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If 7000 calories = 1kg
I've always proudly requoted that dropping roughly 7000 calories will lose 1kg in weight. MFP uses a similar calculation and I've seen it working in practice, and then I had some peanuts.... On that peanut packet, it said 100g = 604 calories. Now if 7000 calories gives 1000g And I am always eating exactly my burn (i.e.…
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Dinner for a bad day (144 cal)
Just ate a fantastic light dinner to make up for a little too much snacking. 1 cup grated cauliflour (25 cal) (rice substitute) Half a skinless chicken breast diced (90 cal) (make it a whole if you can) 3 tbsp passata (20 cal) 1 tsp Basil (0ish cal) 1 garlic (5 cal) 1/2 tsp chili powder (0ish cal) 4 squirts of fry-light.…
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Calorie burn in sex (Adult humour, text only)
I was just interested as in a silly moment I found that 'semen' is actually in MFP's database, while sex doesn't appear to be. It is of course one of the best workouts (depending on position) and is definitely the easiest way to burn some extra calories. Anyway, in my search I found this and nearly wet myself:…
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Treadmill Accuracy
I've seen this question pop up many many times but all consensus's agree that it's reasonably active. I was on today for 22 minutes alternating between 5.5 - 9km/h but spending more time in the lower half of that. I walked/jogged 2.5km. (Treadmill makes no allowance for weight) According to http://42.195km.net/e/treadsim/…
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Lost 3 KG in 1 week?!?
I started MFP a week ago at 103kg, today and last night I weighed in at just under 100. I have been exercising more but eating those calories back, I have gone over my target by 1-200cals most days and not doing anything classed as 'not-sensible'... Is this possible? Is it right? Or do I just need a new set of scales?
