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Calories in homemade water kefir?
Does anybody know how to get an accurate calorie count of homemade water kefir? My first step of the fermentation is 4 cups of spring water and 1/4 cup raw sugar. 2 or 3 days later I strain the grains and do a second fermentation by adding a bit of grape juice. My milk kefir I just use the calories from the milk (even…
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How does Charge HR calculate TDEE when its off your wrist?
I am thinking about getting the charge HR to compliment my polar HRM. I was wondering if it NEEDS to be on your wrist 24/7 to give proper TDEE calculations that you would get from just living. (I know without it on it will not get the calories you get from activity, but will it still count the calories you burn by just…
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What do you do when you finish T25?
Do you go on to the next thing, repeat it from the start, or do you just keep doing gamma? Or cycle between gamma and the gamma hybrid? I purchased it cheap on ebay, going to start it Monday officially but I've been playing around with some of the alpha workouts while I wait. Also, when you got to the part with the…
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Body Fat % Calipers
I recently made an order on amazon for a Caliper to see what my body fat % is. I'm on a budget and I hear they are fairly accurate despite their price tag. (Not expecting it to be completely accurate of course). Was wondering what the % of error was typically with them. Or if anybody else on here used them to estimate…
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Do you listen to music when you work out? If so, what?
Basically title says it all. Do you guys listen to music during your workouts, and if you do, what do you listen to? If you don't, why not. I'm genuinely curious. :flowerforyou:
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Is bottled lemon juice bad?
I drink a lot of lemon water, with just water and lemon, no added sugar. However, it is really hard to find good lemons most of the year, and even when you can, they are usually a dollar each. I cannot really afford that so I get the bottled lemon juice. It does have preservatives in it. It is the RealLemon brand. I wanna…
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Slight Confusion on Strength Training
So I've been on mfp for awhile and I've read through a lot of post. Basically so far what I've learned about Strength Training / Weight Lifting is this (I'm gonna abbreviate it ST): * ST at a deficit helps you retain muscle, along with getting adequate protein. * ST at a surplus helps you build muscle, along with getting…
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Do you set your goals based on BMI?
I was curious if this is how many people set their goals. I know my first goal is 159 pounds, which would put me at the very tippy top of what is considered a healthy weight according to this website's bmi app. I also heard a few people saying they are aiming for the "middle" of the healthy bmi range as their ideal weight.…
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Are water bottle lids recyclable?
I am very sorry if this is not the proper place for this. The water in my town is grossly yellow several times a day, everyday, for a long time now. My neighbors and I have complained but the city insist its safe to drink and its just rust build up. Regardless, I'm not drinking yellow water. We have a filter for the…
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How does one "engage the core"?
I constantly see during fitness videos and stuff to engage your core as you are doing different things. I'm confused, how exactly does one do this? When I asked somebody they said just tighten the muscles around your tummy. I don't know if I simply don't have control over my body or what but I don't really know how to do…
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Good Vanilla Flavored Protein Powder?
I am looking into getting a really nice tasting, good quality vanilla protein powder. I'm using the mfp default 20% protein macro and I have read to consider it a min, not a max. I am however, having a hard time reaching that some days. I really want to incorporate protein powder and I absolutely love vanilla flavored…
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Expired Protein Powder?
I recently told my father I was looking to buy some protein powder because I don't often get my required protein and I have a green smoothie almost everyday and thought it would be a good addition. He gave me his protein powder because he no longer uses it, however it expired 12/31/13. So it is about a month expired. It is…
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Can you drink too much water?
I drink about 10-14, glasses of water a day (8oz of water), probably leaning towards the higher end. I probably sometimes rarely go up to 16 glasses. My family is consistently telling me I drink too much water and I'm "flushing all my vitamins away." I was kinda wondering if that was true. I don't really feel like I'm…
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Logging going out to dinner?
I only go out to dinner maybe 2-3 times a month, however I never really go to larger chain restaurants, but rather family owned ones. I have no idea how many calories I'm eating during this time frame. How does everybody log theirs? I was wondering because tonight is my sister's 21st birthday and we are taking her to her…
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Do check ins adjust calorie goal?
I'm using mfp default method, guided food goals. I'm new the the site and I'm only gonna be checking in every 2 weeks, this is the first day of my second week and I was wondering. As I do my check in, does the food diary automatically adjust to account for my lesser weight?
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Standard mfp method vs. tdee?
I am aware that myfitnesspal's standard method is to give you a calorie deficit and then you gives you a net goal (calorie intake - exercise) to reach. I also (think) that tdee takes the calories you burn from normal daily activity and then subtracts it by -20%, but you do not eat back the calories you burn off. If I'm…
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Which macronutrients do you track?
I've read allot of post saying that there is no need for people to track sugar or sodium and to just worry about (calories / carbs / fat / protein). I was wondering what everybody thought about this and what macronutrients everybody tracked.
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How often do you check in?
How often do you check in? I'm curious. Also, do you make a point to take all your body measurement (inches). I've kinda just been taking pictures and saving them on my computer then just keep track of my body weight on mfp.
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Polar FT4 Worth getting?
I was kinda looking to get a hrm, and the polar ft4 is within my price range. However I've read so many post saying heart rate monitors are not more accurate than anything else. I realize that they are not 100% accurate, and was sorta planning on taking a 1/3 off whatever calories it says I burn and then inputting that so…
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Determining calories burned?
I am just starting out on myfitnesspal and I was wondering where are good calculators for estimating calories burned? Currently my primary cardio exercise is doing jumping jacks on a fitness trampoline (I do it on a trampoline because of a bad knee). I'm not sure how doing it on a trampoline would effect the amount of…
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Iceberg lettuce?
I have been eating salad's everyday before dinner to try and get more vegetables into my system everyday. My salads are usually iceberg lettuce primarily with some romaine lettuce thrown in. I want to say the ratio is about 60/40 with iceberg being the primary. Though sometimes, this week for example, all my salads have…
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Exercise Calories
I know fitness calculators tend to overestimate the number of calories you burn. I was wondering if maybe there was a certain percentage I should take off the calories it estimates for me so I don't go over my deficit for the day? To be safe.
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New to the club :)
Hey everybody! I'm Yorria and I'm new to myfitnesspal. I actually joined early this month but was hit for a solid 2 weeks with the worst flu I've ever gotten and I've only just started to feel like myself again, so ready to get started. I'm 23 years old (female), and I've lost 50 pounds in the last 12 months by making…
