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Calories burned walking is accurate
I started wearing a Garmin heart monitor this week and was eager to compare the number of calories burned according on it and in MFP. I'm happy to report that they match. I just finished a 63 minute walk at 3 MPH (the Garmin Forerunner keeps track of that too). Garmin reported that I burned 270 calories and MFP listed 276.…
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Unhappy with self
Have gained almost two pounds in two days and not feeling very good about myself right now. You don't need to comment or anything. I just need to publicly admit it and get on with things. If it were a temporary glitch in things that would be one thing but this weekend I slipped back into some bad old habits…
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Weight gain or maintenance?
I eat approximately 500 calories less per day than what MFP says I'm supposed to eat. This has resulted in a nice loss of about a pound a week for half a year. Fine. But what is really going to happen when I start eating 500 calories more per day? Theoretically I should simply maintain whatever the weight is at that time…
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Is it okay to stop losing?
This morning was so cool. I broke into the 170's (179.7 pounds) for the first time in almost 20 years. It's just amazing how much weight I've shed. Tracking my food intake and exercise here on MFP has been a big help to me. But here's the thing. Since the weight loss has been about a pound a week for half a year, would it…
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Older women and weight loss
During lunch today the topic of weight loss came up. I've lost 26 pounds since August and was justifiably proud to say so especially since I had weighed 210 for 15 years. The women then sort of ganged up on me and poo-poohed the accomplishment as no big deal. They said it was nothing for a man to lose weight but that it is…
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Calories burned calculation
I've noticed that the number of calories burned for walking here on MFP is much lower than when I use other calory calculators. Why is that and which one is accurate? I'm not complaining about the lower number here and since I've been losing weight at a 1 pound per week clip since last summer I'm certainly a believer in…
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Should I eat when I'm not hungry?
Like the subject asks, what do you think? Right now it's 5 o'clock at night and I'm not hungry but am about 900 calories short of my daily goal as set by MFP. Breakfast today was a glass of orange juice, a bowl of cereal, and a banana. Lunch was lighter than usual - a Chick-Fil-A salad. Normally at this time of day I'm…
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Bad feeling about this
Verge of Splurge. I'm on the edge...Tuesday mornings are my 1 week weigh-in for losing a pound a week. I've done real well this week so I'm under that goal and should be close to 2 pounds lost since last Tuesday (at least I was this morning). Celebration Time. So I'm sitting here thinking about doing some snacking this…
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Christmas party food - what to do?
I'm kind of dreading going to a party tonight. There will be lots of food, goodies and drink. How the heck am I supposed to eat correctly? Shoot, one cookie or one mixed drink or whatever will ruin the day...let alone a little bit here and a little bit there. Arghh... Any suggestions? I can't just walk around all night…
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Hello from Kentucky
This looks like a nice place to hang out. I read some of the messages posted and liked what I saw - supportive, friendly and genuine. So, I just joined. Not sure what's expected but I entered my food intake for today and that was kind of fun. I had been keeping track of it myself but this looks simpler. Since we're…
