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You don't know, and it doesn't really matter. They calculate how many calories are in a food by dessicating it, so it is completely dried out, and then burning it in a stream of oxygen and measuring how much heat that generates. The ACTUAL calories your body obtains from food will be different, because you digest it in a…
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Oh and as for drinking water, the rule is "drink water when you are thirsty" preferably with meals. The famous saying, "you need 8 glasses of water a day" misses out the second part of the sentence, "but you get most of this from your food". So unless your diet consists of dehydrated meat and vegetables, you don't need…
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Your body needs a certain amount of calories to perform basic metabolic functions, even digesting your food and thinking about what to have for dinner requires calories. If you consistently eat too little to keep up these functions you body won't just compensate by burning more fat, your body will actually start slowing…
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I read that the theory behind it is that it prevents fat in your diet being absorbed and therefore reduces calorie intake. I also read, and have personal experience of, the fat in your diet is not absorbed, it passes through, so you get greasy fatty stools, anal leakage, soiled underwear. The stools are difficult to flush…
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I was on Mirtazapine (Remeron) and it turned me into a munch monster. Gained 24lbs. A friend said he gained 22lbs. Vets prescribe it to anorexic cats and dogs to get them to gain weight. I spoke to my GP and changed to Duloxetine ( Cymbalta ) and my food cravings stopped immediately. I've since lost all the gained weight.…
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No because of several things. If you have any solid body, say a cube 2" wide, if you halve the measurement you get a 1" cube, but the volume/weight has decreased by 8 times because 8 1" cubes will fit in a 2" cube, But your body is a skeleton with organs and bones and muscles, and different areas have different thicknesses…
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I think what you eat does influence how much you eat. If you want to lose weight you need to eat less or expend more energy, this is true, but there are powerful psychological factors behind eating. Saying "eat less, exercise more and you'll lose weight" is like saying "don't buy cigarettes and don't accept them from other…
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Is this thread for people who have nothing interesting to say?
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If you wait till you are very hungry you WILL overeat. Much better to carry some portable healthy food, such as an apple, and eat it when you feel mildly hungry. The 115 Cals will stop you overeating later.
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Calorie counting is not an exact science. Nor is energy expenditure from exercise or metabolic rate. If you want it to be perfect you are wasting your time.
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You need about 8 glasses of water a day for your body to function correctly. That includes the water in food, soup, tea, coffee, protein shakes. Most people will get this without forcing themselves to drink more. If you need more water you'll be thirsty, only then do you need to have a drink. Any excess will be excreted…
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Try to be a little more active if you can. Be patient, slow and steady is better than trying to go too fast and failing. Log everything!
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I have the Fitbit HR. Last year I lost 17kg by dieting and walking (using the MapMyWalk app). I set my MFP "activity level" as sedentary and tried to keep within the recommended calories. This year I bought the FitBit and did the same. Fitbit HR gives me more motivation, I like to see the logs of my activity and heart rate…
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Don't diet while you are pregnant unless its under the advice of a medical professional. (I don't count "Nutritionists" as medical professionals by the way)
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When scientists measure the calories in food what they do is dry out out completely in an oven and then burn it in an oxygen atmosphere and measure how much heat it produces. However this is not how your body digest foods, it is much more complex than that. You can't get MORE calories out of the food, but you can get less.…
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On its own MFP doesn't know what exercise you are doing unless you log a fitness activity. In your settings under "Fitness Profile" there is an "activity level" setting that gives MFP an estimate of your background level of activity and somewhere for you to put a guesstimate of how much exercise you intend to do, plus a…
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I've just been for a walk with MapMyWalk. FitBit and MapMyWalk dashboard says I burnt 260 calories on my walk. MFP has logged this as 260 calories gained from walking, less 308 calories fitbit adjustment. Total: -48 calories! My MFP active level is set to "sedentary" so I have deleted the fitbit adjustment from MFP and now…
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What Asaskiski said. They guy who said "you need to drink 8 glasses of water a day" didn't say that, he said "you need to drink 8 glasses of water a day, but you get most of that from your food." Bottled water companies report the first part, and not the rest of it. Excess water is excreted, too much can actually kill you.…
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I don't log diet drinks, that are only a couple of calories. If I am making a salad I'll measure and log the dressing, tomatoes, onion, cheese etc. but don't log the lettuce. Everything you log has a margin of error, its not an exact science. The calories per gram in say, an apple, will vary with the variety, how much sun…
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I have the Fitbit charge HR, which also measure heart rate. Last year I just used MFP, set my activity record to "sedentary" because I have a sitting down job, used the MFP recommended calorie deficit and logged all my food with MFP. My main exercise is walking, when I went for a long walk I logged it via MapMyWalk -…
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As an example of how these things work: Peeing on your feet in the shower was an old-wives-tale remedy for athletes foot. When it was tested experimentally it did actually cure athletes foot, but it was nothing to do with urine. People who peed on their feet would generally wash them more carefully, and then dry them…
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The word "Essential" in Essential Oil doesn't mean they are essential for life (like essential amino acids are), it just means they contain the Essence of the plant they are derived from. Some of them are poisonous or can cause allergies. They should not be used in pregnancy. Many are sold for aromatherapy, to be…
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Pork Chop with tomato/chilli sauce, large serving of fries, steamed vegetables for dinner. Still 991Kcal under target.
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Eat less and move more. The difficult part is motivation and patience.
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of my obsession with Africa. Kenya believe it?
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Humans evolved in a time when there were bumper harvests and famines, long winters to get through. Bodies evolved to survive this. If there is plenty of food, it will store fat in case of lean times, which of course never come these days, but your body is operating as if it were 10,000 years ago. Eat too little on a…
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WALKING. Walking walking walking. Firstly, don't change your medication without discussing it with your health professional. I know from personal experience that depression makes it hard to get motivated and get out, but if you can force yourself to start walking, even if you hate it at first. Maybe some of your favourite…
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Traditional French Bread (French loaf, Baguette) has fewer calories because it is traditionally made without fat. That is also why it goes stale so quickly. Be careful though as some non-French bakeries make it with fat so it keeps longer. Air popped popcorn contains the same amount of calories before and after it has…
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MapMyFitness Help & Support > Known Issues > Devices & Fitness Partners https://support.mapmyfitness.com/hc/en-us/articles/202579740-MyFitnessPal-not-syncing-with-MapMyFitness There is currently a syncing issue preventing workouts from MapMyFitness transferring to MyFitnessPal. Our team is aware of the issue and working…
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I log everything except diet drinks (1-3 kCal) and things like lettuce. If I have a salad I'll log the tomatoes, onion, peppers, and especially any dressing, but not the leaves. Potatoes. carrots, apples, grapes etc, contain significant calories.
