Chainsaw_Flowerchild

That was a perfect response, with big sciency words too...

That could be a cool test. I'd be interested in finding out what your results are.

The Arc Trainer is super low impact. It's a cross between an elliptical and a stair climber.

Or he likes the "fluffy" you and is afraid he might not like the less "fluffy" version. Just Sayin... Still a jerk though...

Looks like you might have thought this through.. :)

You obviously took my question the wrong way. It's not idiotic to question someone who strongly believes something, it's how you learn. You said and I was wondering how you figure that was the case. My understanding it that the HRM guesses at how many calories are burned based on the heart rate. If flapping my arms gets my…

I usually will ask that same question but only because my mother gave someone a compliment about loosing weight to someone only to have it turned around because the person was going through chemo.

Most people on here recommend the Polar ft4 or ft7. I personally use the ft7.

Keep in mind that the best accessory you can have for high heels is shapely calves.

My only problem with the cookie cutter diets are that a lot of them don't teach you how to eat they just teach you how to open a box and nuke food. What ends up happening frequently is someone looses a bunch of weight on the frozen food diet plans and then once they reach their goal they don't know how to make healthy food…

I like to stick to chicken breast, leaner cuts of beef & port for my protean. A lot of broccoli, green beans, corn and salad.

I weigh in every morning but because I use the scale so often I only log losses after getting the same weight 3+ days running.

Click on Settings above. Go in to Update diet/fitness profile

Thats is what I'm working on now. I've only lost 2.5 lbs in 4 months. MFP set to 1.5 loss per week and going to gym 4-5 days a week. This bites.

I just started using a Polar FT7 that I got from Amazon. edit: It includes a chest strap.

Go to Settings Up at the top of the page. Click on Update diet/fitness profile and then change your "What is your goal?" field to something less extreme.

That makes sense, but the reason I'm concerned is because I'm on a plateau that’s lasted almost 4 months now. In the last 4 months I’ve lost 2.5 lbs. According to the BMI I still have almost 30 lbs that I should loose so it’s not as though I’m coming close to the “goal” weight. I have set MFP has too 1.5 lbs per week loss…

How do you figure? The machine knows what resistance your using where the HRM does not. The HRM is just using Age, Weight, Sex and Heart rate to determine the caloric burn. Where the machine is using Weight, Hear rate and resistance level to determine the information. Walking up hill uses much more energy that walking on a…

Sorry to jump on the water weight band wagon... Water weighs about 8.3 pounds per gallon, which works out to slightly more than an ounce per fluid ounce. So remember that a single 8 fluid oz. glass of water will add just over half a pound.

Even for women it's unreliable because it doesn't allow for a bust line either. I like the way the military calculates body fat because it uses 2-3 easy measurements and your height to determine the body fat % and seems pretty accurate for the people I know who have tried it. Military Body Fat Calculator…

MFP doesn't look at exercise at all. The settings screen shows job types not exercise. For this reason I need to choose Sedentary even though I go to the gym 4-5 days a week. I then need to eat most of my exercise calories back.

That is exactly what I was looking for. Try to maximize my calorie consumption when I'm doing the cardio and I wanted to make sure that the incline and added resistance would be reflected in the results. Thanks for the comments all.

Most of us know someone who smoked for all of there life and didn't get cancer too, but it doesn't make it a load of crap. ;P ... I Used to eat a hard boiled egg or two every morning but lately I've been eating Lucerne Best of the Egg Whites. They are 100% Egg Whites they are low in everything.

I log fruits and veggies but I don't log in I have a single drink of milk or soda or a bite of something. I figure I'm not logging that it took me 42 seconds to climb the stairs at work 4 times a day or the walking to and from the lunch room so I'm even.

Today I had Lucerne Best of the Egg Whites with Jimmy Dean Hearty Turkey Sausage Crumbles. yum

How is your caloric intake? Are you eating back the majority of your exercise calories?

Protein also keep you from getting hungry as often, which could help you loose weight.

Good advice agthorn.

My first goal weight was to lose 10% of my starting weight, which was 254lbs. I'm now 6lbs from my second goal weight of 20% of my starting weight.

The only problem with moderation is Bacon Cheese Burgers and French Fries are hard to moderate. I usually have a cheat day where I don't track but I still know how I'm doing. I go over my calorie goal but usually it's just about where I would be with out the calorie deficit. I hardly have cravings for the unhealthy food…