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Keymaster - thank you so much. A few questions My understanding of the reason that whole grains are good for us is to slow the process of conversion to glucose and thus avoid the spikes. Do I have that right? And, the idea behind more, smaller meals is the same thing - spread out the process to avoid spikes. Because the…

Thank you - are sucrose, glucose, and fructose processed by our bodies in the same ways? I still eat fruit mysefl - just working to understand accurately the whole sugar thing.

Take a look at my charts here - I made several changes that had a dramatic affect on my weight loss progress. One of them was reducing my sugar intake to within the suggested limits, which I believed has helped me control my hunger. I heave learned a ton on here - now I know that sugar from fruit affects the body the same…

I'm not diebetic or doing weight watchers. I just been adjusting my diet to consume an appropriate amount of all nutrients. When I learned that some don't count sugar from fruits I thought maybe there was something I didn't understand about sugar in fruits. If I ignore sugar because it is from fuit, can I ignore the…

That is what I would have thought - so why do some not count it?

I'm sure that would blow some other nutrient :)

But ya know - how much better is this - somethinig focused on fitness and health.

Hey, I did that!!

Ummm welllll Pia certainly has fantastic vocals, but her stage presence SUCKED. Especially when compared with the others.

Thanks everyone. Someone had suggested keeping the old belt and punching new holes - I'm gonna do that.

For me, the chart is plotting 7 day moving averages of three items: Planned daily deficit (1000 per day) Expected daily deficit based on the MFP diary Actual daily deficit based on weight difference multiplied by 3500 Lots of imperfection in the actual buy I believe must be useful per previous discussions. What I hope to…

BMR accuracy is one variable I have thought of also. Last night I started to play with the data a little to see what I would have to change to make the recorded (I like your term of predicted better) and actual to match more closely. That led me to wonder what are all the possible reasons for the deviations. Here are some…

Thanks - yeah I know I'm a nerd :) It is actually not a burden at all - all I have to do is add the additional row to the spreadsheet each day. The seven day moving average idea did wonders for smoothing out the data (take a look at the graph at the end of the first page of this topic). And, it enabled me to see really…

HRM definitiely - and agree with food scale also. And a good pair of shoes for working out. For strength training - $25 or so will buy resistance tubes and give you everything you need.

Thanks - actually I take Caltrate which is a Calcium & Vitamin D combination (recommended by my Dr.) But I didn't know it was to improve the absorption. Great to know!

So I changed the chart to use a seven day moving average as was suggested by PoleBoy. This shows that my results are MUCH closer than I thought AND the period of greatest deviation can be explained - it is when I was on vacation! I didn't eat that badly, but my exercise level was way down. This is exacly what I wanted to…

Hey, that works for me :smile: I wil check out the web site - thanks. It looks very interesting!

Hemlock, I'm sorry but I don't see a message from you. I will try sending you my email address.

I will be happy to share the spreadsheet if you can send me your email address.

Excellent point about the weight of muscle. I have a new scale on the way that will yell water and muscle. Thanks for the tip on the moving average - curious as to why you picked 7 days?

I'm sorry - I get into an analytical mode and forget to watch the edges in what I type :). I didn't take anything you said as being negative in any way and I didnt mean to be negative. I appreciate and enjoy the discussion. I can send you my spreadsheet this evening if you want to send me your email address. I don't think…

Yes that is the math I used to get the actual calories burned. I agree that there are many factors that make it less than perfect (and I have learned from reading posts that women have more variability with TOM - see I even learned the acronym). But the main point is that we are planning and recording based on the belief…

Thanks - I can send you my spreadsheet if you want - just send me your email address.

Oh no I took it all as flattering and helpful! This all does boil down to some very inexact science. All of this is an effort to control a very complex system which is metabolism. By tracking planned (I want to lose 2 pounds per week which is 1000 calories per day) against what I record in MFP, and my actual weight loss I…

Thanks - the data is just based on what I entered in MFP.

Yummmm that sounds great! Showing to my wife now :smile:

Toss some chicken and veggies in a foil wrap, add a couple of ice cubes (causes steam) and put em over the flames - YUMMM.

Well - yeah I do a lot of project planning :smile: Didn't realize it would show through in this LOL Recorded is based on the data recorded in MFP - calories consumed, exercise, and recorded weight. Actual is based on taking my weight recorded and multiplying by 3500 to get back to calories. I do see the problem in this…

Yes, that is what I think too. Thank you so much!

Saying this all a little differently - I think it's a little different when you start at 190 trying to get to 145 and 160 to 125 than when you start at 315 trying to get to 180. Now, the range is so large that I think exercise calories just don't matter tha much. As I decrease my stores is when I think it matters.