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  • It way overestimates the biking. I'm hardcore into road cycling and have a power meter on my bike. That tells me exactly how much energy I expended and is one of the few truly accurate ways to measure calories burned. I looked up a 50 mile ride, I averaged 17.7 mph solo, so no drafting. It was 2 hours 50 minutes and I did…
  • I don't use the mobile version of MFP, but on a web browser it's https://www.myfitnesspal.com/apps You will find the apps there and you can link them.
  • It's a PIA but weigh and log everything every single day. It's the only thing that works for me, even if you only do it for a month it will give you a good idea. I hate to be that guy, but try and get your sodium under control, you eat more in one meal that I do in an entire day. I was a salt fiend in my younger days and I…
  • Get a food scale, weigh and track everything, and I mean everything. Going to use some ketchup, you need to weigh and log it, what about olive oil, going to drizzle some on some food then you need to measure it out first and log it. If you are making food then make sure to include that butter you added when you log the…
  • I drank at least 6 cans of coke a day for over 30 years, I was super addicted to it but now only drink water. Crystal light in cans of carbonated water is how I got off the soda, slowly replaced the soda with that. That took a month, I then switched to plain water. I like ice cold water, so I got some hydroflasks and now I…
  • I was a 30+ year soda addict who stopped last year, also quit sugar. It was way easier to quit chewing tobacco than soda and sugar. I drank nothing but soda, no water or juice, just soda for all those years. The good news is if I can quit soda, anybody can quit. What I dd, YMMV: Get 12oz cans of soda water and some crystal…
  • Table sugar is fructose and glucose, your body can use glucose right away, but the fructose has to be processed by your liver, lots of added sugar overwhelm the liver. The reason fruits are fine is the fiber in fruit slows down the digestion and does't overwhelm your liver. It's also hard to eat say 4 or 5 apples at once,…
  • Favorite quest bar is cinnamon roll, never tried it heated up.
  • I'm 5'9" and was supper skinny in my 20's and early 30's. I was eating 4,000 to 5,000 calories a days and still not gaining weight. They were not quality calories either, lots of junk, sugar, and at least 6 cans of soda/day. I could eat an entire loaf of bread in one day and still not gain weight. I weighed 145 back then…
  • Exaclty, I'm on 2 BP meds and was still around 132/85, once I stopped sugar that went down to 118/73 almost instantly, and I still eat a lot of salt. Will be reducing dosage and or type of meds soon as my BP is getting almost too low. Sugar causes high BP, not salt, and if you don't already have high BP salt has no effect…
  • Try using a heart rate monitor instead of the fitbit for calculating calories burned at work. I'm 5'9" and was 215, my job doesn't have much walking but I lift 30,000 pounds (sometimes more) in a work day. I do cardio a few times a week, and just started using a TRX. I shoot for ~2,500 calories/day and have been losing an…
  • I'm losing faster than it predicts, the tough entry is the one for job. I have a very, very physical job and selected the highest setting (very active) and I suspect even that is too low. I have to eat at least 1,200 calories during my work day or I'll run out of energy. I've got it set to lose 1 pound/week, and I've been…
  • I have a beam scale and as long as it's zero'd out it's very accurate. I've had a few weeks were I lost more than I was expecting, so I got on and off the scale to make sure, and it always gives the same weight no matter how many times I get on and off it.
  • First thing is cut out processed sugar, I was a huge, huge soda addict for 30 years, and once I stopped, my blood pressure dropped 10-15 points within a few weeks. The latest research shows sugar is worse for you BP than salt. Natural sugar in things like apples is perfectly ok to eat. I replaced sugar with protein shakes,…
  • I'm 48, 5'9" 210, so a little back story is needed (warning, wall of text): In my 20's I could eat 5,000 calories a day and never gain weight, I weighed 145 back then, too skinny IMO . I was very active and in awesome condition, turned 30 and still didn't gain any weight no matter how poor my diet was. Hit 35 and gained a…
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