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As said above, pics or it didn't happen

It sounds like your friend recommended this because she's a veggie and wanted to convert you. Just sayin. Just because she's a vegetarian and may be slim doesn't mean she knows anything about health, fitness or proper nutrition. What you're doing is not teaching you lasting habits that will benefit you in the long run, all…

ETA that's not to say that I don't agree a deficit is all that is required, but I think exercise plays an important part in that deficit.

Funnily enough I don't have a clipboard when I'm on here so that I can note down who says what. I have a life. Next time I see it I'll be sure to let you know.

Surely the cost is another downside? MFP is free...

Agreed. But some people on MFP do say a lot that exercise is nothing to do with weight loss, which is taking it a step further.

A HRM is the only way to be fairly accurate about this.

Wow 2am! That's dedication.

I get up earlier to work out yes. 3 days per week (mon, tues, Fri) I wake up at 6am, walk the dog for 45 minutes, do either hill sprints or kettlebells then cycle to work (6.5 miles). Wednesdays (dog walker day) I wake up at 7 do kettlebells then cycle to work. Thursday is my rest day so I wake up at 7 and just cycle to…

True. There are a couple of other ways, for example by muscle memory if you trained consisentently before and stopped, although it doesn't sound like that's the case here. I'd say you're carrying water weight OP as someone else suggested. This will pass so keep it up!

You're right, but the poster I mentioned wasn't the OP....

Basketball drills from Insanity - hated them with a passion! Also steady state cardio - so boring, especially running.

[/quote] So you're saying if someone uses a heavy kettle bell for goblet squats or triceps kickbacks, that's nothing like weight training. Seriously? [/quote] I think what the poster means is that kettlebells are made primarily to be used dynamically, so its strength training and cardio in one. For example snatches, clean…

I think a difference in terminology led to this debate! Lol. I agree what I described was more interval training.

We'll have to agree to disagree I'm afraid. I want to use my energy stores first so that my body is burning fat during my HIIT session. Your example of sprinting is a good one though, I probably wouldn't do a sprint session after weights (I do this on my cardio days now) as its hard work doing hill sprints without weights…

Really? Loads of training plans online recommend HIIT after a weights session as your glycogen stores are already depleted. Plus, this means your off days are really full rest days between sessions.

Short answer, you just don't want it enough.

Body beast? Its intended to build muscle, although you'd need equipment at home to do the program.

If you follow MFP's advice then you can eat back your exercise calories also, so you don't have to eat just your 1300+ cals?

I've got no idea how intense Zumba is tbh, so I can't comment. I do know that if I walked for 2 hours, strength trained for an hour then rowed for another 30 mins and then if I saw just 450 cals burned at the end I'd be pretty discouraged. I still think that's too low for what you're doing, I'm convinced you're actually…

They will record the calories you burn aerobically during strength training, but they can't tell you how many you burn anaerobically/via raised metabolism.

Good call on StrongLifts, I'm starting on Saturday. In that case I would say that 450cals is very low if that includes your 2 hour walk also? Do you have a HRM?

I've fond my flex to be accurate also, but as a general principle I don't eat back all my exercise/fitbit calories even though that's how MFP is set up.

How long do you row and weight lift for? 450 sounds too low to me tbh, unless of course you row extremely slowly and lift 3lb weights!

So you're saying her rationale is wrong but her reasoning (i.e. don't lift weights) is right?

No problem. Also, sync your fitbit with MFP, its so much easier re your water, other exercise, walking etc! (I have a fitbit too)

But surely you set up MFP as very active at the start? If you then log it, you're effectively doubling up.

I didn't read it in detail (TL:DR) but it seems to discuss why different cyclists favour different muscles and therefore have different bodyfat percentages and BMI's. It doesn't explain why BMI takes into account total weight rather than differentiating between LBM and fat. Or did I miss that part 'cos I CBA to read it all…

This. I have a foam roller too but for some muscles tennis balls are great. For example the calves, just sitting at the edge of a chair with a ball under your sole and rolling it around greatly eases calf DOMS!

:laugh: exactly what I thought too