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pedometer advice
I'd like to buy something that measures steps, distance, calories burned, heart rate, etc. I don't have a phone that uses apps, can y'all suggest something reasonably affordable for me to use?? Thanks in advance
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S-L-O-W ~~it's so hard not to get discouraged....
....when I look at the Message Boards and see people losing much more quickly than I am - especially women who are the same starting weight as I am! It has taken me from July 11 - now to lose 5 lbs. I lost one lb the first week at 1200, and none the second. So I upped my calories to 1400 - my BMR test that I did at the dr.…
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BMR and MFP confusion
Ok, help me understand. If my BMR is 1,410, should I be on 1,200/day? I changed my goal to lose only one lb/wk, because that is what I was doing anyway, when I should have been losing 1-1/2 according to MFP. Now I am confused to see that number, because 1400 is what MFP gave me to lose 1 per week, yet that is my BMR... .…
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minor frustration/.5 gain this week~help?
Ok. I did all the things I know I am supposed to do, ate within reasonable calorie limits all week, exercised in accordance with my goals (which were 30 minutes 3x/wk) - even doing more than that, yet, this morning, I weigh in, and find I GAINED 1/2 lb. WHY? The only diet "sin" I committed was on Saturday, when I had an…
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confused about fruit and sugar
I am new to MFP. When I set up my food diary, I did not use the "sugar" counter. I have been eating lots of fruit for snack time -- watermelon and grapes, mostly, as they are "in season" and quite refreshing! I have a banana in my smoothie in the morning as well....I have lost 2 lbs already....well, as I am poking around…
