I came across this video the other day and thought it might be relevant here. Her BMR increase the day after eating 10k calories was really interesting. I've seen a lot of posts freaking out that their splurge meal or day or vacation will translate to a lot of fat, and this shows that it's not always quite the case. Same with CICO: yes that's how you lose/gain weight, but the body also does interesting things to metabolism to compensate for calorie increase/decreases that can't always be captured by formula.
**Note I think almost all of the 10k calorie challenges are ridiculous and a waste of food. This girl partici
I use a sleep tracker every night to track how much sleep I'm getting, sleep quality, and resting heart rate. I know it's not an exact science, but I think the tracker is precise enough I can use it for tracking general trends, and I know there's been a correlation with a lack of deep sleep time and feeling drowsy.
And I've been on a downward trend of deep sleep lately, and I'm feeling it. Usually I feel best with 3+ 'deep sleep' but lately I've only been getting ~2 hours (with increased 'light sleep'). I've been more tired during the day and its harder for me to wake up and be alert, but my brain isn't letting me sleep in either. Even if I don't set my alarm I wake up on time/beforehand re
I'm one of the ones here that eats more than 2000 calories a day. Right now I'm at 2500 but it looks like that will need to increase again in a week or two. 2500 calories is a lot of food!
For those that also eat 2000+ calories, do you eat mostly clean foods or do you incorporate some processed foods too? Like do you eat nutrigrain bars? Ben and Jerry's? "Store name" bagels instead of the organic whole grain bagels? Eggo waffles instead of Kashi waffles? That kind o thing. I'm just curious.
I bought a Garmin Vivosmart HR a few weeks ago. It's held up to being water proof, tracks steps very accurately, holds a reasonable charge (3-4 days), is comfortable, and I love the Garmin Connect App. However, I have doubts the reported calories burned in a day are correct.
Right now it shows that, while walking ~7,000 steps a day and standing in place a significant portion of the day, my TDEE is 1200 calories. This is not including any exercise. Due to a medical procedure inhibiting my ability to eat right, I'm a bit underweight (5'2 and 90 lbs, age early 20's) so I expect to have a low BMR and TDEE. But it's been consistently showing I burn 1150-1200 calories a day (~1120 BMR calories +
I'm looking to get a fitness tracker watch and have narrowed down my search to the Garmin Vivosmart HR and the Polar A360. I've ruled out the Jawbone because I want it to also be a watch and the FitBit because I need something that is waterproof. I know the Polar A360 is only water resistant to 30m, but from what I understand and have read it is suitable for lap swimming (but not diving).This works for me.
My main concerns are step accuracy, HR accuracy, and ability to not fall apart. I do work retail part time, which includes cash register/bagging work, so I am a bit concerned with over counting steps, though I do wear watches on my non dominant hand. I've also read a fe
I've been racing in road races (half marathon/10 milers) and triathlons (sprints to the half iron distance) for a few years now, but I've really gotten into a running groove over the past year or so. I've gotten good at building my mileage, incorporating a lot of quality hill workouts, tapering, and have set a lot of PR's. The one thing I can't figure out is how to get over the post race depression.
Two weekends ago I ran a HM PR and broke 1:40. I was elated- my hard work and taper really paid off! But now I'm at a loss of what to do now. My next goal is a 10K April race where I'd like to break 45 minutes. But I'm not sure when to start training for that race. Since my HM I have NOT been a
I'm looking to jump onboard the DIY bandwagon for 1-2 meals a day!
I was wondering if anyone's had luck making the ketochow with just the dymatize, psyllium husk, xanthum gum, salt, oil and heavy cream, and then taking a multivitamin and other vitamins separately? I already have several of the vitamins in pill form, but right now it seems easier to take them in pill form than crush them up and mix it in with the chow mix, or buy the powdered vitamins.
I guess my main question is, do the vitamins add significant texture/taste to the chow in some crazy kind of way? Or are the ingredients above the main contributors to the ketochow texture and taste?