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Using two Garmin watches to track steps
I am thinking about getting a Garmin Vivosmart HR to track my HR throughout the day; I'm just curious to see how it reacts to training, sleep quality etc. The problem is I already have a Garmin 230, which I wear day to day and, crucially, use to track my runs (with chest HR). If I want to track my steps primarily with my…
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Eating back calories earnt on a bike - kJ or Calories?
I recently got a PowerTap hub for my bike and have been looking forward to getting accurate calorie reading with this. Looking online, everyone seems to says that, for cycling, 1 kJ = 1 calorie. However, when I upload to Strava, these two figures seem rather different, for example, on a recent 61 mile ride the calories…
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Why I stopped counting calories
I've been using this website and app since the end of January this year and I've had some great results with it - I lost about 10kg (22lbs) with it, which was about a 12% reduction in my overall weight. I've also been able to keep off the weight I've lost, having being the same average weight for the past few months. I…
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1000 free calories!
The calorie genie has granted you 1000 free calories to do as you wish! Two rules:* You're only allowed to have ONE food * The calories have no nutritional value - carbs won't give you energy, but neither will protein help to build muscle What do you spend them on? I think mine would be cheesecake, closely followed by…
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Determining maintanance calories
I've read around other forums that people tend to reduce their calories by 100 or so each week until they stop losing weight, I just have a few questions about doing this. I've been eating to MFP's suggested maintenance value for 12d and trendweight says that I'm still eating at a 316 calorie deficit, basic readings on the…
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Estimating calories in a meal
I'm going to a fancy dinner on Friday and I have no idea on the number of calories it's going to contain. It seems pointless to try and guess the quantities of each of the ingredients. Just as a rough estimate, how many calories would you log for this meal? My standard is 1000, since I never eat that much when I cook for…
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Losing faith in HR monitor for calories burnt
This morning I went a long bike ride (66.7 miles; 3h47m) and was looking forward to a nice big number of calories burned to eat into throughout the day. However, my Garmin gives me a pretty feeble 1678 calorie burn estimate. In contrast, Strava gives me a much more rewarding 2219 calories (so a 25% difference). The…
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Had an unplanned cheat day - how bad should I feel?
So yesterday I had a complete 'cheat day' I started off the day ok, logging everything I ate (which was more than normal, but I was sticking to my calorie goal), but then there was tea and cakes and I probably ate about a third of a Victoria sponge cake and a few mini flap jack things. Then I went to a fancy dinner (no way…
