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being knocked out after any activity
Be it from cleaning or worse walking for the exercise is it common to be bed ridden from several hours to days after something causes a flare? Is there anything can be done if you can't be on meds?
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Jawbone UP3 released after months of delays. no waterproofing as promised.
quality control or whatever caused the delay and now they are going to be shipping out.. see how it goes in terms of the subscription that bodymedia used to have.
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type of strength training used during caloric deficit.
What kind of strength training should you do if you are in a caloric deficit. Any particular style of exercise should I be doing? In terms of reps, weights sets and frequency. I'm also not sure how your body functions when in a CD phase.
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Strength training and where your heart rate is.
Is there a general rule that when you are lifting that you should have an elevated heart rate? I thought I couldn't really lift weights and my heart rate doesn't go that high maybe 110-120.. should it be a lot higher if my resting heart rate is 70-80?
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Do you use heart rate to aid your weight training?
I'm wondering who has success with this idea that you base your rest time between sets based on heart rate. Is this more efficient?
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I have a high resting heart rate
I'm 45 and probably likely very unfit @ 20% bf . I'd like to know what my target heart rate based on a 92-95 resting rate. the absolute numbers don't really make sense. What references do you use to know what zone I should be in fitness/fat loss etc based on a high resting heart rate?
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What foods not to buy in bulk (for diets)
I've been interested in preparing makeahead meals and even make ahead crock pot meals.. I'm curious if anyone has thoughts to share on what you buy in bulk for make ahead meals and what things you never buy in bulk?
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when do you know you have lost too much muscle, during weight loss?
I've been dieting for 73 days and lost 14.8lbs about 50% of my goal . If I use a scale over that period I've lost 11lbs of fat and 4ish pounds of muscle. I've been eating moderate caloric deficit of about 500-600 for the last 16 days, eating about .9 grams of protein per LLM. I realize scales are really inaccurate so what…
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Where inches matter
If you are working out and also trying to loose weight, what areas do you look at for your inches to go down? For me the only area seems to be the hips and waist. The rest seem to be growing or about the same.
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not sure how active this group is but do you combine fat composition and the new Up3?
anyone following up. I"m on day 3 of my fitness and loosing a lot of weight (I may be a freak). I'm using a fare number of activity monitors along with the original bodymedia link. Anyone looking to purchase a UP3? which has all the features of the bodymedia link with the addition of waterproofing and it's a band?
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adding cocnut oil to rice reduces body's calories?
http://phys.org/news/2015-03-low-calorie-rice-obesity.html Curious if anyone has done or willing to do some tests based on this?
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Whey Isolate in place of more expensive protien rich food?
Calories is not so much a problem but budget is (Barring nut butters etc). If your focus is on maximizing the protein intake. (the target in in case is roughly 110 grams a day. What are the issues faced for men and women if they are taking more than 2-3 scoops a day? (just whey isolate/concentrate) no additional additives…
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When to pay attention to a fat/scale.
I know that your body is a very variable thing and measuring it every day can cause panic and despair to many. But if you realize that the scale is only a relative measure to itself, how do you work with the information on the scale and even personal measurements. How often can you look at your scale, your daily caloric…
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Signs you are loosing too fast
I'm on day 3 of my 'fitness awareness trek'. I don't have an issue with food nor a weight issue I was 191 @ 20.4 at 6' male and 45years old on the 21st because I was recovering from the flu and resulting lung infection. I believe my normal weight is about 187lbs @ ~21% bf. I have been using multiple fitness monitors…
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returning to basic rules of TDDE and CD
So, I'm exiting out of a crash diet but it's a little unclear to me so I wanted to make a statement to see how off I am. If your minimum BMR is 1800 you exercise by adding 500 calories you eat 1800 calories daily.. that is sustainable long term. What if you increased the exercise/activity to 900-1000 is that still safe?…
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what are the conditions of overexertion as a newbie?
I just started my fitness and starting week 2. I'm loosing mostly water weight and was curious all the exercise I'm doing from walking for hours to swimming, to some weight training, when does it become too much? What signs should be looking for?
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proper way to stop dieting
I've been on a pretty high caloric deficit of -1200 on average for a 13 days now and have lost a lot of water/fat/maybe muscle. When I'm ready to eat my TDEE or something more reasonable caloric deficit like -1000 how slowly should I work towards that. I have no signs of hunger, mental or physical issues, just the usual…
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Reducing caloric deficit
I've been on a -1400 to -500 averaging out to -1100 daily caloric deficit and I don't seem to be loosing Lean muscle mass. It's pretty much constant. I've been warned this is too much for most bodies to handle but I've only been doing it for 10 days or so. Because of the time period and possible water retention from weight…
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As a beginnier and Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness
when I feel it should I just let that part rest even if it's been 2 to 4 days? It's not painful just that nice reminder you did something there. I wasn't sure if I'd damage it if I start working out that same part (through full body exercise like swimming).
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Curious, as a newbie how long does the 'water weight loss' stage last?
From what I'm gathering most of the devices we use aren't very accurate (fat scales) and was wondering when my caloric deficit will show concrete results. Is it all usually water in the first 2-3 weeks?
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Caloric calibration
Do you find yourself adjusting the caloric levels using fitbit, any reason why?
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Beginner running at 85-90% my maximal
I'm 45 and just learning to walk/jog and at rest my heart rate is 92ish. When I exercise and 'push' I can hover between 150 and 160, and peak as high as 175. Is there something I should watch for as I just found out that's roughly 85-90% my maximal 175hbpm.
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Sleep Cycles?
Anyone here track the number of sleep cycles. I just discovered the app that records how you sleep including the number of deep cycles you enter and was wondering what your general attitude about tracking sleep (if you have poor sleep). Sleep from what I understand is in 90 minute segments, it is unclear to me how many on…
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Exercise calorie source.
Does low intensity exercise worth less calorically in the long view when compared to high intensity exercises because it's much easier for the body to adapt to low intensity exercises? Meaning that at some point the body will just get used it and use LESS calories which is typically not picked up by any machine/monitor.…
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it's 11pm and I"ve only eaten 1100 calories
by thend of the day I'm going to hit 2700 TDEE calories based on the measuring instruments I have bodyfit/polar loop. I'm going to have a 1,500 daily caloric deficit and I'm not hungry. I've been doing this for a few days at 1,300 caloric deficit and I haven't lost muscle weight, but I have in fat. Should I just go on with…
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Dealing with DOMS, when to resume?
I'm just starting out and pretty unfit, (high resting heart rate, can't really go far). I've run the gamit of wogging / biking / swimming /strength training and my parts body (upper arms) is sore from DOMS. I've had the feeling before (from previous tries at loosing weight), and was wondering when to resume exercise those…
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changing the program because of plateau
when you go through your weight loss process how often do you change programs because of plateauing?
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Exercise/strength training while dieting.
From what I understand if you have a caloric deficit you can't gain muscle. I'm wondering when I'm doing exercise be it strength or cardio what is it doing when I'm sore (DMS) is it not doing something? If I was in a bulk phase would it do something different?
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macronutrient balance. important to keep consistent?
For the past few days I've been having a lower carb content and higher protien and fat ratios. 2 days ago I went to 50% carbs and lower fat and protien. Is there any issues doing this? I initially thought I should just stay on one macronutrient balance till I need to change it.
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integrate bodymedia/fitbit
is the idea when you link the devices (I"m assuming you pick one) you then will see the information from MFP on say bodymedia website and the calories will be put into MFP? How does it change the functioning of the goals and targets. Mine is all messed up and I haven't looked closely as I take my own figures from MFP and…
