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Balancing comfort, fuel and pleasure in food
I like to think I've always been a relatively healthy eater both with my food choices and the amounts I consume. But over the last few years my balance with food has gotten off track and my eating habits leaned more toward emotional comfort seeking or reward and pleasure eating. Since joining MFP I've gotten a great deal…
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How to count calories with a HRM
So I just got home from work. On Sundays my work involved being on my feet all day and walking around a bit - I'm an event manager or sorts...anyway, I bought a HRM (timex - which I like a lot). So my question is, how do I count the calories burned during this non-traditional exercise acitivity? Here are the stats: 7.5…
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Favorites - please share
I'm a firm believer in sharing experience. I also like to find substantiated research and litterature to refer to for a deeper understanding. As I'm new to this site and still learning about body mechanics, physiology, fitness and nutrition and how it all works together, I would love to hear from everyone what your…
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Gardening as exercise
So I searched for this topic and didn't find a single post. I'm an avid gardener and today I spent 3 hours gardening, digging, weeding, planting. I don't have a HRM - otherwise I would have worn one to see how many calories I burn while gardening. MFP says over 300 per hour. So, here is my question: how can determine how…
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Leftover calories
Is this a bad thing? I worked out a lot today - more than I normally would. My thinking is that conuming less calories is a good thing, but I'm new to calorie counting and not sure how this effects my matabolism or weight loss goal. Help. Someone please explain, I have over 700 calories left over today.
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Loving the community and support!
I signed up for MFP a few months ago on referral from a friend. They I got sick so I've not been really active until now. I just discovered how vast and incredible this community is from reading the message boards and from making a few friends. Thought I'd put up a post to introduce myself. I'm looking for female friends…
