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Losing the inches but not the lbs. Confused!
I started in March, lost a fair amount, then slowed down considerably by about August. I seemed to plateau for a few weeks, then I’d lose 5lb at a time, and this went on for a month or 2. Lately my weight loss has slowed up to a standstill again and I am not losing much atall; I gain a lb here and there, lose it, put it…
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Quick question for those of you who use a Polar FT HRM watch and a Fitbit
I am hoping to get a Polar FT60 in a couple of weeks for mostly cardio workouts and power walking but I am wondering how to get the most out of it. I can’t see Polar syncing with either mfp or Fitbit on the apps lists, so is there either another compatible app I can use, or if not, how do you get the most benefit from it,…
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When do you weigh next?
Mine is tomorrow (Tuesday) morning, which covers the week just gone. I haven’t gone totally nuts, but I have (hopefully) overestimated my calories and I am prepared to have gained 2lb. Any more than that and I’ll be annoyed with myself. I never overdo new year anyway, regardless of dieting, etc, so the coming week…
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Foods you can't believe aren't on the database
I have no idea if this will be a long thread or not, but - and I apprecaite this is a South Wales thing - why no Clark's pies? No self-respecting Welshman would eat any other type of pie, yet I can't find it in the food listings. Surely at least one person will have entered it at some point? I know it's not exactly a…
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FAO HRM Users (but not serious athletes) - is it worth the investment?
I have been toying with buying a HRM watch (Polar FT7 looks pretty good) but my main stumbling block has been how much benefit I’d get out of it. I would like one anyway for general health purposes (my late father had heart issues as part of a condition that could yet become hereditary so I am always worried that now I am…
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The HRM on Samsung Galaxy S5
I have been keen to buy a Polar FT7 (or similar) for a while so I can get a better idea of calorie burn and get more healthy, etc, than mfp and Fitbit (I own the One) tell me. My exercise at the moment comprises of a lot of power walking and a bit of swimming, although I do plan to do more / varied cardio workout aswell…
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What’s everyone’s impression of the new MobileRun feature for Android?
I accept the explanation they have given for the discrepancy in steps – even though I don’t agree with it in the slightest – but my Active Minutes figures are screwed aswell when I use the app. I don’t even know which set of data (MobileRun v the actual tracker itself) to trust anymore, and this doesn’t ait well with me…
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FAO HRM Users
From being shamefully low on exercise over the past 39 years (I am 39 now) I have started to be more and more into getting fit. Mostly through power walking and some swimming, but I am really starting to get the exercise bug lately, so I am looking into other forms of cardio aswell. I have been seriously considering buying…
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FAO all longstanding Fitbiters
I know Fitbit had a policy that allowed you to swap products when Force users developed skin irritations, but what is their policy on new products added to their line? I got the One in May, purely because the Force wasn’t available in the UK (and I wanted a display, so the flex wasn’t an option for me). I love it and wear…
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(Android) Walking/Running apps – am I missing something?
I have got Mapmywalk, Runkeeper, Runtastic and Edemondo downloaded to my phone to see which app suits me the most. Either I am being unrealistic in my expectations or I am being dull, either way I can’t seem to get them to do what I want them to do. I want to be able to log a route and re-walk (or run, if I ever get my…
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Weight loss – not sure if I am concerned any longer
I started this journey in March 2014 and my goal was solely to lose weight. I knew this would have obvious knock-on effects to my size (if successful), but I decided to throw all my eggs into the weight loss basket and see how it went. The first few weeks/months were great; I was losing 2lb per week and as a result of…
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To anybody thinking buying an activity tracker
My advice would be to DO IT, DO IT NOW. From a swanky and expensive wristband to a £2-off-eBay pedometer, I can’t recommend them highly enough. I have got the Fitbit One (I wanted the Nike+ Fuelband but it’s not compatible with Android) and whilst it is expensive for a posh pedometer, it has achieved one thing money can’t…
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Dashboard question no. 1
I may be missing something obvious here, but my food plan tile shows figures for calories in & calories out, but the difference of these figures doesn’t it doesn’t equal the calories left figure on the calories tile. Should these match, and if so, how do I get them to do so? If it helps, I do my food through myfitnesspal,…
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Dashboard question no. 2
I have a new tile called Recent Exercise. All it shows is an image of a One with the caption “Your Fitbit can’t wait to get up and running!”. I have manually added exercise but it doesn’t display anything. What do I need to do with this to get it working? I am on Android if this helps.
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Bounts - a reward site
Not too sure what this is yet, but it looks like a way of earning points as rewards for just using your Fitbit. Can't harm to set up, it looks like it's linked to a load of popular shops, etc If it asks for a referral code, feel free to use leworthy846 My apologies if it doesn't turn out to be any good, I've only now…
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Strange weight loss pattern
My weight loss seems to have settled into an odd pattern over the last few months. I had a 3 week mini plateau (I know it’s not a proper one for only 3 weeks, but it was still a period of no loss or gain), followed by 5 lb off in a week. Then a week or 2 of half a pound lost here & there, followed by another 5lb lost. This…
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Logging advice needed
I've spent a good few hours knocking down a garden wall and filling 2 trailers with rhe resultant rubble, stones, bricks, etc. Today. I must've done about 3-4 hours over the course of the day. Any idea what I log this as? "Gardening" doesn't seem quite right.
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I have stopped obsessing over the scales
I have found that my priorities have shifted since I started this diet. I was initially all about the number on the scale and I obsessed about it for the first few weeks. I am still weighing regularly but I am no longer fixated over the amount I have lost (or not, as the case may be) like I did even a few weeks ago. I hit…
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For all you Dr Who fans
Get yourselves down to Cardiff, they are filming in the town centre again. 3 weeks ago it was the Cybermen (right outside my office), this time it's the Doctor & Clara (and the TARDIS, of course), but I had to go to work so I had no time to see anybody else.
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How long does fat take to register on the scales?
I have just spent a long weekend in France & Switzerland and I must admit I have eaten over my calorie limit every day since I’ve been away (culminating in a fondue on Sunday night – melted cheese featured heavily in my weekend’s food intake). However, I also spent much of the weekend exercising, mainly through swimming…
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What other good habits has your mfp journey got you into?
By that I mean when I started I assumed it’d be a simple case of less calories consumed (calories in v calories out, etc) and I just eat less of what I’ve always eaten, but since I started I have - Started exercising more (this was unheard of for me before now) - Greatly reduced my salt intake - Reduced the amount of…
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I need help with linked apps
Apologies if this is in the wrong forum, I’ve posted it here because it’s fitness related. Over the past few months I have looked at various apps for exercise on my Android phone – mapmywalk, Runtastic, etc, and I have linked them all (where possible) to mfp, just so I can see how well the integration works for me, etc. I…
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For the first time I feel I am getting somewhere.
I have been losing weight since March and I have so far lost 25lb (hopefully more by now, I haven’t weighed in 2 weeks since my scales died – I am replacing them on Wednesday) but I haven’t yet felt like it has shown on me atall. My belt has been getting tighter and my t-shirts have felt marginally looser, but nothing…
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Can I replace salt with soy sauce?
I have always consumed a hell of a lot of salt. I put it on everything (just savoury, obviously) and I reckon I take in more than I should and don’t drink enough, which could be a contributory reason to my stalling in recent weeks. I have decided to go cold turkey (which, ironically, tastes far better with salt) and give…
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Annoying people offering diet advice
I keep my dieting to myself for various reasons, not least of which (seeing as EVERYBODY seems to know about it now) is people - and I know 1 or 2 - who always say "should you be eating that?" Followed by "only trying to help". I am sick of explaining that I fit in every bit of food I eat to my calorie allowance, so if I…
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Is there such thing as drinking TOO much water?
I don’t track my water intake because I rarely drink coffee, I never drink tea, sodas, etc, so the only fluid I ever take on is water (plus the occasional glass of milk and about 1 cup of coffee a month) and I am therefore satisfied that I drink my fair share of it. I keep a 750ml bottle by my desk which I aim to drink…
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How did we all do over the Easter weekend?
What with Good Friday’s potential hot cross buns-fest aswell (which takes out the word “good” as far as dieting goes), I also had the prospect of my youngest’s 3rd birthday on the middle Saturday, so wall-to-wall party food in the offing. Oh, and my wife made us all a slap-up roast on Sunday (as if the Easter eggs wouldn’t…
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what was your downfall/weakness?
Mine was mostly portion size. I never ate biscuits or chocolate, etc (which makes it easy that I don't have to give stuff like that up) but I have always eaten too much. Still finding portion size difficult to be honest.
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I am giving up on logging exercise
I have only been on here 7 weeks or so and only 1 day did I go above my net calories (by about 200, so it should’ve evened out throughout that week) but despite setting my goals to lose 2lb per week the past 3 weigh-ins have been -1, -2 & -1lb, so I’ve lost 4 when it should be 6. I know these things are never going to be…
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Hawaiian shirts – Cool or not?
I am going to buy myself a Hawaiian shirt in a week or 2 to celebrate losing weight (and to coincide with the change in weather). Nobody (as in my friends, my children and my wife) seems to think this is a good idea (not that that has put me off in the slightest) as Hawaiian shirts are most definitely NOT seen as cool in…
