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Boy, was I way off on my exercise calories!
I started the whole dieting and exercise routine this past summer. Like most people, I assumed the exercising equipment overestimated my calorie burn, so I ate only about 80% of those calories back. Yet I wanted to buy a chest strap heart beat sensor to make sure I have more accurate calorie burn estimates. So this…
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Any way to get some nice charts that make sense out of my MFP data?
I just checked today a Chrome add on that makes comparison charts out of the MFP data, and I got excited at first, but then I saw a bunch of zigzag lines that didn't have any meaningful logical correlation with each other. Is there a any tool that could help me make sense out of this data? I've hit a few prolonged plateaus…
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Once and for all, is junk food/dessert indulgence ok or not
I would like to know if and how I'm hindering the weight loss by eating ice cream and or less than healthy fatty meats or high sodium stuff, provided I manage to keep a balance in my everyday MFP nutrition and stay under the calorie limit. Should I feel bad about it or not? Sorry for asking a stupid question. I just don't…
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Well hello my old pants!
Just this morning I dug my old and forgotten size 34 jeans from the back of the closet. I was wearing size 38 back in the beginning of August. Getting into 34 for the past 4-5 years was impossible. So I thought, since I lost 15lbs, lets give it a try! Well what do you know! They fit comfortably enough to make it through…
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Brain performance increase from weight loss?
Can any of you guys confirm this?
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Is high intensity cardio worth it?
I can honestly say I never liked the feeling of burning lungs and my heart trying to jump out of my chest. I can go for an hour of brisk walking with very short sprint intervals on the treadmill that sums up to 450 calories, but I totally hate falling short of breath in the middle of an exercise. Is there a point to this?…
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a mental thing...
Last couple of days I had too much work but I also felt too tired to do any walking on the treadmill. So I didn't. I thought I give myself a rest since Ive been going non stop for 15 days with no rest. Today morning I didn't feel like walking either. I felt tired coming out of bed. But I forced myself to walk for 30…
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MFP daily calorie goal doesn't sync with current weight.
Not to be a party pooper here, its nice to stick to the same daily calorie goal for a while. But I just noticed that it doesn't sync with the current weight automatically. So it could be one of many reasons if someone gets frustrated by hitting a plateau eventually. If you had the same calorie goal for a while but your…
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Best protein powder for the money? (vegan & non vegan)
Those cans tend to be expensive. I was wondering if there is a general preference around here, both for vegan and non vegan protein powder. I currently use the Abbott EAS brand. Mainly to curb my hunger until lunch and some times later.
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waking up to tingling chest during the night
Its been 8 days since I started dieting and exercising for about 45-60 mins a day, mainly jogging on a 20% treadmill. I don't believe I'm pushing myself hard. Just breaking a sweat for pretty much half an hour. The past few days I've been waking up to feeling a strange tingling inside my chest. It feels almost like the…
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Cinnabon ads on MFP!
It made me smile seeing two Cinnabon banners on one page right on this site! I used to eat 3 of those large cinnabons in one day back when I first discovered them and I had no shame. Hahaha. Thanks for the laugh MFP!
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Late night hunger. How do you deal with it?
This is the part of the day that is the most dangerous for me to eat something stupid. It's the time I finally get to sit and relax, watch my favorite show etc. unfortunately my stomach knows it. So after I started dieting this relaxing time of the day has become a bit of a struggle. So is there any cheap trick to cheat my…
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Am I doing something wrong? (Dropped 3lbs in4 days)
I am very new to dieting and MFP. I'm on a vegan diet of 1430cal a day excluding 300-400cals from exercise of which I'm not using much. I started with 195lbs 4 days ago, now my scale says I'm 191.8 Not that I don't like great news but this seems to me like a bit too good to be true. Mind you, I do get cravings, but a…
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What are the main pitfalls for a beginner?
In the past I started doing exercise without changing my diet much. I saw no results and I got discouraged and stopped. Now that I found MFP I hope I can change that, by closely monitoring my intake on top of some everyday exercise . I'm setting a goal of losing 1.5lbs a week and I'm wondering if I'm aiming too high for a…
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trying to lose 25% of me.
Hello everyone. My name is Dennis. I'm very new to dieting. I'm almost 39yrs old, with a bmi of 32.4 at this point. I was looking for an app to help motivate me to stay on a healthy diet cause I'm Not a man of (good) habit and my metabolism I bet is pretty low. MFP looks like very easy to use, with enough stats and info to…
