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Resting energy expenditure
When I was in a prolonged plateau phase, I talked to my doctor who ordered a resting energy expenditure test. I am not sure how to incorporate this information into my MFP profile (the REE turned out to be significantly above the level predicted by my height, weight and age). Should I be using the REE as my baseline…
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Energy consumption in super hot weather?
Everyone knows that we burn more calories when the weather is cold in order to keep warm. What happens to BMR and energy consumption with exercise when the temperatures are unusually hot and humid (as in recent days here in the upper Midwest)? (I know most people have air conditioners but ours has been out of action).
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Good news and bad news
The good news is that I have not regained any significant weight but I have been extremely frustrated that my rate of weight loss has slowed so much. I have never gone below 1200 calories per day but have been eating less and less of my exercise calories in a futile effort to lose more weight. The bad news is that I have…
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Estimating calories
I see advertisements for activity monitors (but they are costly) and lots of references on this site for using heart rate monitors for estimating calories. My pedometer does provide a calories burned estimate (which seems conservative versus the exercise database on MFP). How do these things compare and how accurate are…
