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Sounds like a great time! I definitely have fond memories of my first few backpacking experiences from childhood. Some of my stand-bys: I love beef jerky for a snack and as part of lunch. It's very energy dense. And of course Trail Mix. I used to make my own, but tend to just buy from Costco when I'm home in the summer.…

Originally from Seattle, Washington, USA, now living in Bucharest, Romania.

Welcome to MFP. I've certainly benefited from the connections I've made here. (And I'm originally from Seattle, although I don't live there now.) As for your questions, I use MFP on my Android phone. As long as I have a network connection, it works great. You just need to search for your food. So you like grapefruit.…

Did you change the user settings to match your age, gender and body weight? I don't know exactly how accurate they are, but two things I consider. It counts 'all' Calories, not just extra Calories from exercise. So you could wear it all day and it'd show over 1000 (or in a large male's case, 2500-3000) Calories burned in a…

I'd consider getting a regular bike with a trainer so you can use it indoors in the winter. It's obviously a bit more expensive than the bike alone, but it might be worth considering. Maybe you could buy the bike used from craigslist or the classifieds, or PlayItAgain Sports, and use the saved money to get a trainer. Good…

Cool thread! 177.3 + 9 = 186.8

Awesome! I love the feeling of accomplishing something like that. Keep it going!

Funny you should say this, because in some ways getting the Kinect at our house really spurred me to get my butt moving also. And I absolutely love it. I play the sports and adventure games with my son. I've used my HRM for things like 'Reflex Ridge' and had an amazing workout. Then we got Your Shape: Fitness Evolved like…

My understanding is they are intended more for cardio where your heart rate will be fairly constant and in the 'zone' above 60% or so. That said, I still use mine for strength training because I often do my strength workouts as a circuit with little rest between sets. For example, I do a leg set, then an arms set, then a…

I wear a HRM when I play Kinect games, and it can be quite high depending on how long I play and what games I play. Reflex Ridge on Kinect Adventures has proven the most intense of the 'regular' games. I recently purchased My Shape: Fitness Evolved and absolutely love the Cardio Boxing workout. Using my HRM and the Calorie…

My Saturday involves a bunch of work, but I just finished a ride on my stationary bike. That makes 22 workouts in the 22 days of 2011. Good thread!

Two or three stalks of celery with a tablespoon or two of cream cheese. Under 100 Calories, and definitely filling.

It's 14410 feet, and one of the more challenging mountains in the lower 48, due to the elevation that must be climbed over the two days. (Almost 9000 feet gained from the start to the summit.) Thanks for the encouragement. I know that I won't make it at my current weight, so I've got a lot of work to do to get there. But…

Thanks for the challenge and inspiration. I'm training to climb Mt. Rainier during summer, 2012.

I find my HRM works better if I put a little bit of water underneath it. So when I put it on, I get my fingers a little wet and rub the water on my skin beneath the HRM. This almost always eliminates the problem for me.

Good luck! I'll second a few things already said: Log EVERYTHING you eat. As you realize what is really high in Calories, you end up making changes in your diet almost without even thinking about it, just to achieve better results. I have found the log to be REALLY helpful. And my other piece of advice, which I give to…

Well, from the responses, I hope you can tell that you inspired many more than just one. Thanks for posting! I've only been on MFP for about two weeks, but I can already see changes. Your post inspires me to keep going so the changes can be lifelong, and even greater than what I've experienced so far. Keep going for those…

+1 on the scale. I love being able to weigh my food so I can be more accurate with my Calorie counts. A water cooler that dispenses cold drinking water is a plus for me too. (But I live in an area where the tap water is not drinkable, so this may not be as important in all locations.)

Great post. I appreciate that you took the research article and distilled it for us. I also appreciate that you cited your source. Thanks.

Good read, and definitely gets my brain turning. I'd love to see some documentation of some of what you say. As a science teacher, I always ask my students to cite their sources. So it'd be cool to see some of your sources, especially if they were peer-reviewed research articles. That's one part of my 'healthy-lifestyle'…

Great story and thanks for sharing. I cheated last night, too. But in my case, it was a planned cheat. I live in Romania and really miss all of the comfort food of home. (You know, like cheeseburgers, for example.) So a group of us went to the Hard Rock Cafe last night. This is a place I wouldn't normally go when I'm home…

The best suggestion I can give you is to simply walk. Depending on the neighborhood where you live, start simple by walking around the block two or three times. Keep that up everyday, adding some time and trying to walk just a bit faster. It's an easy way to get some exercise in to get started. Then you can work on more…

Well, no Walmarts here in Bucharest. But after 30 minutes of walking down a street downtown suggested by a friend, using the camera phone with a picture of what I wanted and Google translate to help with the language, I found the piece I needed to fix my scale. Woohoo! My initial estimation was pretty close. I now weight…

Once per week, every Saturday morning, wearing the same clothes, but without shoes.

Alright, this may not answer your question directly, but here's something that has worked for me. I KNOW I feel better after I exercise more often. So when I'm not doing it very well, I convince myself to workout for two weeks (four-five times per week, at least 30 minutes each time) before I can "slack off" again. By the…