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Advise I got from a friend who is 100+ miles a week. You may need to also look at: 1. the seat height 2. how level to the ground is the seat 3. and if it is adjusted too far forward or too far back If the seat is too low it might be causing you to rock on your seat. If the seat is tilted one way or another it might be…

I'm glad we agree for the most part.

OP, You have to test out what works for you in the long term. If a can of soda a day fits into your calorie allowance and you can stick with 1 can, then no need to change. If diet soda works for you, then okay. If you cannot control your soda intake and it sends you over your calorie allowance, then maybe you need to…

Oh, oh. Another one! BMI needs to stop being used to measure an individual's health status! That's not how it is meant to be used. It's for use in population studies.

OP, Instead of a colon cleanse, have you tried accurately tracking your fiber intake? Speaking from experience, tracking and upping my fiber intake to between 38 and 45 grams a day with a lot of water got everything moving really well. I didn't take a big fiber supplement either. Adding more vegetables, fruit, legumes, and…

That review will live forever in awesomeness!

Yup I log it. If the company has a posted calorie guide, I used it. Off they don't, I make an educated guess by using something similar from a published calorie guide from a different restaurant.

According to many it's relative. :laugh:

Why are you forcing yourself to eat one food that you really don't like? What about eating some other dark green leafy veggies instead?

But even relativity is based on a constant. :D

Great. We agree: "That said, you can still enjoy both in proper moderation..."

I can also agree with this to a point. It's going to catch up with most people down the road, one way or another. For me personally, knee pain/arthritis resulting from a MVA 17 years ago is worse in my forties if I eat like garbage for a week or more at a time.

Ah, but you're looking at the destination, instead of looking at the quality of the journey. :-)

My unpopular opinions on health and fitness are: I think there is a quality of addictiveness to sugar/sweetners. Food manufacturers know this, else they wouldn't add so much to processed foods to increase consumption and sales. It's not like heroine addiction, but it is there in our brain chemistry. There is healthy food…

This little image is such a great reference tool for when the going gets tough, or confusing, or frustrating, or flabbergastingly-annoyingly-tearing-hair-out angering.

As others have said above, there are a lot of different calculations methods out there. I like Scooby's Workshop for the explanations they have added to their calculator and the options available. http://scoobysworkshop.com/accurate-calorie-calculator/

Diary set to be public. No need to add. Take a look anytime.

Thanks for the recommendation. I will note that my dairy is open too, so folks can look at what I did. I did go lighter on breakfast, and a little higher on a couple of my snacks (Pro Bar is compact and calorie dense).

You guys have some really great points, and the reading I've done before hand supports it. The 60g of carbs every hour while riding was pretty consistently recommended, so I tried to followed it. Here's a little additional information behind my higher calorie intake: Stats: Male, 41, 5'11", 207 pounds (94kg) Equip: Trek DS…

Welcome to MFP. A really good place to start is here: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10300319/most-helpful-posts-general-diet-and-weight-loss-help-must-reads The posts listed here really explain the methods to avoid madness.

That is exactly what I did with the snacks. Took 5 to 10 minutes every 60 minutes to eat a little and snap a couple photos. It worked very well. No energy crashes.

You can try this calculator: http://scoobysworkshop.com/calories-burned/ Think you'll find the activity under gym exercise, walking on firm surface. Look for the Calories Burned by Exercise at the bottom.

Best to just keep it simple. Plug your numbers (age, weight, height, biological gender, etc) into My Fitness Pal and how much weight you want to lose each week. Then just follow those numbers. Get a food scale so you can be accurate in your calorie tracking. Don't eyeball it to start. Log every food and drink item that…

Glad it helps. The general consensus regarding counting the cooking oil used is you should count it. You are likely not getting all of those calories, but you are definitely getting some, especially I believe with vegetables. They absorb, or the oil coats them more readily.

The reason it's so murky is because the research and recommendations are all over the place. MFP defaults are somewhere in the middle ground of the commonly cited range recommend for each macro. Macros don't make you lose weight, CICO at a deficit is how you lose weight. Macros can help you maintain your deficit. (See the…

Did it. Bang on 66 miles round trip. Very easy first half in the morning Hit a minor snag. The temp hit 89°F in the afternoon during the ride home. Fuuu@&!! It was hot! Ran short on water in a business dead zone for about 6 miles. Very happy to see a gas station for a 15 min rest and rehydration stop. Other than that,…

I typically cycle 10 to 20 miles 3-4x/week. Did a 35 mile ride earlier this week as a little test. Very little post ride soreness in the following 48hrs. I mean surprisingly little! Encouraged me to green light pushing myself. This will be my longest distance in one day. Did a half century last year, but we didn't pack…

Brussels Sprouts with Sesame Seeds 658.00 g, Brussel Sprouts (Usda Website) 1 tbsp, Oil - Vegetable, coconut 1 tbsp, Butter - Salted 0.50 tsp, Salt, table 1.50 tbsp, Seeds, sesame seeds, whole, dried Cut stems and halve the individual sprouts. Melt butter and coconut oil in a large skillet and allow skillet to preheat at a…

Root Vegetable Bake 2 - sweet potatoes (skin on) 2 - russet potatoes (skin on) 2-3 beets (peel) 2-3 turnips (peel if waxed) 5 - carrots 1 - onion 2 tbsp - butter 1-2tbsp - refined coconut oil (or substitute) 2tbsp - Thyme salt pepper Cube cut all vegetables and place in large glass cookware, or 2 medium glass cookware.…