ShannonMpls Member

I log my exercise (and calorie burn) just because I'm curious. But I know my daily TDEE calorie goal, pre-plan my days within it, and ignore the extra exercise calories MFP adds to my goal. I don't care if anyone thinks I am undereating :)

I'm up to just over 4 minutes - working on 5.

Let me start off by saying that I eat what I like when camping. I am incredibly active, from setting up camp to hiking miles a day with a 30 pound toddler strapped to my back, and I'm not going to spend these fun weekends outside counting calories. I drink beer, I eat chips, and I enjoy myself. I am not worried about…

Staci is the best example I've heard of: http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2011/07/21/meet-staci-your-new-powerlifting-super-hero/

My anxiety was about maintaining it - would I hit goal weight and then immediately derail without the external reward of seeing scale weight drop? Turns out I can, in fact, maintain :) It can be scary losing weight. If you weren't happy overweight, being at your chosen weight might be a let-down. It doesn't automatically…

You might find this article helpful: http://www.getgrok.com/2013/01/a-comparative-review-28-days-with-the-fitbit-one-jawbone-up-nike-fuelband-and-bodymedia-link/ I love my fitbit and have barely missed a day wearing it since November when I got it. Great customer service too; they replaced it for free after I accidentally…

what a great thread! Here's my addition - I'm 5'11":

I hope you realize how awesome you are.

Your pic in the red shirt brought a huge smile to my face. You look so confident and happy. Congrats on your amazing success.

I changed my sugar setting to allow for 50g per day. I have added sugars under control, and I don't care if fruit or lactose sugar puts me over. But the red number bothered me so I increased it manually ;)

I started lifting weighs my first month on MFP, 130 pounds overweight. I was actually far more consistent with weight lifting during the time I was losing than cardio. Cardio I'd skip now and then, but weight training was virtually non-negotiable. And this is awesome, because as I burned fat, I uncovered my muscles. Though…

She's also flexing, isn't she? When I flex, I have defined biceps and triceps. I don't care for how my shoulders look mid shoulder press. I don't love how my back looks flexed. But I don't walk around flexed. I work hard in the gym so I love how my arms and shoulders look, relaxed, in tank tops. It's clear that I lift…

Try Jefit. You can input your routines on the website and it will sync to the app.

Estimate your effort on a 1-12 scale, with one being lying down and 12 being a sweaty mess (you likely couldn't maintain that for a long length of time). You can use that as an estimate of calories burned per minute. In my experience, MFP greatly overestimates most cardio, but is pretty accurate for walking and running.

In the cardio database, you can find entries for both strength training and circuit training to give you an estimate.

Body fat estimates based on measurements/online calculators are not something I'd rely upon.

I would not log it.

Treadmills make me hate running. And I love running. If forced to run indoors, I either use a track or do intervals on an elliptical.

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Though heart rate monitors aren't the best for weight training, BodyPump isn't typical weight training either. When I've taken it, my heart rate monitor has reported 240-400 calories max. I can't imagine burning 800 calories in BodyPump. The only time I've come close is a Boot Camp with nonstop movement that left me a…

You can record it as circuit training or strength training under cardiovascular exercises. My experience in BodyPump, though is that the MFP numbers will be much higher than your actual burn.

You look awesome and I echo the sentiment. I didn't take my initial pics until twenty pounds in and i REALLY wish I'd started day 1. I also took them in bra/panties, and now I wish I had taken them in a sports bra/spandex shorts so I could share them more widely. I guess I wasn't expecting to actually SUCCEED ;)

You're welcome! A battery place will be able to do it for you too. I bet $$ this will fix your issue.

Have you replaced both batteries? Mine did that when the battery in the transmitter (not the watch) needed to be replaced.

http://www.exrx.net/ has basic exercise how-tos, including videos. Youtube will also be a ton of help.

I squat it.

Just like every holiday since I started, I'll eat what I like :)

The US definitely takes the prize in terms of developed countries, but I'm guessing your travels haven't included Kuwait. Or Micronesia. or Samoa. They're all fatter.

This is incorrect. The healthy range for women goes to 24% and higher (though the upper end depends on who you ask).

And I wear size 10, sometimes an 8, and I'm in the healthy category with a body fat percentage in the "fitness" range. Comparing sizes is meaningless.