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I'm one of the people having the skin irritation issue. I contacted the company and they could not have handled it better. They sent me an envelope to send it back to them. I had my check from them before they could have gotten the Fitbit back. Kudos to them.
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To me a cheat day is when you don't record everything you eat. My contract with myself is to record food and exercise as accurately as possible. If I go over (or under) my calorie goal for that day I try to learn from that. It's kind of like taking my temperature, if it's too far over or under I need to pay attention and…
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My son is a paramedic and in one of his jobs he had a horrendous schedule (24 hours on, 24 hours off, etc) which caused sleep problems. His doctor recommended that he take melatonin. He did and this was helpful to him. I don't know speciifics such as dosage, time but this might be something to look in to.
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My son is a paramedic and in one of his jobs he had a horrendous schedule (24 hours on, 24 hours off, etc) which caused sleep problems. His doctor recommended that he take melatonin. He did and this was helpful to him. I don't know speciifics such as dosage, time but this might be something to look in to.
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I use a Garmin sternum strap (from my bike computer) with a Wahoo plug in key for my iPod. I use it strictly to monitor my exercise intensity level as shown by my actual heart rate. In my experience, all of the calorie estimates are "generous" which is why I do not eat back my calories. I had a fitbit force but had to send…
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I'm not sure exactly what you want out of the app but another site to look at is www.strava.com
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I feel like I'm being a big wet blanket here but this is from my experience. Please have a check up with your doctor to make sure that you do not have type 2 diabetes. I was diagnosed about 5 years ago and am doing very well with controlling it with diet and exercise. One of my symptoms that I missed was an unexplained…
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That is what I did until I felt like I had a handle on things, too. It was helpful for me. One interesting thing for me that I have not heard about anyone else is that my blood sugar level does not go down after exercising. It obviously has over the long haul but I don't see that drop right away like most people. By the…
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That certainly does get tiring. I have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes for about 5 years. The good news for me is that because of successful lifestyle changes I have been able to be in much better control of my blood sugar. This has been possible largely because I now weigh about 90 pounds less than I did when I was…
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I love to bike. We still have snow on the ground so have not been outside yet. This winter I hit the stationary bike pretty hard at the gym (100 miles or so per week) but I am getting tired of that. One of my goals after my initial weight loss was to ride the Michigander which is a 6-7 day ride covering about 300 miles. It…
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Over the past several months I have lost about 45 pounds (mostly before MFP). I had some similar experiences with feeling lightheaded. When I saw my doctor last Monday she cut my BP meds by 50%. I think that should help plus it was a nice NSV.
