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Who's lying?
Until scientists, physicians, and fitness experts can explain this phenomenon in great detail then I will continue to say that they don't have a clue about the human body. I have a sophisticated scale at home. It measures weight, muscle mass, body fat, water weight and organ weight. It is reliably accurate. Yesterday I…
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Oversimplifying TDEE
If you plug your age and height and DESIRED goal weight into a TDEE calculator theoretically, so long as you stay at or under that caloric number, won't you achieve that goal weight (eventually)? I guess the only thing that is missing is how long it would take with this methodology. I am sure it is more complex than this…
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MFP breakdowns - carbs vs. sugars
Can anyone explain to me how myfitnesspal defines carbs vs. sugars. Are the "sugars" the refined sugars? Does this include sugars from things like fruits? Generally sugars are a sub-category of carbs so this is why I am confused. As an example, if the nutrition breakdowns summary says 100 carbs and the sugars column says…
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Not losing!
Okay, I must be doing something wrong. I have been using MyFitnessPal along with a Fitbit for three consecutive weeks now. I have been under my calorie goals on both the FitBit and MyFitnessPal but not too low. Last week I was only 60 cal below my net for the week. So I know I'm not in starvation mode. Even if I have…
