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Frustrated with lack of results
So, I have been working out and tracking my calories pretty faithfully for some time now, but I'm not really losing weight. I ride 14 miles on my bike every day at an average of 16mph (weather permitting) and track my calories. I wear a heart rate monitor that calculates my calorie burn at 1200-1300 depending on how fast I…
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Calories burned: MFP or MapMyRide
In the past, I'd been measuring the distance I rode, then calculating the average speed and entering it in MFP by selecting (for example) "cycling 12-14 mph" and entering the time. Today I actually tracked my ride in real time using the MapMyRide app for my iPhone and it gave me a total of 789 calories burned. When I went…
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When does your day end?
Ok, strange question. I work night shift and so when I work, I eat "dinner" at about 2 am. Trouble is...some days my day starts at 7:00 am and doesn't end (I.e. when I go to sleep) for 24 hours. So, when do you stop one day and start the next? At midnight? When you go to sleep? Right now, I usually count it as when I leave…
