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Kcal and calories: What's the difference?
I use Endomondo to track my calories burned when I exercise, and it uses kcal. What's the difference in calories and kcal? When I enter my cardio in myfitnesspal, should I enter the kcal as the actual calories I've burned? Signed, confused lady!
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Snacking.
With having weight loss surgery a few months back, it's recommended I eat a few meals throughout the day. Sometimes, I'm just not hungry though. I've limited myself to 3 meals a day with no snacking, and it fills me up. I've seen multiple posts, where individuals are saying thrush eat up to 5 small meals a day. Do I just…
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Walking: good exercise or not?
I've read so many different articles, saying that walking doesn't burn as many calories as running. Well, these knees I have aren't quite ready for running, lol. I'm down 133 lbs after my weight loss surgery on 4/17/2012. I hit plateaus, but lately I've went to 3 meals a day and no snacking. I try to walk 3.5 miles in the…
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Obsessed with the scale.
I went through the gastric sleeve procedure about 8 months ago. At my highest, I weighed 424 lbs. As of today, I've lost 133 lbs, bringing me down to 291 lbs. My goal is 180 lbs, only 111 lbs away. Most people say this is a great weight loss, but to me it feel like nothing. Lately, I've been walking 3.5 miles in the…
