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Health NSV
I just went to see my Specialist at the Hepatology clinic the other day (I see her every six months) and she was thrilled to see how much weight I'd lost! I told her about MFP and she was very interested in passing it on to some of her other patients. When we reviewed my ultrasound results, the imaging technician had…
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Holding on...
I read this article (http://walking.about.com/od/treadmillworkouts/a/treadmillhold.htm) last week about how holding on while using a treadmill is bad for you. So I thought I'd check it out today. I'm amazed how much more effort it is; I had to reduce my pace down quiet a bit while still getting a much better workout... The…
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Confused by HRM
I'm confused... I went to the Gym today and spent 50 minutes on the treadmill... The treadmill told me that I had burned ~550 calories My HRM told me that I had burned 1362 calories MFP seems to estimate between 450 and 600 calories depending on the exercise... Now I've heard that the HRM is the most accurate method of…
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The Effects of Childhood Abuse on, among other things, Obesi
I heard this show on the the radio last night and I thought this would be of interest to some people here. It speaks to some of the reasons why some of us struggle with weightloss. http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/episodes/2011/12/13/all-in-the-family/ There is a link to a podcast of the show as well as link to a web-site devoted…
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23 and 1/2 hours: What is the single best thing we can do fo
What a great message and delivery: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUaInS6HIGo
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HRM Accuracy
Hi, I just worked helping serve tables at our church's dinner theatre and I was curious how many calories I would burn so I wore my HRM and I was shocked to see that after 3.25 hours it claimed that I had burned ~1400 calories... So I'm wondering just how accurate the HRM is - could I really burn that many calories in that…
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Interesting article for those concerned with Salt in their d
I'm guess "moderation in all things" may be true here too: http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/salt+intake+also+linked+heart+disease+deaths+Study/5751888/story.html
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Using a HRM to measure calories?
Do HRMs measure the acutal calories burned for an activity or do they deduct the BMR for that period of time? In other words if I exercise for an hour and my BMR is say 2400 (just to keep the math simple) do I subtract 100 calories (assuming that the BMR is constant througout the day, which it probably isn't) from what the…
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50 Suprising Causes of Weight Gain (Article)
Hi, I just stumbled across this article on the web: http://www.nursingdegreeguide.org/2008/50-surprising-causes-of-weight-gain/ I was wondering if my cold could affect my weight, turns out it can... Some of the causes listed are not so suprising, but it is a pretty interesting list. I thought others would find it useful so…
