends list, they probably don't care.

I don't get the mentality that every time you move it needs to be rewarded with extra calories so you can eat more. My thinking is that's the fast road to failure. Food is for sustenance and energy, it isn't a reward for going to the grocery store. I realize food is delicious and it's great to eat things you really like…

Most people here will nod or wave if I'm walking or running (when I'm running it's usually a nod or a wheezed Hi) but when I first started cycling I found that the "real" cyclists wouldn't even acknowledge my existence on my granny bike. As I got better, got the "right" clothes, a new road bike and such, they now give me…

I think I'd find it kind of creepy to have some guy come up to me at the gym.

That's totally inaccurate. The algorithms for a HRM are set for steady state cardio. They give grossly exaggerated numbers if you use them otherwise as you can see from your shopping trip. Unless you're maintaining a HR over approximately 120 for an extended period of time you aren't getting a correct reading. Wearing it…

Just curious how an allergist came up with this determination. An allergist tests for allergies which are much different from an intolerance.

Way to totally hijack the OP's thread while offering her no useful advice at all! :drinker:

Holding the bars significantly lowers your calorie burn so don't do that. Try setting the incline to .5 or 1 and see if that helps.

I think you need to make better choices on what you pick out for your entries. The cake definitely has carbs, the green beans have carbs. You can't believe most of the things in the database if you want to track macros because they're user entered and if the person entering them messes up or isn't tracking macros it often…

Eat more to lose more is a statement that's been taken out of context. If you're drastically undereating then yes, eating more can help you remain healthy and shed pounds because your body gets what it needs to feel safe in letting some fat go. If you're already eating a reasonable diet (over 1200 calories) then eating…

^^^This plus it depends where you live in Canada. I'm near the American border in a highly populated area and other than dairy products I don't see a lot of difference between Canadian and American food prices. My daughter lives 5 hours north of me and the food prices there are crazy because everything is trucked in from a…

You guys realize this is an old thread resurrected for no good reason from last spring?

If you want help with your food intake you'd have to actually log it to start with because you either don't eat for days on end or you aren't entering it. There really isn't anything to comment on and since you've set a budget of 1200 calories it really doesn't take any effort at all to hit that.

That's exactly what I would say. Lots of recovering alcoholics go to bars and party's to be with their friends without drinking alcohol. They don't hide away at home drinking warm milk because the rest of the world didn't stop to revolve around them.

I'm 5'2" and 115 lbs most of the time. I got to 125 and thought I'd done really well so I stayed there for awhile. I still had a bit of belly and some jiggle in my thighs so I took up running. It really helped lean me out and get my BF% down. Once I got to 115 it wasn't that hard to maintain. I've given up the illusion of…

A tip I've learned is not to assume that what is on a menu is what you have to have. My husband is allergic to wheat, I have a gluten and lactose intolerance and my granddaughter is celiac. We're a real treat to go out with but I tell our server up front what I want. There are very few restaurants that don't have a plain…

You don't have to plan ahead, you don't have to hide at home, you don't have to make this miserable for yourself and everyone else. Thanksgiving resulted in a 2 lb gain because you ate too much. That was your issue, not the holiday, not the people you were with or the food that was there. This isn't a time where you hide…

Kind of hard to go wrong when you're living off Jenny Craig fake food in a box.

It's one meal with your dad. Just make a reasonable choice and don't worry about it. If I could have one more meal with my dad I'd blow a whole years budget to do it. Life isn't all about counting calories.

A large portion of it is genetics and body type. I have skinny legs. I've always had skinny legs. I have the thigh gap the teens are dreaming of. I don't do anything to have that, it's just there, always has been, my family says I have chicken legs. My daughter is 6' but she has large hips and thighs. Always has had. She's…

Any liquid "counts" as water. Tea, coffee, soda, juice, milk, soup, etc. Most food you eat contains water as well. An apple is 85% water. Tracking fluid intake is really pointless. If your urine is pale yellow then you're hydrated. It's that simple.

If it's someone's home then eat small portions. If they question you there is the choice of explaining it all, saying you aren't hungry you had a large lunch, or just accepting some people are rude and brush off the comment. If it's a restaurant then make the best choice you can from the menu. Eat slowly, drink water and…

Type that into the Search function above and you'll have a whole days reading.

You'll lose quickly in the beginning and a lot of it is just water weight. The more you have to lose the more you will lose in the first couple of weeks. When you are closer to your goal weight it gets much harder.

If you have 70 lbs to lose you didn't get there eating 1500 calories a day. There are no demon foods to be avoided. What did you eat before? Losing weight isn't about starving yourself on little bits of fish and veggies. Eat the things you like within your budget. I have yet to figure out why that is so hard to understand.

^^^ This.

Your assessment of how it all works is correct. Be wary though of eating all exercise calories back unless you are really sure you burned that. Most calculators including MFP estimate on the high side and also make sure what you call exercise is exercise. Going for a run, brisk walk, workout DVD, all exercise. Cleaning…