stanmann571 Member

I can't speak to the Fitbit infrastructure, but Misfit syncs great. I have a Misfit and a Garmin and both pass useful and meaningful data to MFP. I've had a Shine(1) for about 2 years and a Garmin Vivoactive(1) for about 3. both have held up well and sync smoothly with MFP. Based on the recent spate of complaints, it seems…

How did MFP give you a calorie goal if you didn't choose a rate of loss?

Pick a quality program, follow it for 6 months. at your size, you could probably do a slow cut or a recomp.

I'd suggest picking a program rather than picking exercises. https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10332083/which-lifting-program-is-the-best-for-you/p1

This is ideally a question for whomever designed the program. If you designed the program, it would be prudent for you to look for and use a standardized progressive program that meets your needs and advances your personal goals, rather than attempting to design one for yourself. Here's a good starting point…

If you wish. If you're properly hydrated, you shouldn't need to. But it's an entirely personal decision.

As long as you're following a good program and maintaining a deficit, you're going to continue leaning out and for a while longer continue building strength. How much lighter do you plan on getting, since you're already at a good weight?

While you can constantly or repeatedly sync, the devices/apps aren't actually best used in that manner, when the goal is weight/fat loss. You will encounter discrepencies as you've seen because even though some of the data appears to sync, it's not actually syncing in near real time. At best it's syncing every 15…

IF the number bothers you, by all means turn it off. Understand though, that by turning it off you're making it harder to get good weekly estimates. Ideally, while you input data throughout the day/week you shouldn't be concerned with the output except on a weekly or monthly basis for determining whether or not your…

So very much this. IT could be a 50 calorie or a 250 calorie banana. Inaccuracies can add up. Sometimes they'll even out on average, sometimes they'll throw you completely off the rails.

MFP and whatever is providing your step calories have norming and smoothing functions and assume that your activity level will not be spikey(which is ridiculous, because life/activity is spikey). So your step tracker passes MFP a calorie estimate that may be for the whole day, or may be just up till 1130. MFP then plugs…

By the time you get to maintenance, you should have a pretty solid grip on whether your exercise estimates are high, low, or dead on.

That should be your first step, although, given where you're at, even with the inherent inaccuracies of measuring cups, you should be seeing some result after 8 weeks. Are you using packaged food? And trusting the label for serving sizes? Serving sizes should be cross checked with weight vs count. Some slices of bread for…

A screenshot would help, but it sounds like it's doing what it's supposed to.

There are 2 possibilities. 1. MFP is working as it's supposed to, and you need to eat those calories 2. You've overestimated your activity level and your base calories/activity are too high.

Mine has caffeine, so yes. It also has flavor. I use it as a base for my pre-workout/daily Beta alanine/creatine/Citrulline

You're probably overdoing the "healthy food" part. While I understand you have some limitations on what you can eat due to various conditions, Many people find that upping proteins and fats can lead to being more satisfied. Additionally, if you're burning 500 calories in training, you should be eating those calories.…

How are you tracking your calories? When did you start your program, and at what weight? At 260+ lbs, you should be easily losing 2-3 lbs per week. Since you're not, the most likely culprit is inaccurate logging.

1700 is really low for someone at 260+ lbs.

So when did you start? How are you tracking calories? What is your daily allowance?

I'd encourage you to get a step tracker. Additionally, I'd suggest looking into the Garmin line of products.

Bring a paperback.

I decided after contemplation that the following deserved it's own post Oh, and I cherry picked this sentence, but you should be able to find the context That's right. The "safe level" isn't even an adequate minimum.

You edited that paragraph in an odd manner. WHY?!?!? Unedited as below Although, more interesting is the section below. And Finally, in conclusion Bolded for emphasis.

This should probably be in Debate or General diet.

When you say minimal success, what's your goal? Are your work sets going up in weight? Are you getting faster with your run/bike/elliptical? If you're asking about losing weight, you'll need to track your eating and eat at a deficit. The generally accepted advice is that you can't outtrain a bad diet, and that's almost…

Humans have been fasting for spiritual/mental reasons for millennia. Pick a day, prepare yourself mentally, prepare your environment to reduce temptation/distraction, And then fast. use the time you would have spent eating on some other activity to improve yourself mentally or spiritually or emotionally--Read, meditate,…

That's DOMS. mobility drills on the affected body part are the best treatment.

I seem to recall 3 rules or so 1. You have to eat at least one bite-IOW, if Mama serves your plate you don't have to finish your plate 2. If you take seconds, you finish them (sometimes for breakfast)- IOW, if you serve your plate, you will finish your plate 3. If you don't like it, fix something different-Obviously…

Traditional fasting AKA religious/spiritual fasting starts at 36 hours. And people have been doing it for millennia for spiritual/emotional/mental benefits. There's no indication YET, that there's any meaningful health or weightloss benefit to fasting. I suspect that after much research, some years down the road, none will…