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On a side note: you seem to be confused about just what your BMR is. BMR is the amount of calories your body uses if you were to lay in bed and do nothing, i mean no lifting your arm or leg, no turning over, no getting up to pee etc. You should not (without doctors supervision) eat below BMR, or if you do it should not be…

then you are not using it properly imo. I wear mine 24/7 unless it is charging. It is estimating your calorie burns when you are not wearing it because it is trying to give you a TDEE. If you just want something to tell you what you burn during intentional exercise, then you should get a Heart Rate Monitor (best for steady…

blah. I am out of it today. I didn't even notice it was the same OP.

net calories only applies if you are using MFP's calorie goal method. Net calories = daily intake - intentional logged exercise cals. What I recommended above means you are targeting your own calorie intake goal and not logging additional exercise. So you just want Gross Calories to equal TDEE-deficit.

You burn calories sitting in the car. You burn calories sitting on the couch. You burn calories eating. You burn calories taking a shower, sleeping, brushing your teeth... So no, I dont account for when I am just driving because my heartrate is what is telling fitbit how many cals I am burning. Nothing is going to be 100%…

You are over complicating this more than you need to. The fitbit does not count steps if your arm isnt moving. You can put it into Exercise mode, but if you are more after the total caloric burn then you shouldnt worry about steps as much IMO. You burn calories breathing, sleeping, heart beating, brain functioning etc, so…

Name: Jeanne Height: 5'7.5" Start Weight (9/27): 282.0 lbs Goal Weight (11/1): 272.0 lbs 9/27: 282.0 10/4: 10/11: 10/18: 10/25: 11/1: Weekly Loss/Gain: Monthly Loss/Gain: Successes/Struggles:

Name: Jeanne Height: 5'7 Starting Weight (8/31): 288.7 Goal Weight (9/30): 279 8/31: 288.7 9/7: 285.7 9/14: 279.5 9/21: 277.7 9/28: 282 10/1: 279.2 Monthly Loss/Gain: -9.5

Name: Jeanne Age: 30 Height: 5'7.5" Start Weight: 310 (7/20/15) Current Weight (1st September): 288.7 lbs Goal Weight (1st October): 278.0 lbs 1st September: 288.7 lbs 8th September: 285.7 lbs 15th September: 282.0 lbs 22nd September: 279.3 lbs 29th September: 281.3 lbs 1st October: 279.2 lbs Weight lost/gained this month:…

Name: Jeanne Age: 30 Height: 5'7.5" Start Weight: 310 (7/20/15) Current Weight (1st September): 288.7 lbs Goal Weight (1st October): 278.0 lbs 1st September: 288.7 lbs 8th September: 285.7 lbs 15th September: 282.0 lbs 22nd September: 279.3 lbs 29th September: 281.3 lbs 1st October: Weight lost/gained this week: 2.0 Weight…

Name: Jeanne Age: 30 Height: 5' 7.5" Start Weight (28th September): 282 Goal Weight (2nd November): 272 28th September: 282.0 5th October: 12th October: 19th October: 26th October: 2nd November: Weight lost/gained this week: 0.0 Weight lost/gained this month: 0.0

Name: Jeanne Height: 5'7 Starting Weight (8/31): 288.7 Goal Weight (9/30): 279 8/31: 288.7 9/7: 285.7 9/14: 279.5 9/21: 277.7 9/28: 282 9/31: Weekly Loss/Gain: +4.3 Monthly Loss/Gain: -6.7

If it is step based (I consider dancing step based) then no do not log it. If you do log it, make sure to accurately account for the start and duration time or it count double count it.

I think it would be a IF formula... Let me look it up. I just change the color manually on mine ETA: I found this link https://www.ablebits.com/office-addins-blog/2013/10/18/change-background-color-excel-based-on-cell-value/

Thanks and I am going into my 3rd month this time around... I am not letting it throw me off entirely. Just needed to vent about it I think. This morning was definitely a WTF moment when I woke up (For the second time!)

mostly just your basic SUM equations honestly. I tried to keep it as simple as possible. B32 =Sum(b2:b8) B33 =Sum(b9:b15) B34 =Sum(b16:b22) b35 =sum(b23:b29) B37 =sum(b32:b35) B38 =B37/28 same with columns C D and E F32 =D32/3500 etc

I weigh daily. But I like data and seeing that yes, sometimes I just go up, is helpful to me. If I were to weigh weekly or bi-weekly and happen to be on an up day, I would probably be a lot more stressed out by weighing.

Yep. See below. I have the last 28 days waiting for their 5 week actual weight and I have started my next 28 day log too. ETA: I find the daily reminder of where I have been to be very helpful to keep me motivated. Though not so much this week, but I think that is just sheer laziness on my part.

I use a fitbit to estimate my calories burned and I believe the OP does as well...

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1392905/updated-eating-disorder-resources

It is done automatically so long as it is step based activity (running, walking, dancing etc) If it is something like Yoga, swimming biking - then you would need to log it separate in either Fitbit OR MFP, not both. MFP asks you for the start time and duration because it will override the Fitbit data for that specific time…

It is. If you do not have excel on your computer, Google Sheets works just as well.

What is happening to you is called complacence. You log, you lose, you get comfortable that you know what you are doing, so you get complacent and think that you don't need to log. Its fine, so long as when you step on the scale the number is still trending down. But it is not the most efficient way to lose weight.

I am so with you there. I have a spreadsheet on my computer that I update daily. Weight, how much I ate, how much fitbit says I burned. I even put the useless 5-week estimate in there, and compare it to where I am at 5 weeks after. Data is fun to play around with :)

I am 5'7 30 y/o @ 279 and MFP has me eating just shy of 1600 for sedentary and 2lb/week loss. When I exercise, I may or may not eat SOME of the exercise cals back depending on if I feel hungry. From personal experience- Trainers do not always know about nutrition, especially male trainers making recommendations for females…

Name: Jeanne Age: 30 Height: 5'7.5" Start Weight: 310 (7/20/15) Current Weight (1st September): 288.7 lbs Goal Weight (1st October): 278.0 lbs 1st September: 288.7 lbs 8th September: 285.7 lbs 15th September: 282.0 lbs 22nd September: 279.3 lbs 29th September: 1st October: Weight lost/gained this week: -2.7 Weight…

Not everyone chooses to use TDEE. Some people use MFP as it was designed and add their exercise separate.

Many of the suppressants I have seen say this on the directions: "Take with a full glass of water." There is a reason. According to my doctor, the full glass of water does more to suppress your appetite than the pill... That being said: my MIL swears by hydroxycut. She likes to add their drops to her water to give it…

Do you work out in the morning? Fitbit calculates an estimated cal burn based on what you are doing. If you work out early in the morning, it will assume a higher calorie burn level for you for the rest of the day, then as the day progresses, if you do not meet its assumed level of activity, it will readjust and tell MFP a…

I am looking forward to NOT getting lectured by my dad every week about my weight. Also the clothes things. You would think with how much extra they charge for plus size, the clothes would at least be made to last... @nyponbell I believe the reason you cannot find clothes second hand is because the plus-size clothing…