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Staying on track during convalescence
So my daily routine has been working for me the last 5 months, averaging 6-7 lbs lost per month, but I'm about to switch things up, with a shoulder replacement surgery scheduled for Tuesday. I know I'm going to gain some unavoidable weight at the hospital (stainless steel parts weigh significantly more than bone, and…
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How do MFP's static and exercise calorie burns correlate?
I'm pretty new here, just about 3 weeks now (and down 11.5 lbs). I'm a 45 year old man, 6', was 241 lbs at the outset, and was coming out of a pretty sedentary (subjective term) two year span during which I was working full-time at a desk job and then studying at a desk all night for grad school. Although fat, I still have…
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time to pay the piper
Howdy, I'm Dave, 45 year and I've been overweight for most of my adult life, though not so much as a simple height-weight BMI suggests. I was 215 lbs when I started graduate studies two years ago, a bit over where I want to be but tolerable. Since then, my studies plus a full time desk job have consumed all my free time…