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Makes sense to me, but kinda takes away from the meaning of the setting itself? Why wouldn't FB just go away with the dominant setting altogether and just make everything non-dominant regardless of which hand it's worn on...?

From: http://help.fitbit.com/articles/en_US/Help_article/How-accurate-is-my-Flex/?l=en_US&c=Topics%3AAccuracy&p=flex&fs=Search&pn=1 WILL FLEX COUNT STEPS WHEN I’M PUSHING A STROLLER OR A SHOPPING CART? Flex will count your steps when you are pushing a stroller or a shopping cart as we do want to give you credit for this…

Under Preferences I only have Food Database and Friend Rankings, no Calorie Estimation. But I was able to set myself to sedentary in the Food Log section. Thanks!

You can easily check if it counts the steps when you push the trolley by counting the steps taken in your head and then syncing with the phone app and comparing the results. I have been wondering recently if it would count steps if I keep my hands in the pocket and when I carry something in my hand that prevents me from…

Watch tv on treadmill or gazelle.

Vacuum or sweep the floors daily. Use the bathroom that's furthest away.

Me neither, I don't have that setting in my Preferences. I just created my account couple weeks ago.

Wouldn't fitbit count most of that swimming as taking steps, due to the arm movement? If so, should that exercise not be counted, or should perhaps fitbit not be used during it?

Hey, one other thing, though it may be very controversial here. Reward yourself. I do that. It doesn't make me fall off the wagon. When I make good progress, I treat myself to something good. It might a beer, or a burger, or an oatmeal cookie. I do this every couple weeks or so. If you do, just make sure it is not a feast.…

First time I went on a diet (I cycle for loss and gain) I did it with too little calories as well. I was at only 1200 vs 1500-1600. It doesn't sound like much, but it was. I was always hungry and tired. Had no energy to workout. I felt prone to injuries and my body took much longer to recover from exercising. On few…

Here are my small notes on your diet: For breakfast you might want to use skim milk, at least while you're dieting for fat loss. When you get tired of cereal, replace it with fat free cottage cheese, fat free yogurts, egg whites, etc. I love making wraps - wrap some lean ham with ricotta cheese, and veggies. I hope you…

Yes, it's a no brainer - when you create a caloric deficit you will lose weight, and when you create caloric excess, you will gain wait. The question is what kind of weight will you lose (or gain)? As OP just mentioned, she lost weight but felt bigger. Seems her body fat remained high, which suggests she lost muscle…

I have something you may like. It's a collection of healthy recipes, each one is around 300 calories. They are different for each meal type, so you can choose something different each day. And if you follow the directions closely, you'll end up with 300 calories in each meal, which is nice. I don't know how to get it to…

No, I don't follow any brand name diets out there. I simply follow what athletes, especially bodybuilders, have been doing for decades. Again, I calculated my caloric need for a day and split it into 5 even portions. Each portion is just about 4-6 oz of meat, and equal portion of starches. What I recommend is that you…

Here are things I stay away from: pre-packaged processed store meals, fast food restaurants, regular restaurants, alcohol, fruit. Fruit is controversial, it's not bad (in fact it's very good), but I currently avoid simple carbs. Here are things I eat: Protein- salmon, tilapia, tuna, chicken, lean steak. I will occasionally…

I try to eat 5+ times per day. I split my total caloric needs into 5+ even meals, and each one has about 40% carbs, 40% protein, and 20% fat. It takes a week or two of practice, but then it's easy. What I do is cook up some chicken, steak, and fish on the weekend, bake a potato and boil some rice. Then I make containers…

If I understand correctly, you are dieting on 600 calories? At some point your body realized you are starving yourself and it will not allow to shed any more body fat, in fact you started a reverse process where it will start saving anything it can get as it thinks you're going through a famine. I think your best way out…