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Fake Activity Calories?
I've noticed that quite a few people add "sitting, sewing" and other activities like "food preparation" into their activity log ad some people rack up a few hundred extra calories from "cleaning, light effort." Honestly, do these activities, especially the sitting ones, actually rack up an extra burnt calories because to…
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Two doctors dispel 4 myths to weight loss
Tammy Chang, Assistant Professor, Family Medicine, University of Michigan and Angie Wang, Resident, Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan say these are the four biggest myths to weight loss. Interestingly, they're the ones perpetuated a lot on here. Just thought I'd link.…
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Best HRMs / devices
Hi all I really want to buy a HRM or related device so I can start looking at more accurately my caloric burn when exercise, as some of the exercises I do is pretty weird and it's hard to guess. I want to make sure I eat more efficiently to my burn as I am building up strength and I am doing really well on my various…
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BEST HRM/ device
Hi all I really want to buy a HRM or related device so I can start looking at more accurately my caloric burn when exercise, as some of the exercises I do is pretty weird and it's hard to guess. I want to make sure I eat more efficiently to my burn as I am building up strength and I am doing really well on my various…
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Did people calling you fat or negative comments help you lose weight?
Weight gain happens for all sorts of reasons and as all different personalities there maybe reasons for lack of exercise or binge eating etc Recently with all the Katie Hopkins, Steve Miller et al. being brutal on fat people comments, some people say that it has helped them while some say it's bullying. Genuinely…
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MEN'S WORKOUT PLAN NEEDED
Hi guys I am helping one of my friends (and roller derby team mates) lose weight and strengthen up. We have his nutrition plan sorted and I have some ideas for his workout sessions (45 mins). He is already on skates 3-8 hours a week but he needs some form of workout plan to help with skating and lose weight (he's 180cm,…
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Why Punishing Junk Food Munchers Assaults Personal Freedom
What do you think? http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/sugar-tax-why-punishing-junk-food-munchers-assaults-personal-freedom-1431684 Interesting / amusing opinion piece ... I'm actually pretty against sugar tax ....
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Why losing weight should be out of choice, not shame
... Just a little reminder on why, even if we should be healthier for life, should not be out of 'shame' http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/new-year-resolutions-how-companies-shame-you-out-billions-pounds-1430798
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Kick Scooting - Calories~?
Hi there I know it will vastly depend on weight, height and effort put in, but would you say that I can calculate calories burned by using a kick scooter, the same as skateboarding? I scoot around13 miles a day and wanted to clock it but I do not have a monitor or Ki Fit or anything like that, I am just using the exercise…
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Work treating you differently after weight loss?
Just a topic for discussion but over the years I have noticed that people sometimes treat colleagues differently if they are overweight and I found that I am respected a lot more or treated "better" when I have been slim - rightly or wrongly. It sucks but that is what I have experienced. Just wondering if anyone else felt…
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3 mins of exercise a week is enough? / HIIT
Not talking about me! For those in the UK - there's a programme on tonight and the article below about how: "A few relatively short bursts of intense exercise, amounting to only a few minutes a week, can deliver many of the health and fitness benefits of hours of conventional exercise, according to new research, says Dr…
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Viva Las Vegas (good restaurants and sport related fun?)
Hey guys my gorgeous boyfriend and I are going to Las Vegas in May and I was wondering if anyone has any recommendations of good restaurants that aren't all burgers and fastfood! I went there 4 years ago, but I had a "The Hangover" style week and just ate crazy foods and drank too much and didn't actually go to restaurants…
