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MFP Ads
Do you guys get the crazy ads via MFP that I get? This one really tickled me. Who clicks on this stuff?
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Running / Walking Friction Burns
Did an unusually long run and walk this morning. I ended up with large red friction burns under my arms, from rubbing as I pump my arms. I didn’t realize I had done so til I climbed in the shower and they started stinging. Any suggestions for easing the burns, and prevention in future? I’ve gotten small ones before, but…
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Apps Have Different Calorie Totals (iPhone versus iPad)
My iPad is reporting higher calories than my iPhone for the last several days, sometimes several hundred calories more. It seems to report some foods twice, or, if I swiped right on the iPhone to repeat yesterday’s meal, adds in ingredients from a week earlier. Anyone else having this problem?
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Anyone Tried an Earthing Blanket?
Has anyone tried an earthing blanket? What was your experience? The idea is very simple. Humans have lost touch with the earth, due to shoes, floors in homes that raise us above it, high rises, etc, and thus the body has no way to drain pent up electrical charges back to the earth, which has its own electrical charge. Pent…
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Fast Food Gripe
We are traveling and stopping at fast food simply because it’s expedient. Rural ND and MN, stops along the freeway are few. I hate these new computer monitor style menu boards! They don’t show the entire menu. I couldn’t find a better choice, placed my order, and after I’d stood there a minute, a salad menu popped up - and…
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Running Tips To/From Grey Headed Possums
I am trying to take up running. The last time I ran was 45 years ago in 7th grade. Can anyone give me any tips? The first one I’ve learned for myself is don’t run immediately after breakfast. Is there a good Apple Watch interval app that doesn’t require a phone to start it?
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The Gratefulness Lens
My yoga instructor gave her three year old a magnifying glass, and talked about how excited he was to look at everything (especially ants). She said it occurred to her, “What if you could look at life through a lens of gratefulness and find three things a day to be grateful for?” I’ve thought about that a lot since she…
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Macros
Would someone please point me to a good explanatory thread about macros? I’m down almost 70, and I workout an average of three times a day: walking, training, vinyasa yoga and Pilates It’s time to pay attention to macros before I hurt myself. FWIW, my diary is open, but we were out of the country a month and things have…
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Glutathione, CoQ-10
Doc prescribed me Glutathione and CoQ-10. Been taking both for three days. Noticed an uptick in energy yesterday, and today when working out. Today I am suddenly ravenous. Have not had experienced this at all during the last seven months of weight loss. I know it’s only three days, but energy and hunger are so unexpected…
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Eyesight and Weight Loss?
I’ve searched and don’t really see this addressed. Has anyone’s eyesight changed with their weight loss? I had my eyes checked in October, before I started to lose. My prescription was strengthened a little bit but I didn’t get around to getting new glasses. I’m now down about 65 pounds since that exam, and my eyesight has…
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Lidl
Has anyone else noticed that the calorie counts on many products from Lidl are less (sometimes significantly) than similar products recorded in MFP from other stores? Any reasonable explanation? Or are they just messing with our minds?
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Kudos, Delta
Am currently on an international flight (seatbelt fits great, thankyaverymuch). I was just served a really nice meal. Well balanced, lots of mixed fresh fruit, cheese, chicken breast on lettuce. I ate all but the dressing and figured it at about 650 calories. I have to say, it was tasty and for airline food, far less…
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Let’s Hear It for Muffintops!!!
You know what? I bought new jeans yesterday, and to my utmost shock was down three sizes. Tried several brands to make sure it wasn’t a fluke, but they all buttoned comfortably. So what if I have a muffintop? Or a “skinny fat”? Or an “S” curve belly? I’m celebrating the damn thing! It’ll be gone in a minute. It’s like…
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iOS Glitch?
MFP has been glitchy the past week or two, particularly with logging and logging foods a day or two ahead of time, but I’ve just worked around it. I got a new iPhone X and set it up last night. Same issue last night with pre logging today’s meals. This morning I have two huge glitches. If I add a food and then add a second…
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Please Whisper Something Sweet Into My Ear
So, have exceeded all expectations. Thank you MFP! But.... Have hit what should reasonably be called a “non-plateau” and am wavering between 156-157. My right brain says, “You dummy! This is no plateau! You’ve gained muscle weight! You look smaller! Cut yourself some slack!” My left brain, the one who still sees me as big…
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Excercise App or Videos
I’ve got to stay off a foot for a week or two. No walking, no flow yoga. I can still train on weight machines and can do mat classes like yin and Pilates. But there’s not enough at my studio and I’m going nuts sitting around the house. Can anyone recommend some online videos or an app to tide me over for a couple of weeks?…
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Honking Giant Container of PBP
First of all, thanks to people over at the volume eaters thread who post food tips. I just tried the Franks Buffalo Wing Sauce with dry wok’ed chicken strips, and rolled them in soft corn tortillas. Fantastic!!!! And made a nice salad the next day. Will try in a crockpot for shredded chicken next. Lots of people raving…
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How Legit Are Apple Watch Numbers?
Ok. I’m just absolutely confused. I feel like my Apple watch is more hindrance than help because I don’t understand how or what it’s reporting,or trust its accuracy. How do you read the numbers on the Apple Watch fitness app? Are these calories burned over and above TDEE? Who set the 670 calorie movement goal or is it some…
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How Are You Counting Ground Beef & Bacon?
Ok, certain things about logging food confuse me, and this just occurred to me as I was fixing to make tacos for the husband and a taco salad for me. Ground beef is about 70 calories per raw ounce, for 80/20. I’ve been counting three ounces as 210, which is a huge chunk of my daily allotment. But of course I drain it,…
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Embarrassing But Please Explain
I am so embarrassed to ask this. So please don’t laugh. Started at 216 in September, lost 40, haven’t weighed myself in a couple of weeks because I was obsessing but can tell I’ve lost a fair amount more. I’ve done flow yoga for years, as well as a lot of walking, so I was already on the high end of the muscle range when I…
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Raising (Technically Lowering) the Bar
I sincerely hope this motivates someone who may be looking at MFP for the first time. If you’d asked me nearly four months ago, if I’d be sitting where I am now, I would have laughed in your face. It hasn’t been hard, it’s actually been a pleasure learning new things about myself and my capabilities. If I can do this, you…
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Stupid Shoe Question
Ok please don’t laugh. Has anyone had this problem? Is it normal? I’ve lost a whole shoe size in a month. I desperately need new shoes but I’ve been to several places and tried on a bunch of brands. Nothing fits. The smaller size is right but the heel slides all over regardless of sock type. It’s driving me nuts and I’m…
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Why are the Calorie Counts so Different
Hi. Rookie here. Why are the counts of calories burned so different between the MFP and MapMyRide apps? Both are UA apps? MMR will say I’ve burned 700 walking while MFP will show 182? I haven’t been counting calories burned against the 1470 I can eat, btw. And how come sometimes when I take, for example, a one cup serving…
