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Misfit and Calories Earned
I recently switched from a Fitbit Zip to a Misfit Shine, mostly because I wanted to be able to track swimming and cycling. I really like the Shine, I'm just wondering if I should trust the calories that get added to MFP everyday. With my Fitbit if I didn't get 5000 steps I would end up getting calories taken away.…
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Advice Needed - Helping my son become a runner
My son is almost 13 and decided he wants to join the Cross Country team this year. He's not what I would call an athletic kid and I am not a runner so I'm not sure how to help him start training so that he won't be completely overwhelmed when practices start in 3 weeks. If I remember right, he'll only be running 1 mile…
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Gym Machine vs. MFP, Calories Burned?
Last night I went to the gym and decided to ride a stationary bike. I chose a program with some changes in resistance and tried to stay between 90 and 105 RPM. I did 45 minutes and the bike said I went a little over 10 miles and burned 298 calories. When I went to log it on MFP it gave me 510 calories. I went with 298…
