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Hi jfus14! Nice to hear from someone who had a similar eating experience on WW. I never hit a plateau (this time), but I looked at my low intake numbers and I just knew it couldn't be right. I knew that while it was possible I could live that way, I didn't want to live that way. I am impressed that you didn't run away…
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I really really hate puking, so I think I will hold off the HRmax test. : ) Seems like it would be really useful when progress stops, or when looking for small refinements in fitness, but I don't think I am there yet. I will dial back the tension on recovery days. After just one day of doing that, I saw a big difference in…
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Heybales - thank you again! 1. If I am reading the log correctly, it is giving me 4.1 for 5 minutes during the time I am sleeping. 4.1/5 x 1440 = 1180. My Katch BMR is 1229. Seems close enough to at least start out trusting the fitbit numbers. When I work up to eating at TDEE and then 250 above, I will experiment every two…
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Thank you, Jbharwood! Love your profile pic!
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Heybales -- Thank you so much!! Very eye opening. I have been reluctant to trust my fitbit for calorie burns, but I really am in a good position to do so because what is the worst that can happen. I also feel really stupid for spending so much time with different calculators when I have more personal information literally…
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Thanks! Very reassuring. I weigh everything and I was really more concerned about non-packaged items that I use for cooking. One of the reasons I like this group is that things are so much less extreme and more reassuring - things on the general board can be alarming. I can usually weed through it, but this one got to me.…
