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Yes. I don't log exercise calories. 9 out of 10 people are probably burning fewer than 300 calories per session anyway. People almost always overestimate their calorie burn just as they almost always underestimate their caloric intake. The best way to "track" exercise burn is to accurately track your weight and caloric…
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Where did I say it was zero? I said there's no good way to accurately estimate calories burned during strength training. If you want to guess a number, go ahead. But it's just a guess. I don't ever log exercise calories. I think it's a waste of time and a recipe for ruining your weight loss plan. Too easy to overestimate.…
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One other thing. Make sure you are using raw chicken as the weight in MFP, not cooked chicken (unless you are explicitly using cooked chicken in your meal plan). If cooked, that 7 oz chicken breast is probably more like 9 oz of raw meat.
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Nonsense. First you have to define what you mean by strength training. A 5x5 of heavy squats or deadlifts is in no way comparable to doing dumbbell curls. There are simply too many variables to consider when strength training to make an accurate estimate for calorie burn.
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Haha! This has to be a troll post. The woo to legitimate content ratio is approaching infinity here.
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You cannot accurately calculate calories burned doing strength training. The number depends on effort, weight, height lifted, leverages and a host of other variables. Strength training is for increasing strength, flexibility and range of movement. Don't use it as a form of cardio.
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I think 16 is much closer than 24. While you cannot see your abs distinctly, you're very close;
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I use both calipers and a tape and my results almost always match. Yes, they are probably not as accurate as a Dexa scan, but I can do them for free at home whenever I want. Anyway, a number is just a number subject to error. Do you like the way you look? Do your clothes fit well? Are you getting leaner and not fatter? If…
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Can you provide a source for that study? I'm highly skeptical that walking burns that many calories.
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I average the total for the week and enter that number as my weight.
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Why not just use the Navy Body Fat Calculation method. It's extremely simple and is as accurate as calipers. Get a cloth tape measure and measure your waist at the navel with your stomach completely relaxed. Do the same for your neck. Plug those numbers into an online calculator and get your results. These methods are all…
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Yeah. Don't do that.
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You obviously don't exercise regularly or train because going without carbs is a horrible idea if you do. Carbohydrates are the body's primary energy source which our body stores as glycogen and uses to do work. I eat carbs every day and I've lost twelve pounds in ten weeks while strength training four to five times a week.
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jennygutt, you can use the spreadsheet linked in this thread to determine your TDEE. You need to track your caloric intake accurately (i.e. use a scale and weigh all your food), but after a few weeks it will tell you how much you need to eat to lose weight.…
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You mean you think you're eating 1500 calories per day. Actually, you're guessing you're eating 1500 a day because you don't really know how much food you're putting into your body if you aren't weighing it. Working out is irrelevant. You can't outwork or outrun a bad diet. If you want to lose weight, you need to eat less.…
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Even if this is true, you're saying that you're burning 1500-2000 calories a day from exercise. I highly doubt that. At your weight, that would be a nineteen mile run per day (166*0.63*19=2000).
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Yeah, that's not correct. Are you running a marathon every day because that's about the amount of calories a marathoner burns during a race. You're overestimating your calorie burn and underestimating your intake.
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If you aren't losing weight, you're eating too much. If you insist on not using a scale to weigh your food like so many here have suggested, then start eating smaller portions of the things you already eat. Don't eat the whole serving of chicken. Don't eat the entire container of yogurt. Eat half a protein bar instead of…
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Yes, they are. The will work other muscles to some extent, but there are much more efficient exercises for arms/chest/shoulders/back than planks.
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Upper body responds to increased frequency more so than lower body. If you want to make progress on upper body lifts, you should be doing them 2-3 times a week, once with heavy weights/fewer reps and once or twice with lower weights/higher reps. If you aren't on a regimented strength program, get on one. You also need to…
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Planks are primarily a core exercise.
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I got 47 splat points on my first visit. They use the 220-age formula to determine your max HR. I'm 47 which calculates to 173 which my true max heart rate is about 185 while my resting HR is aroun 50. So basically the board tells me I'm in orange or red for at least 75% of the class because their calculations are off.
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I bought a package last Decemeber ($300 for 28 sessions; my workplace reimburses me). I go once a week for a HIIT workout. The workouts are varied and usually test me so that's good. The 'science' of their workouts is largely pseudoscience targeted at people who don't know any better. I doubt I'll renew my package when it…
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By the way, I eat whatever I want. I just know exactly how much of it I can eat and still hit my calorie goal for the day. I don't deny myself anything; I just eat a reasonable amount of it and plan accordingly.
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What kind of protein shakes are you drinking? Whey is an animal product. Beans and rice is a good staple that has sufficient protein. Tofu is another. The average person doesn't need much protein at all (at most 1g per kg body weight). I'd also ask you how you know 1200 is the right number for you. Are you weighing and…
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I posted a thread a few days ago that might be of help to you. http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10639284/down-eight-pounds-in-seven-weeks-sharing-my-tdee-spreadsheet#latest
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I weight myself daily and average the total at the end of the week.
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Do you weigh your food? Are you sure you're staying within 1200-1500 calories per day? I assume you're male from your user name. I find it had to believe you aren't losing weight at that kind of deficit. I'm 5'10, 178 and I'm losing over one pound per week on a 2000 calorie per day diet.
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Yeah. A serving of ice cream is a cruel joke.
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Whenever I'm feeling down, I know I can come to the MFP forums and find a post like this that will make me laugh out loud. Thanks for this!