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If you want to increase the workout a weighted vest is going to be more effective than any weights added to extremities. Separate standing arm strength training will be more helpful if you want to build muscle in your arms. Even 10-15 min a day can make a difference.

11/12: 157 11/20: 157.6 11/21: 157.8 11/22: 156.6 11/23: 155.8 11/24: 157.2 11/25: 158.2 *today* 11/26: 158.8 12/1 goal: 155 1/1 goal: 152 Oh, well that hateful tramp better know as The Scale keeps going up. It's definitely water, I can tell by how seldom my visits to the restroom have become no matter how much I drink, as…

Monday, Monday! Food was slightly over, but not terribly so, and mostly nutritious...working out was done...bi/tri/shoulder/glute, plus walking 10K+, plus 20 min on the elliptical...so all in all a pretty on target day!

“I picked up the table, and I went to work on him,” she said. ‘The table broke.” I love this woman, and we should have more stories about older people who successfully defend themselves. They are a vulnerable population and this positive publicity is the best way to see them less frequently targeted for violence.

I generally don't notice more than a 2-3 lb jump from carbs, but I can totally jump 9 lbs overnight from hormones at unpleasant times of month, so it may be more than just carbs.

Friday - I actually logged the food and stuck to the planned food with the exception of a beer while at D&D. No workouts though, got home kind of late due to, I assume, holiday traffic, so all I had time for was to cook the food. Saturday - Such a busy day...didn't get much sleep, then ballet, then had sushi on the way to…

11/12: 157 11/20: 157.6 11/21: 157.8 11/22: 156.6 11/23: 155.8 11/24: 157.2 *today* 11/25: 158.2 12/1 goal: 155 1/1 goal: 152 I didn't really track over the weekend, but was crazy busy and probably didn't overeat either. The water weight is definitely piling on and I'm going to aim for a carnivore eating style to see if…

Pre-made stuff is frequently more actual calories than stated on the package too, so that's never good when you are trying to track!

I think assimilation into everyday life is a huge part of making this work long term, at least for me. It's easy to do the calorie math, and tracking food doesn't really take that long, activity can be fit in even if it's only 10 min at a time...but the hard part is making it all fit your lifestyle...having those quick…

11/12: 157 11/20: 157.6 11/21: 157.8 *today* 11/22: 156.6 12/1 goal: 155 1/1 goal: 152 Do all the workouts - walking done, skipped weights, too sore and no time 11/21 Eat to daily calorie goals - kinda 11/21 I was slightly over my calorie allotment, but not drastically.

Thursday...I was just over my +/-200 calorie goal, so not the greatest day ever in the food arena...definitely low on protein...I probably need to get my protein in earlier in the day and then I might not find myself so prone to snacking...got my walking done 12K steps, but skipped the weights...it was supposed to be lower…

PS I love that game (Unstable Unicorns)!!!

I used a ketogenic diet to control my migraines, it's a diet originally developed to treat epilepsy and still used today for intractable epilipsy - if you are looking for dietary solutions, that's definitely one worth exploring. Epilepsy Foundation:…

I don't use the MFP generated deficit values, I carb/calorie cycle, so I set mine up as custom and I have an "offset" value that I key for my lower carb/calorie days. I do try to track weight and such daily, but I'm terrible about remembering to get on the scale, and MFP doesn't adjust custom settings with weight changes.…

Ah, that's really cool!!!

Hang in there!

MFP is giving you a base 1660 calories every day, then adding in calories for your exercise and your Polar each day. Yesterday your polar adjustment was 215. You also walked for an additional 225 that makes your total goal 2,100 I'm not aware of any place where MFP tells you what it calculates your calorie burn as...but…

still giggling over the Star Trek comment... I also have a desk job and go with Sedentary, so far so good!

I keep mine off...but to my understanding, if you have your activity level set to a certain thing, then it reduces your calories until your fitbit (or whatever) says that you have achieved that activity level, then it will start giving you more calories if you go above your stated activity level. I believe it's designed to…

If you checkin your weight, it also alters the math, lower body weights will calculate out to slightly lower NEAT values, so that would reduce your goal calories even if the deficit is the same, right?

My daughter reconfigures her broken Monster High dolls all the time...new faces, new body parts or steampunk style appendages, merging them together...it's weird, but cool...I was never that creative as a child.

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That's adorable!

It takes me about 3 weeks to adapt to a new routine, so give it time. You are tired because you are doing more activity. Also, strength training requires some recovery, so try getting a bit more protein than usual, and maybe a bit more sleep, that should help with the fatigue.

You have exercise showing in your diary, so MFP is designed such that any calories burned during exercise will be eaten back and automatically added to your calorie goal. I don't have any devices that sync to MFP, but I assume if you do then your exercise may be automatically logging. There's a setting for "Enable Negative…

I did all the weights last night and started experimenting with EDT...so far so good.