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Horseback riding?
So I've been invited to go riding with a friend this weekend, and I was curious about whether horseback riding actually burns any significant calories? I haven't ridden since I was a teenager and really can't remember if it involved much physical effort on my part or if it was pretty much just sitting on my butt the whole…
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Weight loss flow chart... 2.0!
Soooo I had this idea a while ago to make a flow chart that can be used in the forums to help people troubleshoot why they might be having problems losing weight. I got some great feedback from the community, and here is what I came up with! Note: I'm no graphic designer so it isn't the prettiest thing in the world, but I…
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How many calories do YOU burn from walking?
I'm curious to know how others are logging calories burned from walking, particularly women with similar stats to myself (5'4, 130lbs). I have a pedometer on my phone that tells me I burn over 300 calories for 10000 steps, which is similar to what other calculations on various websites have told me. I usually log half of…
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Weight loss flow chart- feedback needed!
Hi everyone! I had this idea a little while ago since there are always so many people on here asking why they're having trouble losing weight. I'm working on a flow chart that might help some of these people pinpoint the problem. I was hoping that some of the more knowledgeable MFP-ers could have a look and give me some…
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Article: 'Never Ever Diet With Your Partner'
jezebel.com/never-ever-diet-with-your-partner-1671407159 Have any of you had experience trying to lose weight with your significant other? Have you found it helpful or not?
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10000 steps; 5'5 and ~125lbs?
Hello MFP-ers! I recently got a new smartphone that measures steps with a pedometer app. I have my activity level set to 'sedentary' and am lucky to hit 2-3000 steps on low activity days. Since I've been on uni holidays, however, I've had quite a few days of 10000+ steps from walking around doing gift shopping, walking to…
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Heartrate and Calories
Hi everyone, I have a question about the accuracy of using a gym machine heart rate monitor to estimate calories. I will hopefully be getting a fitbit or other activity tracker at the end of the year (poor student atm), so what I've been doing to attempt to get an accurate estimate of my calorie burn at the gym is…
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A question about lifting.
I am 5'5 and 59 kg (130-ish lb) so about another 4-5 kg from my goal. Currently I've been going to the gym every day and burning around 400-600 calories with hard cycling. I've been looking at these message boards and I see that a lot of people talk about and recommend lifting; my question is at what point should I…
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What am I doing wrong?
I've only started this 3 months ago. I'm around 64kg, trying to lost some weight I gained on an overseas holiday (and a gradual gain over the last year). Want to get back down to 55-57kg In the last 3 months I lost about 2kg from when I started, going from eating whatever to 1200cal/day. I admit that I hadn't really been…
