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You could always manually adjust your calorie settings FYI. We aren't stuck with what MFP tells us to do. I recommend you go play with the settings, it is quite customizable. Even if you don't change anything it is nice to know the functionality of the tool. One can alway use BMR+specific cals burned throughout the day and…

This. Water retention is very common when people start weight training. I imagine if you weren't doing HIIT and weight training prior to this, it is a lot of shock to drop on your body all at once. You will retain water, it is a mechanism to accelerate healing. Pretty much your body saying WTFmate?! If you are weight…

Well it should give you a more accurate TDEE. I guess I don't see the value in this because as an active 200lb+ guy the deviation from my estimated TDEE to actual TDEE is a small percentage of my daily intake. Some days I'm nearly at 3500 calories, a 100 calories is nothing to pay attention to. However, for smaller people…

Curious... Those of you tracking all your calories all day long with fitbit and a HRM, seeing as these devices all have about a 70-80% margin of error, doesn't this just set you up for eating too many back? If you're only going to eat some of them back, like we do with just a HRM, whats the point of being so specific?

Looks like someone needs a new set of plates soon.

I've always wanted to try those five finger shoes, but I have very high arches like to the point it was of concern to my doctor as a child. Even just an unsupportive shoe will absolutely kill my feet/shins. All the ones I've seen have jack squat for arch support, then again I haven't looked in a long time. Has this changed?

Stretching while you have them is not advised. You'll be yanking on an already tightened area, this will further aggravate it. The pain is caused by your connective tissues being pulled away. Best thing to do is to lay off whatever directly causes you to feel more pain. Rolling your shins out, or kneading your shin like…

1. Sounds like you either aren't eating, or you aren't eating enough. If you are busting your *kitten* in the morning a yogurt or a protein shake isn't going to cut it. You need carbs and protein after an intense workout. Also, if I work out fasted I'm ruined for the day. In the very least I have my 300 cal protein shake…

My fitness is being held back by my weight. I have better cardiovascular health and endurance than anything. Carrying an extra 50lbs is hard on my knees and shins when I'm hiking, running, jogging 30+ miles a week. So yes, weightloss is a primary goal even though I'm still out there kickin my *kitten* errrrryday!

Just keep with the program until you stall out a couple times and can't break the plateau, then switch to the next phase. Don't worry about 1RM yet. Taking a week off in pursuit of this will just likely stall you out. Not too mention, always trying for that 1RM can lead to injury. Leave it to the guys who can't keep their…

16 divided by body weight = percentage. Just like body weight x body fat % = pounds of fat on body.

Keep doing lots of cardio if you want to build up your cardiovascular endurance further. If this is to lose weight get your diet in order. You can do cardio til you puke, but if your diet sucks you'll gain weight. More cardio doesn't mean more weight loss with a proper diet. Just means you need to eat more. If you are…

Max safe is considered to be 2lbs a week. This is kind of hard to maintain consistent. That would be 32lbs. I have no idea what your weight is, but just take 32 and divide it by that number. Your diet will have to be on lock down to achieve these numbers. You will need to constantly tailor it so you don't stall out.

Strength training and cardio achieve two different goals. Strength training increases your strength and muscle endurance. Cardio increases your cardiovascular health and endurance. You will burn calories doing both, but they are not the same. That said, if this is about you losing weight and you preferring weight training…

This. Also, how have your macros looked? A lot of people are still dieting *kitten* backwards and think dietary fat = body fat. You need fat in your diet, it is essential to good health. The reason I bring this up is because when people practice a very low fat diet they start having hormonal issues. Men can even have their…

Make sure you just aren't just dead lifting. While they are an excellent compound lift, there are muscles that get worked out much more than others. You can create an imbalance in your legs if dead lifts are your only lift. Your hamstrings will be way stronger than your quads. In the very least squat to keep your quads up…

Everyone nailed it. Do the essential compound lifts from a starting strength program. Personally I don't think isolations should really be incorporated until you are strong enough to do them with some decent weight. Isolations with a 5-10lb dumbbell isn't really going to be too beneficial. A real split routine with a lot…

Also very curious to see what Samsung and Apple have coming. Please share any details. With Apple are you talking about the iwatch that is rumored? More curious about Samsung though, I'm a PC guy and have s3 phone. Then again Samsung isn't my favorite company right now. My stupid phone is supposed to have bluetooth 4.0,…

Matters what I'm doing. I use the gym equipment rating if I'm on the elliptical. It has more points of reference and knows the effort I am exerting. I use my HRM with Icardio, When I'm indoors and stationary it has no idea what distance or speed I am traveling, I'd like to think in these conditions it is handicapped. As…

Yup, some people just have thick legs. Mine have always been thicker, even when I was 150lbs at 5' 11". I blame the Scottish in me. Be glad you have strong legs. My first time ever squatting when I was 15 as a freshman I was able to put up 340. Strong thicker legs are not a bad thing. Some people would kill for them.

15min of slow walking will still leave you in the sedentary category and be in your TDEE. Even if you work a desk job you at least do that much going to the bathroom, walking from the car to the office, cruising around your home. 15mins walking is also such a small amount. Don't log it, It will make things simple. Start…

The walking you do regularly is calculated into your TDEE when you choose your activity level. TDEE = Total Daily Energy Expenditure BMR = Basal Metabolic Rate Your TDEE is your BMR + the additional calories you burn from regular activity. So unless it is something you don't commonly do and you list yourself as sedentary,…

Well if you are only eating 1200 cal on days with 40-60 minutes of kick boxing you are eating too few calories. At 254lbs this is a huge deficit. As others have said it is considered the safe max to lose 2lbs a week, I also like to note that if you are decently fit already this is probably too much. What is your TDEE? This…

Agree aerobic - high impact. However, it is honestly a crap shoot until you get that HRM. Depending on your fitness level I could see the calories burned varying between 200-1000. With a lot of the routines you basically do the exercise until you can't. Someone going the full duration at a high intensity will burn a ton…

An extreme example for sure, but you asked for it. http://youtu.be/-d0MNi0Zehk Your imagination is the limit with bodyweight stuff. Definitely not as common as weight training, but you can become strong as hell with body weight type movements. It's all about using momentum, time under load, and high volume workouts.

Have a smart phone with bluetooth? ie semi recent Iphone or android device? Get a polar. Make sure the model is compatible with your phone. Sync it up with your phone using one of the app partners that MFP supports. These apps track your distance by gps, route, elevation ascent, average calories burned, and pace. It keeps…

Quoted this because I agree with everything he said. The cardio you are doing 2x daily doesn't sound too intensive, so I wouldn't worry about over training. Which would be the case if you were out busting your *kitten* twice daily, but walking is fine. Get your diet in check and set to a weekly deficit. MFP will allow you…

Are you tracking your calories in your diet? Are you tracking your calories burned from exercise? Are you eating enough? If you already eat very little ~1200cal daily then start burning 5-600 cal a day you are eating too little. Your body can eventually hit a starvation mode to protect itself. Your weight loss will be…

I'm afraid something as general as yard work really has no simple answer to how many calories you burn. There is absolutely no way to set a standard for this. One person doing yard work could mean just riding a mower, while another is out pulling weeds the size of a small bush by hand. There is zero consistency is anything…

Guess I'll join the fun. This has been since Aug 12 and is all hiking/jogging/sprinting the hill I live on. I didn't record any elliptical stuff.