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It's Christmas and I shattered my scale!
Greetings of the Season! I guess I got a lump of coal a couple of days ago! Like, for realz! I actually shattered my scale; but, it was more the bang on the bathroom vanity as opposed to the extra food I've been eating! Pop went the Fitbit Aria version 1's black glass top, and ouch went my finger on the little pieces of…
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Mind Blown!
TL;dr: What is blowing my mind is that over the course of almost three years, in spite of major day to day eating differences, my AVERAGE calories eaten as logged varied by about *7* Cal (2911 to 2920)... so less than a 0.25% variation!?! This makes me curious about similar or dissimilar experiences!!! In more detail: So,…
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Muscle building in a deficit.
Since I started on MFP a few years back there has been a general sentiment on the MFP forums that it is incredibly unlikely to build muscle while in a deficit. Maybe if we do everything right we will protect and reveal existing muscle mass; but, building new muscle, especially for women... no way! Sometimes the exception…
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Deliberately accidental miss-statement of Calories?
I see generics that state slightly higher Calories then name brand. I see some brands of sausages that seem to have substantially fewer Calories than similar products made by other brands. Then again I know of a small food manufacturer where staff just log an MFP recipe and then use the values for their labels (and they…
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Dispensed Milk or Cream Portions!
I drink a lot of coffee. I often get it from places that don't use single portion creamers... in fact the machines they use often dispense automatic 'shots' that vary in size according to the cup you've ordered. And there is no guarantee that each individual machine is accurately calibrated! My local McD's dispenses…