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Tendonitis all over - is it nutrition relation?
Hi all, Does weight loss and nutrition affect the tendons directly? Over the past five years I have dropped around 50kg (110lbs / 8 stones) and went from overweight to just perfect for my age and height. This was done through a combination of exercise and calorie control. In the last 8-12 months however I have been racking…
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Pulled Chest vs. Musculoskeletal Pain - any input helpful!
Hi guys. Weird one. About 8 months ago I pulled my chest (grade II) and then it healed (in around 6 weeks) and I slowly got back to strength training. 6 weeks ago, the same area started generating more headaches for me (hard to tell from what as onset was slow). The pain was different at times, but other times exactly the…
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My body is disintegrating
I'm serious folks and now I am mentally falling apart too. Around 6 months back my pects were sprained. This was swiftly followed by a severe case of shin splits in my left leg that took a couple of months to almost heal. I had a comeback strategy and it worked well. First I started running slowly and ramped up. Then my…
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Been out for 2 months and it sucks
I've now had a pulled chest muscle since early January that just doesn't ever heal properly. And then I injured myself further when 3 weeks ago I went for a 10K run and fractured my left shin (possibly because I was trying hard to land softly and not aggravate my chest injury). The chest injury just doesn't seem to heal,…
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Pects Muscle/Tendon Strain - help?
Hey MFers. I've got a bit of a niggling issue and its really bothering the crap out of me. Sometime early last week I must have pulled or strained something during a workout (most probably during my 100 a day push ups as I was away on holiday and didnt do any gym). I still don't know exactly what it is as I've had no time…
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Weirdly maintaining ... at TDEE-25%
26 year old dude - 6ft. Been monitoring this very closely for over 6 months. I eat 1900-2000 cals a day on average and I am super active (3 * 8k runs a week + gym + constant walking etc) Should I: a- assume that this is just my new TDEE and deal with it? If so, does that mean I might have a metabolic issue that needs…
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UK(?) MFPers - change of meat nutrition labels?
Hi MFPers - this can apply to other places but I live in the UK and have been noticing this and its SO confusing. Basically, up until very recently when you went into many UK supermarkets, you would find the labels on the raw meat packets very straight forward. It would be per 100g raw. You'd then be able to calculate your…
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From fitbit to Jawbone
Not sure if right forum. But basically I have been trailing Fitbit on my HTC One (you can use the phone as a band). I liked it, but I'd already have ordered a jawbone before that. It arrived yesterday, now I'm wondering if there is a way to get all my previous fitbit data imported into Jawbone? Anyone done something…
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Can a fitness tracker have a negative effect?
Here is my thinking. Take this example: Person 1, no fitness tracker, works out 3 times a week, maintains a certain daily calorific goal. Eats back work out calories burned. Person 1, now using a fitness tracker, continues doing the above, but now MFP gives P1 a bigger daily allowance due to syncing up with tracker and…
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Back to back holidays in May, still haven't recovered!
Hi folks. Last May/June I had two back to back holidays (roughly 4 weeks in total) where I wasn't abiding by my daily goals. I wasn't going crazy or anything, just relaxed in my approach overall. I still logged everything I ate and on average I was maybe at maintenance or just above, but for the 3-4 months before that I…
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Trackers with a HRM
I've been doing some research on activity trackers in general and I've found that they generally fall into two broad categories. 1- Well advertised trendy trackers that mostly count steps (+some extra fluff) - reasonably priced 2- Less well advertised, specialist niche trackers focused on HRM - most you won't wear all day…
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I saw the other side ... and it scared the **** out of me
So last month I decided to take an extended 3.5 week holiday back home to go chill with friends and family. Long story short, I was quite liberal in my food choices, but not too crazy. That is I ate what I wanted and I certainly ate lots of things I would normally be very careful about, but I wasn't on a mega calorie man…
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Counting Whipped/Dairy Cream Cals
Okay - this is really confusing. I'm talking about the aerosol cans. In the UK they're called 'dairy cream' and they are made from cream so they are a little richer than the Reddi Whip stuff you get in the US. Anyways - I'm finding logging this stuff quite confusing. The can says: 55ml - X calories (don't remember I think…
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Losing weight but getting bigger?
I know this makes no sense - but I only noticed this today. I tried on a shirt that used to fit me fine, suddenly it felt very squeezed, especially in the chest area. This is very strange, especially that my weight on the scale continues to go down (at a very slow rate that is) - I am eating at just below maintenance. I do…
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Daily sugar intake
Hey guys - for those of you who track it, how much sugar do you allow yourself in a day? I've heard and read articles advising on wildly different numbers (from 35g to 90g all seemed to feature). I tried for a while to stick between 40-50g but it was difficult as I do generally have quite a sweet tooth (within reason of…
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Walking same distance different speed - energy consumed?
This is a question in general, but I am asking it after I observed MapMyFitness. If you use their calculator - I do that sometimes to check how much calories I burned when I am away from home and do a lot of walking. I noticed that when I put in the exact distance walked, the amount of calories burnt change as I increase…
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When did the world turn over health conscious?
Folks, this is a serious question. I only gained health consciousness about 18 months ago, and since then I dropped bucket loads and now I am normal for my metrics. Regardless of my journey, the point is I had to learn being healthy solo, and I had to do it gradually. But there was one thing that immediately became clear…
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Celebs who lose and gain weight - Can we learn anything?
Recently I've gotten very interested in this, I am not particularly sure why, I've never been the person who follows celeb news or cares to be honest. But I do find the concept of having your weight loss out in the limelight like that pretty intriguing. Of particular interest to me is the lessons we can pick up from such…
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Men, what's a normal main meal allowance?
Sorry to sound sexist, but I'm just trying to draw context from other guys, preferably those in their 20s. These types of threads are redundant and I apologize for adding YET another one, but what normally happens is that everyone pitches in and you end up confused. So the variables are: - main mean (mine is dinner) - male…
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Are you skeptical about nutrition labels?
Particularly of concern is the number of calories mentioned, especially with "not-so-reputable" food companies. I say this because counting calories requires a process of heating food using a bomb calorimeter. I always feel that with some companies they just estimate their values, I mean who is really keeping tabs? Am I…
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Failure stories?! :)
This has been probably done before, but I'm seriously interested in failure stories when it comes to maintenance. Particularly, I am interested in the following: 1- When you started failing after losing weight 2- How long did you lose weight for? 3- How long after failing did you realize things were wrong? 4- Did you do…
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Involuntary Refeeds Work!
Over the past month I had some friends over and we decided to book a few far weekend trips to Europe (I live in London). As usual on these things, your entire system gets disrupted and you go from counting the grams of carbs in your salad to munching on donuts at 1am in a desperate bid to avoid drinking on an empty…
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Answer this if you are Belgian! :)
Every time I go to Belgium I come back thinking, HOW!? Everywhere you go from lovely Brussels to fairy tale Brugge to sea side Antwerp you are bombarded with incredible tasty stuff: Frittes cooked in animal fat with full fat mayo/Fritters Macarons and their derivatives Chocolates in ABUNDANCE Endless lovely pastries…
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Negative effects of weight loss - your experience?
We all know the positives FAR outweigh any negative, but sometimes weight loss leads to unwanted issues. Did this happen to you? In my case, the only thing I ended up with is this pinched nerve in my left thing, an issue known as 'Merlagia Parasthetica', and it normally actually happens to people who GAIN weight fast, but…
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How much sugar should you eat in a day?
On my plan, I am not supposed to go above 24g of sugar in a day. Seldom though I may go above that to 30-35 even though I actually BELOW my already very low calorie intake goal in a day, and even though I eat very very little snacks in a day. What I am finding is that sugar in bread or sometimes even condiments or "healthy…
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Tiredness at the gym
I reckon after eating no more than 1300 calories for a good 4-5 months, and with glycogen levels so depleted, that is inevitable. I normally start any gym session with a good 20-25 moderate intensity run, burns a good 200 kcals. I then take a 10 minute break before strengths training. 20-30 minutes into that and my muscles…
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What happens when you hit your goal?!
Serious question. We all have different goals and sometimes they change. But when you do reach that number, how do you shift mentality from weight loss to weight maintaining? I think it will be very difficult after all the hard work of sticking to no more than 1200cals a day to suddenly saying hey 1800 or 2000 is fine, you…
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1320 kcals a day minimum?
It looks like MFP won't recommend any less than that to avoid going into "starvation mode". I would question whether that applies to everyone? Surely there are cases when for short bursts or 6-8 weeks, you can go below that to 1000 kcal if needed and starvation mode can be avoided with the right nutrition AND right muscle…
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The waist nightmare?!
Honestly, its the only part of my body that seems to refuse to go down significantly. I've lost 90 lbs over the last year and my waist DID shrink, maybe by a good 6 or 7 inches, but in comparison with other parts of the body it just seems so excruciatingly slow. I've found that it takes 2x as much as it takes the legs or…
