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Here's a good article about the fat burning zone myth: http://www.builtlean.com/2013/04/01/fat-burning-zone-myth/

And don't be discouraged for not being in the "fat burn" zone. A lot of people will tell you that it's a myth anyway. Even if it isn't, why be discouraged about working harder? Just keep at it and the results will come.

Try taking your heart beat manually while wearing the monitor and compare the results for accuracy.

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Anymore thoughts?

I should've mentioned that my body fat was going down gradually. I didn't drop 11.7% from one measurement to the next. I was losing about 0.8%/week. If my scale was off, it was at least consistently off.

Thanks everyone for the kind words, it's a lot of hard work!

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I ran into this issue after eating from an Indian restaurant. I just did some Googling and came across this that might help a bit: http://www.nutracheck.co.uk/calories/calories_in_takeaways/calories_in_indian_takeaway.html

You sound a lot like me, even your stats are similar to me (6'2.5, 28 years old, lost 61lbs exactly in my first 12 weeks, goal weight of 230lbs). I don't really have any advice for you but can tell you some of what has worked for me. For one, eating less hasn't equated to losing more for me. One week I aimed to increase my…

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I've really bad knees so I took up swimming about six weeks ago. I go about 4x/week for 40-60 minutes each time. I wear my HRM every time and usually burn about 10 calories/minute. I'm loving it so far.

Nice work

I bought a Polar FT7 recently and am liking it so far. I don't have anything to compare it to though.

Congrats!

Congrats! I especially like to hear that you did it in 45 weeks. Given that I have a similar amount to lose, it gives me a better idea of timing

I just hit 41lbs this past Tuesday after six weeks on MFP.

I know that boxingfitnessfactory.com has what you're describing. He has a YouTube video describing the product but I didn't see any actual product samples, which would be nice.

My diary isn't open but I can tell you that the foods I eat don't vary much from one week to the next.

Last week I ate a net average of 1552 calories/day and lost 4.25lbs (with three 30-minute walks). This week I ate a net average of 1828 calories/day and lost 7.25lbs (with no exercise at all).