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Garmin and TDEE problems
Im curious to know if anybody else has run into this problem. I had a Fitbit charge HR for about 3 months. Due to the rubber separating from the band my boyfriend bought me the Garmin Vivosmart HR for Christmas. (Now I know that fitness bands can't be solely relied upon for results but I'd like to think the Fitbit has…
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Dessert weakness
So... the past 3 nights I've had a major sweet tooth problem and very little self control with it. Not sure why.. doing good throughout the day staying on track with calories, by dinner time I have about 800 calories left over (aiming for 1400) then I eat dinner and it spikes my sugar cravings and I ruin my whole deficit…
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Thanksgiving weight change not going away
I had been doing really well maintaining up until thanksgiving day. I weighed 123 give or take a pound, then after thanksgiving I was up 127.8. I figured it was just waterweight from the festive type food. I didn't even really splurge all that much. I still logged and was hanging right around maintenance calories at the…
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Macros for extra exercise calories?
Say my goal for today is 1650 with a 40C/40C/20F spread (entered manually under macronutrients by day). But I burn 2700 calories for the day according to Fitbit so the adjustment gives me some extra calories to eat, usually 300-400 or so. My question is if I've already hit a decent amount of protein, say 130G, is it that…
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Weight fluctuations?
I've been weight training for about an hour 5 days a week and jogging/walking the other 2 plus I average about 15,000 steps a day 2300 cal burned on a low day and 2700 on a really active day according to Fitbit. I'm eating at around a 250 cal deficit trying to tone up and get my body fat % down. I'm a 22 y.o. 5'5 female…
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Whey Isolate vs Casein
For those of you that use protein powders as a main source to hit your macros while eating at/near maintenance with hopes to reduce overall BF, can you tell me the differences in Whey Isolate and Casein protein? I use "Now sports Whey Isolate naturally unflavored" and love it mainly because being that it's unflavored I can…
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Strength training on a calorie deficit?
Can anybody give me some good advice here, I've read a lot of different opinions on this and not too sure what to believe. Should I still be on a calorie deficit while upping my strength training alot? My stats: Female 22 years 5'5 124lbs Body fat- 25%? (according to the caliper) Active outside job Walk an average of 15000…
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How should I change my diet/exercise?
Hi all, So I've been working on a healthier lifestyle for a little over 2 months now. MFP has really helped me keep on track lately. I'm a female, 5'5" 123lbs (started at 132 about 2.5 months ago) sorta average to slightly athletic build. Trying to get down to 115lbs or so but mainly just want to tone up my thighs,…
