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Treadmill vs. Outdoor Running
Hi everyone, I am a new ("wannabe") distance runner. I am training for my first half marathon which will be in October. Now I understand that in a perfect world, I would do every single run outside. For various reasons, however, it is impractical (but not necessarily impossible) for me to do my weekday runs outside so I…
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How to count calories in marinades
Hey guys, this is probably a silly question, but last night I made some chicken that I marinated in balsamic vinegar and olive oil. When I entered the recipe into MFP, I just used the amounts of each of those that the recipe called for. However, I ended up throwing most of that out (meaning it was not consumed). How do you…
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Calories burned by difficulty
Tonight I went for a run. Running, for whatever reason, is VERY challenging for me. I entered in my exercise to MFP and it estimates the amount of calories I burned based on time and speed. Just out of curiosity, how does difficulty factor into the equation? I know MFP can't tailor their numbers for each individual, but…
