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Is it due to boredom? Do you like the running? If you haven't already - then try something different to get active - find something fun & stimulating. Soz but disagree in a sense with "Don't beat yourself up". You know what will happen if you don't get in the groove again. Falling off the wagon is fine but when that…

You must be feeling the difference too - fantastic, Congratulations.

If you have the $ for the setup costs - XBox Kinect - I love it - it's fun & versatile & fun LOL Check my post on this thread for more detail if you think it might appeal http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/280722-starting-to-get-bored-with-my-workout

I reckon sarahpreece1987 is about on the mark. If you find a mob that does grilled well - that's the way to go - it will almost halve the cals on the fish.

Also, at least for the majority, it's harder (not the right word) to get the burn from exercise/activity. The less weight we hold and the fitter we get the harder we have to work to get the same cal burn from activity. Your heart rate doesn't go as high doing so little work and when it does it drops faster. So if I do want…

Cool thread - really enjoyed the read and all the different perspectives. If I comment I virtually always browse the diary. The only ones I haven't on occasion are for those friends that I know are virtually good health & nutrition angels LOL. Some of my pals eat what I consider to be more, in some cases, much more…

1. What does a healthy lifestyle mean to you? Please consider: Food: Controlling your energy intake appropriate to your activity level "and" in general abide by rules of good nutrition. For me that means trying to follow at least a 80/20 rule - eat sound, wholesome, nutritional food 80% of the time or more. Plus water!…

We are all different so what works for one person may not necessarily work for another "but" with me as an example my average weekday is workout 8/8.30pm-9pm, dinner somewhere between 9.30-10pm, bed 11-12 I've lost 12.4kg over 20 weeks ps - I have read it's less to do with the time and more to do with the "what"; the myth…

"If people are subbing artificial stuff for the real stuff to save calories, how much sugar were people putting in in the first place!!!" It may be, as in my case, it's got nothing to do with Calories. It has to do with high or leaning that way - Triglycerides. Doc says - bit high, might want to try to lower that. Now when…

Hiya - wow lots of fellow WA/ites coming onboard :) Welcome & good luck with your goals. Here's a few links that might be worth a read if you are a researcher type. Basics http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/225765-how-mfp-works?hl=how+mfp+works&page=1#posts-2976434…

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If you are interested in all things sugar - both added & natural - check this article out. I found it very insightful though still left a little confused on the black & white of quotas. http://www.reducetriglycerides.com/diet_triglycerides_sugar.htm

If you touch anything in there "and" have lost 10lb/5kg since you last run the wizard it will recalc your quota. Exercise changes don't have anything to do with quota - exercise goals are just for motivation. So my guess is, you have lost since last touching anything in the goals - that's why it dropped down - it didn't go…

"I have to wear shoes for kinect, really?" Each to his/her own and could be I'm just a clutz LOL But I have come very very close to twisting an ankle as with some of the games like Sports & Adventures you are jumping around a lot. And I almost tore my blaster toenail out - don't even ask how that one came about. Can't…

I make no appologies, I'm biased - for me it's Kinect, no doubt. I've also had the Wii but Kinect wins hands down. It's the "only" thing that has held my interest in being active since leaving the Air Force 11 years ago. In fact Kinect was the inspiration to lose the weight and get onto MFP, not the other way around. It's…

I think everyone has an "incident" at some point that teaches them the hard way - live and learn. Mine was a pasta salad - 260 cal - hey that's not bad - *eats it* - log Dang! 2 serves per package :( So moral now - if I'm comparing two foods - check 100g stats against each other If I'm wanting to eat - check the serve…

Hi & welcome I'm a Perthite myself - though I defected from QLD during my Air Force days. You've come to the right place all the tools, motivation & support right here. There are plenty of Aussies kicking around. Add me if you like - you're sure to hook up with some fellow Aussies - most of my Pals are from down under :)…

Hi there - Perthite WA here (though I defected from good ol QLD awhile back). Lots of Aussies kicking about :) Hope MFP is everything you're looking for. Any Aussies welcome to add me if you like - just mention this thread :) Cheers

Ha ha - thx guys & gals. @catcrazy - yeh he knows - he was standing there as I'm going - wow they are cool; oh and they're wicked too LOL As I posted on my wall - his Surf Boardies are looking good for the Aussie summer too *kidding kidding* :O

@pelleld - good advice - I got sucked in by a Salad (it did contain pasta so probably should have rang alarm bells there) - calories for the salad quite good - until I realised "after" the fact that the container was 2 serves :(

@suzycreamcheese - yep agree. I read it somewhere as well (not MFP) that it is more to do with the tendency to snack on high fat luxuries late rather than the time itself.

Ps - I've been over on Sugar from day 1 too and so far as weight loss goes it hasn't hindered me. BUT Doc does say my Tri/s are highish and I should try to get em down - so I'm trying but it's mighty hard to do - well for me anyway. I have lowered compared to what I once avg but still rarely if ever get under the MFP…

Careful your head doesn't explode - mine did: http://www.reducetriglycerides.com/diet_triglycerides_sugar.htm Checkout the later part especially on fruit :O

Evening here! I am so not a morning person - getting up and to work is challenge enough :) If someone said I couldn't workout in the evening then sadly I probably would not workout at all. And on the sleep thing - everyone could be different here but my experience is workout at 8-9pm and bed at 11+/- pm - I sleep like the…

What the general consensus is I don't know and I have no valid (as in researched or scientific) basis to back my opinion - so purely my opinion and in my experience - deosn't matter. I workout in the evenings 8pm-9pm then dinner and then very often a snack later, anywhere around 10.30/11pm - all in all - 700+/- cal in the…

@Kalrez - Big Ditto - Yoghurt - really want to like it but haven't come across one or acquired the taste yet. Another is Oats as in Porridge - although :huh: had a spoonful of my Wife's this morning and I'll maybe give it another shot. Would be so good - being winter here.

"Weekends" => absolutely. I am certain that's where I got the extra weight in the first place. And even with tracking - it's always the weekends where I have to be really careful and all too often overshoot the quota.

Not necessary but makes tracking a whole lot easier and more confident in the numbers you are recording for burn. I went maybe 1 - 2 months without one - but now wouldn't be without it. Personal opinion - yep to the FT7 - though I think from memory the only real difference between it and the cheaper FT4 is memory capacity…

ahh yup soz - you are right - I got the 2 confused - I remember now that my HRM manual says kcal & cal can be used interchangeably. So as to the label - one of them has to be wrong ??? :O

"So, technically 1 kcal = 1 Cal. " Don't think so => 1kj (kilojoule) = 1kcal 1 cal = roughly 1/4 kcal / kj or 1 kj/kcal = 0.24 (roughly) cal