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Being cognizant of your intake and limiting your intake is hard. Being obese is hard. Choose your hard. I've found after years at maintenance, it's easier as the habits are more ingrained and I'm more used to the portions. But it's still something that takes some effort. I still have some big eating days, like the…

There is significant individual variability in HRmax, with a standard deviation of 7-11 BPM. In addition, the 220-age equation is used because it's very easy and close enough, but the actual decline with age is less and this equation tends to underestimate the actual HRmax of older individuals.…

Forming a belief and then cherry picking evidence and ignoring data that refutes those beliefs is not science. That's more akin to religion. A true scientist would be open to changing his views based on evidence.

I've found through consistent weighing of all fruits and vegetables when at home that what is considered a "large" or "medium" piece of fruit or vegetable is quite a ways off from the typical sizes of produce. I'm not sure where the USDA is getting their produce and numbers (which is what the MFP database pulls from), but…

The average cookie or cake gets as much, if not more, of it's calories from FAT than it does carbohydrates, and almost all have more calories from fat than from the sugar in them. But it's the sugar that the issue... Would you also do the same with an apple, even though 80% of it's calories come from sugar? How about…

The net calorie burn per mile for walking is approximately half. You would use a factor of 0.30. 0.30 x 275 x 5 = 412

In regards to the sunscreen, I received a list of good sunscreens from my dermotologist. Many broad spectrum sunscreens use compounds which break down upon exposure to UV, so they become less effective as exposure time increases. The micronized zinc oxide sunscreens do not have this issue, and some have additional…

It does sound like the Fitbit may be over estimating your calories for running. I've found the following formula to be quite accurate, and I'd double check those Fitbit estimates against it: Net Calories Burned = 0.63 * Weight in lbs * Miles Run At your current weight and goal, 2 lbs/week is too aggressive. 1 lb/week to…

It looks like they have updated some of the regulations since I wrote that. The latest rules revised April 2016 now require a factor of 2 calories/gram for soluble non-digestible fiber, plus a factor of somewhat less for sugar alcohols (depends on the particular type). These newest changes are included with the overall new…

Insoluble fiber may be counted as zero calories for US nutrition labels, but they are still included in the total carbohydrates. The soluble fiber portion is still counted as 4 calories/g, the same as the other carbohydrates, although in reality fiber is somewhere between 0 and 4 calories/gram depending on the particular…

I do find it funny when I see calculations or answers with WAY more significant digits than necessary. That doesn't make the answer more accurate :lol: I round my exercise calories to two significant digits because I know the accuracy of the estimate doesn't merit any more precision. In my engineering studies, I learned…

Even with a lab, you can get closer and better approximations, but you'll never get "exact". "Essentially, all models are wrong, but some are useful"

It really depends what you are looking for in a watch and what type of other activities you'd like to track. Biking? Swimming? Activity tracking? All of the newer Garmin models seem to do step and sleep tracking. While nice in terms of motivating you get to get up and move more regularly, the step counter feature is…

For running, I've found the following to be accurate: 0.63 * Miles Run * Weight in lbs = Net Calories This is with years of weight tracking/food logging data and mileage ranging from 0 MPW up to 60+ MPW during that time.

Seconded. 7 days is not NEARLY enough time to separate fat losses from normal weight fluctuations. I would want a minimum of 90 days before I'd consider the data somewhat useful, and even then some smoothing would be required to filter out daily fluctuations. This is my raw daily weigh in data while in maintenance. I swing…

Given your downtime was not due to a running injury or other injury where physical therapy is necessary, but surgeries/infection, I'm not sure I see the need for a PT. You are at the point where you need to rebuild your running base by slowly adding mileage. Since you already had a base, and do not have a running injury…

No, they are not. Although some folks find a high fat, low carb diet sustainable and satisfying, carbs are not some sort of boogeyman. I, and many of the folks on here who have had long term success (6 years and counting maintaining my 65 lb weight loss) while eating plenty of carbs. I would not expect a balanced…

I run much more than I bike, but I still get this pretty often in cooler weather while running or biking. My snot rocket game is pretty on point after years of practice.

At 5 mg, that is 0.2% of your recommended intake of sodium in each serving, and less sodium than typical North American tap water which averages 18-41 mg/L. Diet sodas in general are relatively low sodium. Diet A&W root beer, my typical to go drink, is on the high end and contains 180 mg of sodium/20 oz container, about 8%…

I've seen Blue Moon stocked regularly in CA and AZ grocery stores (Fry's and Ralph's). This day was in Houston for the last marathon so it should be in TX as well.

Turns out there isn't much protein in sweetbreads and beer :lol:

At my current running race weight, I have a BMI of 21.4. Despite this being the same weight I was back at 22-23 when I graduated college, I had some of my family express legitimate concern this past Christmas that I was getting too thin. I know I've gained (and lost) 66 lbs in that time, but just about everyone has gained…

I typically try to spread my calories for big workout days among several days. I frontload a bit to make sure I am fueled for the workout, and then I'll cover some of the additional deficit the following day or two if I'm still under for the week. 4700 in a day isn't very difficult though. Note that I ran a marathon this…

On top of the serving size being half a cookie as was already pointed out, the protein and fiber content proudly proclaimed on the front is PER COOKIE, not per serving. Shady, deliberately confusing labeling.

Have you been to a doctor about it? From your posts it seems maybe you haven't. A good doctor isn't going to tell you to rest it if that isn't going to help. In my case, I had a flare up a couple of weekends ago that required anti-inflammatories so I could even stand up or sit. He approved me for activity as tolerated by…

LOLOLOL! Yes, there is no scare mongering of traditional agriculture and GMOs by the organic industry, and dubious (and debunked) claims of nutritional superiority of organic products by the organic industry.

It really depends on the specific issue and what causes worsening of the symptoms. I have degenerative disc disease/herniation injury that has flared up a couple time over the past several years. For my issue, running does not cause further damage or aggravate the symptoms, so I can continue activity as guided by symptoms.…

Total weight loss Initial goal was 45 lbs, but I'm currently 69 lbs down from my highest to get to my running race weight. How long did it take you to lose the weight? Initial weight loss took 9 months. What method did you use to lose the weight? Tracked my food and exercise, ate a deficit. How long are you in maintenance?…

Also, I'll add that I record my running and biking with a Garmin watch and use a HRM. Garmin Connect then pushes it to Strava. As far as I can tell, Strava is using it's own algorithm based on distance and possibly elevation to calculate calories burned. Even though HR data is there, Strava doesn't seem to use it in it's…

MFP overestimates calorie burns for runs as well. The 100 calorie/mile rule of thumb is approximately true for a 160 lb person, but the farther you are from that weight, the more it will be off. Correction to the formula @stealthq, posted, the constant should be 0.63. I've used this for years to maintain my weight with…