1. 13:26 10th Jan 2012

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    Tags: CAKE IS THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERSallie broshfoodmyfitnesspaltried it!

    This week I’m trying out Myfitnesspal even though it has been at least a year since I did any thorough calorie tracking. (For a long time I just wrote down what I ate on paper. Can you believe?) Mostly, I’m looking to find where I can get more nutritional value in my foods and whether (as I suspect) I’m not getting enough protein. So far, so good, although the calories earned through exercise seem suspiciously high. (I mean, I’m awesome, but am I really that awesome?) You can tell how super-seriously I’m taking this project by the user picture I chose. Still, cakes consumed so far: 0. (source)

    This week I’m trying out Myfitnesspal even though it has been at least a year since I did any thorough calorie tracking. (For a long time I just wrote down what I ate on paper. Can you believe?) Mostly, I’m looking to find where I can get more nutritional value in my foods and whether (as I suspect) I’m not getting enough protein.

    So far, so good, although the calories earned through exercise seem suspiciously high. (I mean, I’m awesome, but am I really that awesome?)

    You can tell how super-seriously I’m taking this project by the user picture I chose. Still, cakes consumed so far: 0.

    (source)

     
    1. runningwithguts said: I use myfitnesspal more for tracking protein than anything else. I don’t let it shame me into starving myself (yeah, 1450 cal isn’t gonna cut it), nor do I put much stake in the amount of cals burned. Can be useful, though!
    2. runningbeautiful said: surprisingly, the calories I burn through running on MFP are significantly LOWER than on my garmin. sooooo…..yeah. there’s that. and I’ve lost weight over the past three weeks utilizing a combination of the two. just sayin.
    3. buildingaladder said: I LOVE myfitnesspal.
    4. veggielife said: Woo I’m on the myfitnesspal train as well, and have found that most websites seem to overestimate calories earned by exercising…I don’t trust dailymile either.
    5. smaller-n-smaller said: I found MFP suspiciously high on calories burned too until I compared it to my heart rate monitor. It was pretty close, sometimes even though. It was crazy.
    6. randamity said: I never trust MFP’s calories earned through exercise. They’re way high compared to anywhere else, including my HRM. ~KimiJoy
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