mattvandyk Member

I have 3 little children. They do not run and after about 3/4ths of a mile they are out of earshot. /motivation

I watch the weekly average. My target is 1660/day, and probably once or twice a month, I have a day where I'm in the 5000 range. In those weeks, I generally "make up for it" more or less, but end up slightly over the target for the week on a per-day average basis (when you consume 3 days worth of calories in a single day,…

Query why I paid for an Elite subscription at this point. What is the advantage now?

I love this so, so much. Post of the week. Nicely done.

I work ~60-70 hours/week at a desk in a notoriously high-stress profession. Put on a little over 40 pounds over the last decade or so. I can totally relate to the "I'm just too exhausted to do anything about it" mindset. This is your brain lying to you. Don't listen to it. It takes a moderate amount if effort to track…

True. Took us well over a year to finally get into Alinea (they open the book 2 months in advance and I swear it's full in 20 minutes). Had an account at Next since they opened and STILL haven't gotten tickets. That's all part of the fun, though!

That's a little bit of an overstatement...there are well over 10 in Chicago alone, but the point is well-taken.

We do this ^. We eat out somewhere particularly nice (often Michelin-rated or starred) a couple times a month. Avoiding carbs, creams, sauces, etc. defeats the purpose. You're not going there to sample their lo-cal offerings; you're going there to have the best of what a great restaurant has to offer. So, goes my thinking…

Have to have it with you. The H7 itself doesn't actually store/collect anything; it just monitors and sends it to the PolarBeat (or RunKeeper, or some others) app which stores/collects/analyzes it. If you don't want to have your iPhone on you, the only other alternative I can think of is to set it down somewhere near your…

Polar H7 works fine.

Watch these: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pODcT55_7zA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJQvW7JVqYY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSw-w3LtLUo Look at your existing shoes to see where the wear marks are (if you're a sever over- or under-pronator, it'll be immediately obvious on a pair of shoes you've had for a while). Once…

I have Asics Nimbus 14, but I underpronate, so that's the right shoe for me. My wife overpronates and would be miserable in them (she uses Asics GT-3000, BTW). In other words, it's a very person-specific issue. Lots of shoes out there for a reason! Good luck!! --Matt

I don't think so. A "bad batch" of bacon is a logical impossibility. It's science.

Thanks! MFP is telling me to do 1890 which is somewhere between the ~2000 number and the 1759 number, so I'll call it good. Thanks again to all for the input. It's much appreciated!!

Re BMR, I don't know. Just seemed high. When you factor in the absurd calorie burn in my workouts (assuming my HRM is calculating it correctly), I'm not eating a ton less than I used to be (although the quality of what I'm eating is mildly improved). If that seems reasonable, I won't question it. I don't really have any…