mapnerd2005

Intellect comes in different forms. I have to have someone I can have a conversation with. I have dated guys and said NO WAY, and moved on when it became apparent that there was a significant intellectual imbalance. That being said, a piece of paper (a degree) does NOT certify intelligence. Some of the smartest people I…

yeah, good luck with that!

are you eyeballing your portions or are you weighing and measuring everything? Make sure you're being as accurate as possible when logging your food by weighing/measuring out what you eat. It only takes a few seconds. Buy a digital food scale (I like being able to switch between kilos and ounces). When I prepare my plates,…

I "save" them if I know I'm going out on the weekend. The body doesn't reset at midnight, it's a budget, treat it as such.

I wear my fitbit ALL the time, unless I'm in the pool. I wear my HRM during workouts only. I wouldn't bother with the HRM while just walking, let fitbit figure that out. I walk about 7 miles a day just during regular daily activity. I never counted it, but it really adds up. Since I've started eating more (thanks to fitbit…

Under, just under your bra.

I forget I'm even wearing the chest strap most of the time. Sometimes it'll be hours before I take it off if I'm out and about after my workout.

Don't stress too much about going over for a day or two. It WILL even out in the long run as long as you are working hard the rest of the time. I have a no-banned foods policy as long as I stay within range of my calorie goal, but I go over (sometimes by a lot) on occasion and don't stress about it. I recently returned…

I plan out my whole day's worth of meals and snacks and log them out in advance as well. I find that it's much easier to politely decline that cookie if I have a snack planned.

My mantra is, "You can make excuses, or you can make progress."

find the book Eat This/Not That. It has nutritional information for most of the major chain restaurants/fast food places. What I really like about it is that it suggests alternatives to the least healthy food items on the menu. There's also a supermarket section and a menu decoder.

Split an entree (or box up half), ask for dressing on the side for your salad (do the "fork dip" to minimize the amount you use), and show restraint when it comes to breadsticks. Make sure the rest of your meals for the day are as healthy as possible. I went to Olive Garden last weekend and was able to stay under my…

I ran the Detroit half-marathon just to say I ran a race across two countries!

often.

I weigh daily, but I can handle the day-to-day fluctuations and look at the overall trend.

Most ridiculous thing I've ever seen.

The first time I did it, I thought I was going to DIE on W1D1. I had to repeat wk1 3 times, week 2 2x, and week 6 3x. But on my one-year anniversary of joining MFP, I ran a 10K. The whole thing. No walking. Yep, I ran a 10K in just over an hour, average pace. You WILL do it if you keep working. Don't be embarrassed for…

I eat bacon almost every day! The real stuff :)

My advice is to plan out your meals for the entire day in advance. If you really like the biscuits and really want to keep eating them, plan them into your day. I plan ice cream or some kind of dessert into my plan every day. If I'm craving something really sinful or am planning going to a restaurant, I'll put it in my…

Every now and then I have a hungry day (or two or three). I need to track it to see where it hits in my cycle, if it's a regular thing, or if it hits after more intense than usual workouts, etc. But, I go ahead and eat. Usually I am not hungry, and I have to remind myself to eat regularly throughout the day just to make…

Translation: Cookies cause belly fat.

9.56% since 1/2/13!!! Woohoo!!!

I drink it daily.

I'm 5'5", and at 144 lbs, my body fat % would be considered underweight (not that I've seen that number in a LONG time, but just thinking back to the day...). My goal "weight" is one at which I am in the middle of the healthy BF% range. I don't care AT ALL that at that weight I'm still considered to be overweight according…

I love my One. I've had it for two months. I log all my food on MFP and my workouts on the fitbit site (that seems to work best for me). Unless I'm swimming, I wear my One while I workout, but when I log the workout I make sure to accurately enter the times of my workout so I don't "double dip", and then I manually enter…

I budget them into my calories for the day. If this is a lifestyle change that is going to stick, no food is off limits in moderation.

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^^This! The rare occasion when I use a treadmill, I rest my hands on the rails because I am less stable on a treadmill than when I walk outside. In the real world, your pace and stride length varies, on a treadmill you don't have that option and it throws many people off kilter. I can't run on a treadmill AT ALL without…

I'd do something, that's for sure.

I'm in DC too.