Yeah that happens a lot when exercising outdoors like walking, running or cycling. Yesterday it said I did 19 floors, when in reality I only did 6. However, my record one day floors climbed was 125 and those were actual numbers too.
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I've been using myfitnesspal since the beginning of the year. I haven't so much changed my diet as so much as just eaten less of what I did before.
I started at 326 and squeezing into a tight 46 size pants. As of last Friday I am down to 288.6 and fit nicely into an old pair of size 40 jeans.
Once I "truly" realized that weight loss comes down to calories in vs. calories out (CICO), I realized it isn't as hard as most people make it out to be.
I haven't cut a single thing from my diet. If I have a craving for something, I eat it to take care of those cravings (as long as I have the calorie allotment for it). I drink probably 90% Coke Zero and the other 10% being water (generally when I am walking or working out.) My afternoon snack most days is either a Baby Ruth or a Snickers.
Weight loss wise (not looking at nutrition) a calorie truly is just a calorie.
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I would love to know more how you set up the MFP to work for you and your wife. Truly sounds interesting and might be what would keep my wife focused on tracking.
I started at 326 and squeezing into a tight 46 size pants. As of last Friday I am down to 288.6 and fit nicely into an old pair of size 40 jeans.
Once I "truly" realized that weight loss comes down to calories in vs. calories out (CICO), I realized it isn't as hard as most people make it out to be.
I haven't cut a single thing from my diet. If I have a craving for something, I eat it to take care of those cravings (as long as I have the calorie allotment for it). I drink probably 90% Coke Zero and the other 10% being water (generally when I am walking or working out.) My afternoon snack most days is either a Baby Ruth or a Snickers.
Weight loss wise (not looking at nutrition) a calorie truly is just a calorie.
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I would love to know more how you set up the MFP to work for you and your wife. Truly sounds interesting and might be what would keep my wife focused on tracking.
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I'm happy to answer any questions you have and be more specific about what we are doing, but I'm not sure exactly what to add at the moment. Let me know what you'd like to hear more about.
I've said this for years, however don't overlook the role of genetics and metabolism. I know two brothers raised on the same diet with the same lifestyle where one was slim and the other was fat. Exercise forces your body to burn calories, overcoming its desire to hang on to them, and afterwards spend even more calories repairing and building muscle.
There are a few more in this thread I'm sure, so sorry to just quote you two! Massive congratulations to you both though, these stories are always really inspiring. I'm hoping I'll have a positive tale to add to this thread in a few months' time.
Keep up the good work. You can do this!There are a few more in this thread I'm sure, so sorry to just quote you two! Massive congratulations to you both though, these stories are always really inspiring. I'm hoping I'll have a positive tale to add to this thread in a few months' time.
Okay, so how did you come up with the calorie count for the day? Did you combine the numbers that MFP gave both of you? Or did you use a TDEE calculator and input the calories into MFP from there?
How is the weight loss going? Is it about even for both you and your wife?
I say we find a modified DeLorean.
I don't know, it has been working for me. Saying that, I'm not using anyones diet except my own.
#177 I must admit, I've only suffered one item out of that list. Mild constipation. I've rectified that though.
I do not think I could ever return to my old ways because if it is one thing I've discovered is how salty and sugary most things are now I grew at it. In fact anything sugary I find makes my stomach feel like it is burning.
When I think back before I went on a new food path I always recall suffering indigestion at night from a lot of foods, even drinks.
Last summer I was 235lbs, last week I was 177lbs. Only 10 months into my new ways. Exercise about 135 minutes a day. Usually have the weekend off. Built up from 3 minutes when first started as I was so pathetically weak and unfit. So bad it was like arm/leg spasms.
Hope to get down to 154lbs.
I'm 5'6". Years ago I weighed 275 pounds, I weigh 140 pounds today.
The things I did to lose weight were:
* eat only when hungry
* never eat to the point of being full
* go to bed hungry
* I removed dairy and pork products from my diet
* I replaced all drinks with water
My meals are no larger than my fist. If that means eating 5 meals per day then I eat 5 meals per day. The first meal of the day has been plain oatmeal and dry toast, this has gone on for over a decade.
I recently had a physical examination and the results were:
Age: 51
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 140 pounds
Blood pressure: 112 over 78
Medications: none
Medical issues: none
Years ago, when I weighed 275, my doctor told me that I likely wouldn't see retirement if I didn't lose weight. I still see this doctor and she is amazed at the transformation. It takes the willpower of a warrior, but I like to think there is a little warrior in all of us
Which one? Charge HR or Surge?
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Question for serious swimmers, can overdoing laps result in elbow issues? Swam 66 laps on Wed and later noticed a sore elbow, that went away. I'm swimming Crawl (Freestyle?), Side Stroke, Breast Stroke, Back Stroke. Just don't want to injure myself. My wife quit swimming in her teens due to elbow problems. Interesting article:
Top 3 Strokes That Swimmers Elbow Sufferers Must Avoid
The article describes how to mitigate the stress associated with these strokes.
Top 3 Strokes That Swimmers Elbow Sufferers Must Avoid
The article describes how to mitigate the stress associated with these strokes.
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I don't know about elbows and swimming, but on a related note, I was reading the other day about shoulder impingement and it talked about it being common among swimmers. I was reading about it as it relates to various overhead press exercises which I don't do anymore.
http://www.webmd.com/osteoarthritis/guide/impingement-syndrome
http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=a00032
Maybe some food for thought for you now that you're swimming a lot again.
http://www.webmd.com/osteoarthritis/guide/impingement-syndrome
http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=a00032
Maybe some food for thought for you now that you're swimming a lot again.
Thanks! Although some slight soreness in a shoulder, right now I'm noticing some burn in my upper arm, so I'll put off my Friday workout until Saturday. Just don't want to ruin this. This is obvious, but as pointed out in the swimming link, the stress is exaggerated by how hard you go at it. For the shoulder issue, I assume that abstaining or light workouts is the solution?
I just won't do overhead press movements like the shoulder or military press, clean and presses and anything where I'm lifting weight overhead. I was doing them and hurt my right shoulder doing so and then I looked into this more and found there are better, safer and more effective exercises to do to build the shoulder muscles.
It might not help that recently I've been moving 60 lb bags of sand and pavers.
I think a day off may be the solution.Yup. Have to listen to the body.It might not help that recently I've been moving 60 lb bags of sand and pavers.
I wanted to deadlift today and was going to warm up with 185lbs and when I made the first pull I could feel a spasm in my right-side back. I didn't pull anymore and moved on to a different exercise.
Great articles associated with swimming shoulder issues:
How to avoid and fix swimming shoulder injury
Rotator Cuff Stretches For Healthy Shoulders
SHOULDER INJURY PREVENTION
How to avoid and fix swimming shoulder injury
Rotator Cuff Stretches For Healthy Shoulders
SHOULDER INJURY PREVENTION
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I don't use any sweeteners. It is my opinion that food is just fuel for the body, so taste is low on the list of priorities. I eat for nutrition and don't really care how food tastes.First, I thought you were in your 30s or so. I must be bad at online age guessing, because I thought Meister was a teenager
We eat healthy, which I'd say is a mix of portion, ingredients and mix of food types. Mostly fresh, very little "pre-fab", even if we do something less-than-healthy like fried fish, I use whole wheat flour, the fish is usually locally fresh caught (nothing farmed), all known ingredients. We try to consume plenty of "superfoods": sweet potatoes, salmon, broccoli. If a product has a bunch of unknown ingredients, we generally look for a substitute.
We do some organized workouts: cycle, cross-fit, yoga - I surf, run, bike, swim, scooter/skateboard (with the little person).
Artificial sweeteners I'd say rank in terms of worst to least-worst:
Saccharin (branded as Sweet-n-Low/pink),
Aspartame (Nutrasweet/blue, used in most diet drinks)
Sucralose (Splenda/yellow), the least worst of the artificials, a decent number of diet drinks available (Coke Splenda, all the Diet Rite bevs).
I've seen Stevia (Truvia/green) grouped with artificials, but it's a plant, and in products like Stevia in the Raw, it's just natural extract. It's my go to for adding sweetener ...
... or, just Sugar in the Raw. Sugar used to get a bad rap, but I really question products created in a lab vs. naturally occurring sugar.
We still cut loose some days, or if we're out to have a good time, we drink but try to limit consumption to the weekends or special occasions.