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Fitbit One - Bluetooth
The Fitbit site indicates the Fitbit One comes with a USB Bluetooth dongle. Is that only for computers without built in Bluetooth? My Mac already has Bluetooth. Will a One connect to that? Not sure what effect it would have if I try to add a second Bluetooth system to a machine that already has one. My Mac is a 20" early…
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Cannot Flatten the Abdomen
I have been losing weight for over 2 years now. I reached my target weight after about 9 months and have managed to maintain that since then. I achieved this by a combination of a lot of very long walks and dieting - with no more fried food and a lot more care about what I eat. All of this is fine, except for one thing. I…
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Just thought
My daily allowance is 1300 calories. Two options: 1. I sit at the computer and do no exercise and I eat 1300 calories. 2. I exercise a lot and earn back 500 calories. I eat 1800 calories (1300 + 500 earned by exercise). Result in terms of calories is the same each way. In theory I lose 2 pounds per week in each case. I…
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Puzzled
I realise this might be just a one-day glitch. However, let me give some numbers: My BMR is about 2300 calories, so MFP suggest a daily allowance of 1300. I spent a lot of yesterday exercising, which gave me back 661 calories - i.e. a total allowance for the day of 1300 + 661 = 1961. I tried to use up the calories I gained…
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Curious
This is an odd business. I need to lose a lot of weight - so eat less. Correct? Unfortunately, at first I was eating well under the daily allowance - so people advised me to eat more calories. Eat more to lose more? So I exercise. More exercise means losing more weight. Right? No - I put on more weight due to water…
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Fat Old Man .......
........ trying to become a Thin Old Man. Hello, Back in February, I ended up in Hospital suddenly with Gall Bladder problems. Still waiting for the operation to remove that (really not looking forward to that). However, my Doctor seemed to think I was a little overweight for some reason. I was only 17 stone 11 pounds…
