dengarrett

Please take a look at this post below - I am concerned given the data shown that I am losing way too agressively. So I googled for "how do I tell if I am burning muscle instead of fat" and saw tons of hits about using the strips. $12 was a small price for a little piece of mind.…

But the carrot is bogus :smile:

Ok - I found this on Wikipedia: Because soluble fiber is changed during fermentation, it could provide energy (Calories/kilojoules) to the body. As of 2009 nutritionists have not reached a consensus on how much energy is actually absorbed, but some approximate around 2 Calories (8.5 kilojoules) per gram of soluble fiber.…

Well, a hundred calories is a very large amount of wiggle room! I'm still researcing - seems there are other products that have this sort of issue too. There must be some loop hole that lets companies count differently yet stay within regulated amounts.

The numbers on Fiber One add up the same as Fiber Now. Ok - so what gives? Why do the numbers not add up on these products??

Here is what I found. The counts for the cereal and the carrot are the biggest culprits. The thing about the cereal is that the MFP database matches the box! This is Millville Fiber Now cereal from Aldi. Gonna search the web on that one. The carrot - that entry in the MFP database is just wrong. What I really ate was…

Well, subtracting out carbs from fiber, and carbs from vitamins gets me to 1126, which is still 84 calories off. Thanks mjtwomail - let me go compare labels...

When I subtract out the fiber, the totals came to 1166. Let me look at the sweeteners and vitamins...

For fat - here are some suggestsions - If you eat a lot of red meat - switch to chicken or pork. Watch out for butter, oil and such. For sugar - if you drink soda - cut down or switch to diet. Sugary foods such as breakfast ceraal, coffee creamers. Some surprises are fruits as well - bananans have a lot of sugar counted on…

I mistyped above - carbs are 147, not 47. I'm not sure about Mlodac's question either, but think I will take my issue to a new topic.

Ok, now this has me way curious. There are 4 calories per gram of protien and carb, and 9 per gram of fat. Based on what is currently in my MFP nutrition right now, here are the counts and expected calories Fat 66g 594 Carbs 47g 588 Protien 41g 164 That adds up to 1346 calories. But my MFP diary says my current calorie…

You have me curious - can you make your diary public?

That is WAY awesome!!!!

George Michael is gay? Shows you how much I (don't) pay attention to such things. But I do know who he is. :smile:

Thanks for the post - we got our bikes out of the attic today and discussed that we are getting helmets. Probably pads too.

And whether or not BMR is accurate. The scale measures weight, fat pct, water pct, muscle pct, and bone density. It's nothing super special - I found it on Amazon.com at marked down 50%…

Thanks - I think for now I am going to continue as I have been and continue to make adjustments to see if the trends hold up. If I have to continue to make those kinds of adjustments to the data then I have something to worrry about. But I would rather not risk altering my course until I know for sure. I'm too happy with…

I have seen a couple of posts on here about people being "afraid". I never understood it until I saw someone say that sometimes they look in the mirror and ask themselves "how long do you think you can keep this up". Then, I understood, because in my own way I have felt the same way at times. I think to myself - do I see…

I use a Polar FT7 - works great fo rme.

I take Centrum Complete Ultran Men's Health and Caltrate Calcium & Vitamin D

I can tell you that my Dr. recommended using a recumbent bike for exercises due to a bad knee and it worked wonders.

Thank you - knowing the ratio of muscle loss to calorie deficie will help me a lot in my tracking. I have been concentrating on staying aerobic. According to my bike, I am doing about 20 miles in 60 minutes at an average heart rate of about 115 with very even breathing through my nose only and am able to carry on a…

I own a LifeFitness recumbent bike (I was 320 lbs). My Dr. recommended it becasue I have a bad knee. I love it! Would probably be good for your back too, because it has a seat with a back to it.

Thank you for your input on this. I guess I am inclined to disgregard the beginning of the graph just because I made so many changes at the point of 3/24. I think you have to be right that the differences have to be due to something other than the calories burned being off. For example, based on what I had written, if I…

Woah! Wait a minute. Based on these assumptions, On days that I have worked out on the bike, I have burned twice the number of calories than I have eaten. Hard to imagine that is true, but the data is there. I lost about 8 pounds between 3/24 and now. That averages out to about 1800 calories per day burned. And if I look…

Ok, this is cool. Based on changes I know I made, I applied a few adjustments to the data at the point in time that I know I made them. For example, around the time of 3/24 I made two significant changes - 1) I began paying much closer attention to my nutrient targets by taking a vitamin supplement and lowering my sugar…

Anyone? Anyone? Anyone? (think Ferris Beuler)

Mine is public. Welcome any comments or suggestions.

Yep - I started working on that today also - GMTA :smile: I want to do it because I back out my BMR calories during my period of exercise which is something I want to tweak. But... I gotta stop playing for now and get my car in for an oil change, get my hair cut, etc......

Ok, this is good information for me. So does sugar have the same effect on my body as it does on those that have diabetes? I’m thinking it does, but I do not suffer the effects because I don’t have diabetes. In other words, I am able to eat "less healthy" than those that are diabetic. For me, it means I have a choice.…