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Weekly Average?
I am tracking my calories and sometimes I'm over, sometimes under my allowance. It would be extremely helpful to know my weekly average so that I can reach my weekly allowance despite fluctuations. However where can you find that on MFP? I know it used to be on the mobile app but it isn't any more as far as I can tell? :S
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Months of lifting but no results?!
I have been following the NROL program for a long time now. I'm halfway through Stage 5. I started in September, but re-started properly around Christmas. I have an active lifestyle and do lifting 3x a week usually. On top of my clubs like dancing and walking around my uni campus a lot each day. I have been eating at a…
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Body fat test + BMR accuracy
I finally had my body fat tested today at the gym. I have been weightlifting for a few months now and I can definitely see progress both physically and in my increases in strength. First I was weighed and gave my age etc.... and said what I do in a week to determine my general activity level. Here's my results: Age: 20…
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BF% Test and BMR accuracy
(Reposted here because I think the other thread was wrong) I finally had my body fat tested today at the gym. I have been weightlifting for a few months now and I can definitely see progress both physically and in my increases in strength. First I was weighed and gave my age etc.... and said what I do in a week to…
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Walking on campus-Activity Level?
I am a university student living on campus at the moment, but my campus is pretty big. I basically just want to know if I'm on the right activity level at 'lightly active' or if I should be moderately active? I'm not really sure how the difference is? Monday to Friday I probably walk 2 hours a day on average? Some days…
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Fitbit: How does it work exactly?
I'm considering getting the new Fitbit One as I want to know how many calories I burn from daily activity, as I have no idea! However I'm wondering if it's that accurate and worth the money? Does it measure calories burned by monitoring heart rate? This is the only way I can see it being truly accurate. Or is it estimating…
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Monitor daily calorie expenditure-Fitbit, HRM, Bodymedia?
Hey everyone. I have been struggling for a loong time with guestimating my calorie expediture and make sure I'm not eating too little/too much. Because of my previous ED problems this mentally causes me more trouble then it's worth, so I have finally decided to invest in one of the above mentioned. I basically want…
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Struggling with ED at uni & new activity level
Hey everyone. Ok this problem is a bit complex. More because of my mentality than anything probably. Basically I was losing weight well at home for a while. But now I have come to uni and I have stopped losing weight, even though my activity level is A LOT higher, and I am not eating very differently. I was on primal diet…
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New daily routine at university-TDEE?
So I have started uni this year and just finished my first week. Already I can tell I need to change my calorie allowance! Here's my activity in a week here as far as I know so far. GENERAL: I live in accommodation about 15 minutes away from the centre of campus where my lectures are. 20 mins from some other buildings. So…
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Re-introducing carbs
I have been on the paleo/primal diet since the beginning of this year and I have loved it. I still love it, and it really helped me in my weight loss (bonus!) However, I'm starting uiniversity later this month, and I'm going to be catered. This means that following this diet will not be easy. Perhaps impossible really,…
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Calorie question: Activity level?
Hey everyone. I'm just re-assessing my calorie goals and I'm a bit confused on how to log my exercise against my activity level? I started a weight training program on Saturday and had my second session today, burning about 300 250-300 calories. This will probably increase slightly as I increase my weights/length of…
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NROL4W: Day 1 feedback?
Hey everyone.Yesterday was my first day of 'New Rules of Lifting for Women'. Stage 1 Workout A. Here are my results: Squat: Set 1: 10kg/ 15 reps Set 2: 10kg/ 15 reps (Plus I was bad and did another 3 sets. One with 10kg and 15 reps, then 2 with 10 reps at the end of the whole workout) Push Up: Set 1: 10 reps Set 2: 6 reps…
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Calories Burned Swimming?
Hey everyone! Today i went swimming, and i took my polar F4 HRM to track calories burned. It didn't work though and showed between 0 and 160 :S And it often said I needed to check it because it wasn't working. I was just wondering how many calories I would have burned so i can log it more accurately? Is there a good,…
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Starting tomorrow: Excited but nervous
I think I FINALLY get the actual workout plan. So confusing with all the letters and numbers but after reading throught the book and threads multiple times it now seems quite simple (in theory anyway!) Anyway I recently reached my goal weight of 120 pounds and now want to build muscle and this sounds like an effective and…
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New rules of lifting for women-Wait and save or start now?
I mentioned this in a thread in the 'NRL4W' group but i thought I'd get more response here :) Basically i want to start the workouts as i've bought the book on my kindle and read through it and it sounds like a really great way to build muscle and strength which I want to do now I;m at my goal weight. The problem is, I'm a…
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Tasting Blood
For quite a few years now i have avoided running as every timw I do it-even for just a few minutes- I can taste blood. However I really want to get good at running to improve my fitness and so i went out today hoping I would be ok. I came back with a very strong taste and a pain in my chest after a 15 minute run and it…
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Lower back pain increasing
Hi everyone. So I realised a few months ago when I started doing pilates that I had a weak lower back. It really annoyed me as I couldn't do many of the ab exercises without being in pain. I thought it was just unlucky though and I was one of many who said they experienced similar pain. This may be true still... However I…
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8 months; Almost There!
So I started my weight loss journey last September/October. I lost the first 7 pounds easily, then hit an infuriating 3.5 month plateau. I tried everything I saw in the threads to start losing again. But I didn't give up! Eventually a combination of 2 things got me back on track 1) Cutting carbs below 100 (paleo diet but…
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Make up calories?
So I'm very close to my goal. I'm at 125 and my GW is 121. My daily calorie goal is 1630 and I usually lose 0.50-1lb on this. In 2 weeks recently I was under my calorie goal at about 1200 net and I lost weight but I thnk it was too fast and i want to lose fat not muscle. So last week I ate closer to my normal calorie goal…
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Paleo/Primal Diet: Enough calories
I am on a paleo diet (but with the occasional dairy so maybe more primal) and i am loving it. However most days I struggle to get enough calories in. My BMR is 1470 and I usually aim for 1500 net. This is so difficult I find. E.g. today it's almost 9pm and i have eaten 1000 calories and I don't see how I can eat enough…
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Paleo or Primal?
I was doing paleo for a couple of weeks but I was worried about calcium so I now do something in between. All paleo but allowing yogurt and milk. Does this sound OK? Which do you think is the best or is this middle ground the best option?
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3+ month plateau. PLEASE HELP!!!
So I have been trying everything! More water, more cals, less cals, less salt (never been a problem anyway really) less carbs, more exercise..........I'm getting so annoyed now as nothing seems to help. I want to get down to about 124 and I'm currently at 134 (like I was at the end of November!) Could you please look at my…
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5"8 Girls!
How many net calories do you eat a day and how much are you aiming to lose a week? Also (if you want) CW and GW?
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Family hindering my Paleo eating
So I just started the Paleo diet a few days ago and I really like it. It's been easy to do because I've had the house to myself and been able to cook my own meals made up of meat/eggs and veggies. However today I am havingto eat carns because my mum is someone who thinks eating them is essential etc.. ugh. So I have got…
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Confused at weigh in results
So I was on a plateau for about 3 months, even gaining a bit of weight until the last two weeks. My last logged weigh in was 134.6. I thought it was sill going well as on Friday and Sunday I had mid-week weigh-ins and I was 134.2 and then 133.8. Great! I then left it until yesteday (my logging day) and it said 134.8! I…
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Is my HRM correct?
I have a polar f4 and it usually seems to be very accurate. It even matches with the calories shown on my zumba game. I just did 20 mins of trampolining on my big trampoline outside. I looked online to compare and it says I would burn about 70 calories according to my weight (134 lb), but my HRM says 215! That's such a big…
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HRM-is it right?
I have a polar f4 and it usually seems to be very accurate. It even matches with the calories it shows as burned on my zumba game. I just did 20 mins of trampolining on my big trampoline outside. I looked online to compare and it says I would burn about 70 calories according to my weight (134 lb), but my HRM says 215!…
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Should I eat these calories?
Hey everyone. I've been on MFP since about last September. I've only lost 6 pounds so far from 140.6 to 134.6 :( But I'm keeping at it! Anyway I hit a huge plateau hece this small weight loss so I've upped my calories. I am set at sedentary and to lose 0.5 a week because I only have abou 10 pounds left to lose. According…
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Walking when sedentry
If I walk for about half an hour from college each day and I'm sedentry on MFP should I log this exercise on top of other exercise or leave it?
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Sedentry: What exercise to log?
So my aim is to lose 0.5 pouds a week. I am set at sedentry which at the moment means 1530 calories a day. What exercise should I log? I walk frrom college every day (fast pace for about 30 minutes) and I walk around town during lunch time (about 5-10 mins each direction there and back to college). I usually don't log that…
