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Science has proven that it is almost impossible to get rid of a habit. So in order to remove a bad habit, the best way is to replace it by a good habit. And building good habits takes about 3 months (90 repetitions). Knowing this, you can start replacing your habits with different one and know that it gets easier after 3 months. For example you could replace your glass of wine during prep with a glass of water. I got rid of sucking my thumb after close to 35 years by replacing that habit with moisturising my hands. I no longer moisturise them, but I got rid of it by replacing the habit with a different habit. So, try to think out of the box when looking for a replacement habit, for some it will be easier to come up with a replacement than for others. There are also apps on the phone that help with creating good habits and tracking new good habits. I don't use them and you don't need them, but possibly they could help. ... View more

@hazard6We don't know, as we don't have the medical background. I am going to apologise upfront in case I am going to sound blunt (I am Dutch and we can be direct at times). However, it does not really matter what caused it. At the end of the day you have the 20° S curve scoliosis (sorry to hear!). It is something that is going to be there whether you caused, worsened it or neither of these. The only thing knowing it would do, is that you would feel worse about yourself in case your concerns are true and there is really no need for that. I would like to suggest to bring this up with your counseler if you still see one for your anxiety and psychosis or make an appointment if this keeps bugging you so much. I am pretty sure they can talk this over with you and help you towards accepting the situation. I hope you feel better soon. ... View more

@kindoflazyI think it is great that you try another option before considering surgery. However, 800 calories is so low, that I would advice seeing a doctor while you do this. As you pointed out, when doing the surgery you would also be on a very low calorie intake after that, but you would be supervised by doctors. I don't have enough expertise to inform you properly, but don't take unnecessary risks. Please be aware that you won't be done with just a diet. You will have to make changes for the rest of your life and while this diet might be the approach for the short run, you will also have to look ahead and plan for the long run at some point. Dietitians should be able to help with that. We are a creature of habbit and food can be our addiction, so try to set yourself up for success and get all the help that you can get. ... View more

Did you drink plenty? It is always important to drink plenty, but specially after yoga I find. Possibly there was already something in your body and you would have felt that way anyways or the yoga class might have triggered it. It will be easier to tell if it was really the yoga class or not after a few classes. One data point is hard to draw conclusions from. ... View more

@pinkjunee Not the answer you want to hear, but the scale will tell. Log what you are doing for a few weeks (both food and calories burned) from that starting point you figured out and see what impact it has on your weight. Then adjust if needed. After the adjustment log again for a few weeks and see what the scale says then. Keep checking with the scale until you find what works for you. ... View more

Yoga can help with weight loss, but in itself it is not going to make you lose weight. Typically it is easier to battle that in the kitchen and/or with cardio. I do yoga 3 to 4 times a week and love it, but I would not say I can eat a lot more because of it. Depending on how much I did it might be an extra 100 calories for the day, but more often it is below that. But as @Dominique already pointed out, there are some extra benefits from yoga that have an impact on weight loss: reduced stress and improved sleep are the two major ones. It is good to do some restraint training and I put yoga in that category using your body weight instead of weights. ... View more

Voted, however I am doubtful we will get it. Therefore a suggestion that can help out with this. You can set up myfitnesspall to sync with FitBit. I believe myfitnesspall has a Dutch database (not currently using it myself). Another, but cumbersome, way of doing it is by creating custom foods, but this takes a lot of effort. If you eat very similar from day to day it is worth the effort though. ... View more

Welcome to the forums @nickhitt. We are a group of enthusiasts of the FitBit tracker here and as such don't have a medical background. Therefore, we cannot judge your situation (specially since it is only a forum). I would advice you to get in touch with a doctor to get the answer. ... View more

What @GershonSurge described is so true, that it is hard to eat differently from a group while trying to fit in. I am going through this with my family as I want to cut out dairy. I don't see them often, so 95% of the time it is no issue. I notice around them I still eat dairy with all my issues popping back up. I am gonna try to push a bit harder, but thanks for describing that so I understand what is going on. ... View more

With salads you might be eating hidden calories in the dressing. Just because it is a salad, it does not automatically mean it is low in calories. There can be some ingredients that are high in calories (e.g. olives and nuts). For weight loss eating healthy alone will not be enough if you are still eating too many calories. ... View more

@Norbert920 When you are that addicted to food (which is not uncommon) I would suggest to consult a psychologist to work on changing your relationship with food instead of introducing another dependency. ... View more

What is your long term plan? What are you going to do after you reach your goal weight to maintain it? I am sorry if I am wrong, but it sounds to me that you think about this as a diet instead of a long term (rest of your life) lifestyle change. You lost it fast the first time around doing a crash diet and then gained some again. If you are not careful, you might end up in this cycle of losing and gaining and you will become very frustrated. I understand you want to lose this weight fast now, but maybe change your focus from losing weight fast now to creating a new healthy lifestyle. Which most likely means losing weight at a much slower rate that works better for your current size. Try to set yourself up for success in the long run, instead of getting into this cycle of losing and gaining. Create healthy habits that you can maintain instead of just focusing on short term weight, scales and calories. ... View more

I have the same. This morning I travelled to work by bike and recorded the ride and it had 6 minutes in cardio heart rate zone. But when I go to the heart tile, it shows 2 minutes in cardio heart rate zone for the entire day. I believe this is due to the way the heart rate is sampled differently for both the data sets. Instead of sampling it every second as is done for the graph when you track an exercise, the data is sampled less densely for the full day graph. This can reflect in different totals when you move through heart rate zones rather quickly. The data will be more similar when you stay in zones for a longer period before switching to a different one. Notice how during your hike you drop to cardio often. ... View more

@actresskat wrote: Thank you for your suggestion to incorporate an active hour on rest days to increase my BMR (rather than cut an additional 500 calories in order to lose weight). I appreciate your advice. You cannot increase your BMR. Your BMR is the amount of calories you burn doing totally nothing (this is the definition, by being active those are calories burned on top of you BMR). The 1200 calories a day guideline is not for everyone. It can be too low for some people and too high for others. The idea is to not eat below your BMR (atleast for an extended amount of time) as that can have an impact on your metabolism. But if your BMR is lower than 1200, you don't have to eat more than your BMR, specially on days you are not active. You can use an online calories calculator to estimate what your BMR is. On days you are totally not active at all and you eat as much as your BMR you should not gain nor lose. In order to lose you could simply not eat back (all) the calories you burn on the days that you are active. Losing weight on days you are doing nothing at all is just not something you should aim for, specially not when you have plenty of active days in a week. Just don't gain on those days. ... View more

I think the post of @Odyssey13 is spot on with trying to step back and have someone else help her. Your job as a mom is to love her and support her and if you step back it helps to show that she is loved even when she falls. That the love does not depend on her weight. Otherwise this can become a discussion that could damage your relationship while you try to help her. ... View more

@Daves_Not_Here I read this quote at work yesterday and it is so apt for your post: "It is easier to 'act' yourself into a new way of thinking, than to 'think' yourself into a new way of acting." ... View more

Also try to be creative with how you get your steps at work. When you have to use the toilet, use one in a different wing or on a different floor. Same for printing documents. If you have a question, see if you can walk to the person and ask them face to face. I simply get up and walk around every hour, as it will help with my focus for the rest of the hour. ... View more

You can have your colleagues added as friends. Then you can use the existing FitBit challenges as suggested by @MichieFromPA. The thing is, if you start the challenge you will be in every group. So you could also give your colleagues a list of who they should invite based on their activity and get those groups together. ... View more

Welcome to the community @Genny636. Could you provide us with a few more details so we can help you better? How much did you lose before your weight loss stalled and what was your starting weight? It could be you hit a plateau if you already lost quite some weight. ... View more

@GettingfitinSC Eating vegetarian and low carbs does not equal low calories per se. Cheese and nuts for example are vegetarian, but they are high in calories. So the best solution is to log what you eat. Also what you eat today will have very little impact on your weight tomorrow. I typically notice a change in weight in 2 days after eating way more than I usually do or cutting back again. But sounds like you are taking some good steps towards a healthier life nonetheless. ... View more

Just because a sport/exerecise does not give you steps, it does not mean it is not good for your health. By that logic biking would not be a good exercise and I think we can all agree that biking is a healthy exercise. Yoga is not cardio though. I consider it as strength training myself. Yoga helps mostly with strength, flexibility and balance. Those are the three main things you practice when doing poses. However, it has more benefits beyond those three (similar to other sports making you feel happy and not only improve your heart). It helps with releasing tenstion as you tense and relax your muscles. It is one of the greatest tools to counter anxiety (I can say this from experience). It helps with good posture. It helps with good lymph health and hormone balance. It helps with sleeping well. I could go on for a bit 😉 . There are different types of yoga. The base of yoga is hatha yoga and all other yoga forms are derived from hatha yoga. Yin yoga as described by the poster above me is a different form for example, where you hold certain poses for an extended time and try to relax as much as possible. But there are also yoga forms that aim to get your blood flowing and your heart pumping (vinyasa). There are many more types of yoga out there. ... View more

The FitBit Versa only has connected GPS, so you have to keep your phone nearby. If you use the walk function on your device without the GPS (this is possible), it will use the stride length from the settings. I know you already altered those to be more correct, but might be worth to check again. ... View more

It might be worth it to restart your tracker a few times (we always advice to do it 3 times). This typically fixes it. This article explains how to restart your tracker (just select your tracker in the options given on this page). ... View more

I don't use vitamins or supplements. I tried once and the first thing I did was thinking how to get it through my diet instead. I think that the people who "need" them don't take them, and those who take them don't need them. People who are conscious about their health and mindful about what they eat, typically get all the micronutrients from their diet. ... View more

Hello @boyley, how are you tracking your walks? Through the app or with automated tracking on the FitBit device itself? ... View more

Sounds to me something went wrong when you put this info into the FitBit. When you add a custom food, you can actually create a serving size of 1/2 cup. Maybe that works better for you. ... View more

Yes you are on the right track for now. Our stomache gets used to the amount of food we give it daily. When we change that it will take a few weeks before it is used to this new amount. It should get a bit easier after the first week I think. For now do what you are doing and check your progress in 4 weeks. You will notice your weight might sometimes go a bit up in the day to day measurements, but if you are on the right track this is mostly due to water retention. For women the cycle has an impact on water retention too. Therefore, I would suggest to go at it for 4 weeks, then check your progress and adjust where needed. If you keep evaluating your progress every 4 weeks and adjust where needed, you will find what is right for you. ... View more

@rondez How tall are you? How much do you weight and how much do you want to lose? ... View more

Low calories only has an impact on how much you can eat, not on what you can eat. By low carb people typically mean no processed carbs like pasta, rice, bread, cookies etc.. So basically you are only cutting one food group out. You should still be able to get all your vitamins when just skipping pasta and rice etc.. You might actually want to increase the amount of vegetables you are eating while making those changes to feel more full. How big is the calorie deficit you are planning? ... View more

That depends. What did you do? What kind of ache? Where in the foot is it aching? Is it an injury or not? What do you do while it is aching? Even when you know what it is, it can be different from person to person. ... View more

My thought if you cannot run is to do what you can. If that means the elliptical then do that. Just start somewhere to get moving. Try to find something you enjoy so you are more likely to stick to it. If you start that way you will be fit enough at some point to start the C25K program. Don't run before you can as you are sure to get injuries that way. ... View more

Look for an activity called driving (don't create it yourself) and start that before you mow the lawn. You can also log it afterwards when you forgot to do this and it will remove the steps from that day. The steps will still count towards your milestones. For them not to count towards your milestones you should start the activity before you start to mow the lawn. ... View more

Were you connected to GPS? If not your stride length in your settings might be off. ... View more

I personally have good experience with Jaybird X3. I have not tried the Flyer as I already owned the Jaybird X3 when they came out, so I cannot give a review on them or compare them. ... View more

@ZHAT88 wrote: apart from assumptions I always vote for distilled water. Distilled water is satisfying as it goes with the laws of Nature. I am curious what laws you refer to? I am very confident that you won't find distilled water in nature. ... View more

Well, last time holiday was pretty easy as it was with a yoga group and they are generally more health orientated. But before that in a hotel I tried to get as close to the breakfast as I have at home. Ofcourse I gained some and knowing it is only temporary I do not mind too much as I know it will be back in control when I get home. But you could consider it a fun challenge to try to get as close to your normal routine as possible. Now with some meals that will be easier than others (hello dinnertime) and with activity most likely not possible at all, but it might make you more mindful and think about taking that snack instead of mindlessly eating it. I find overeating on conferences so easy to do, but also so annoying as I will get so sleepy. ... View more

Just by starting work out mode it does not automatically log active minutes if you do not qualify for them (your heart rate needs to be above a certain treshold for 10 minutes). For example, when I bike to work I start work out mode to track my bike ride. Depending on if I had to wait for a red light, I might not get active minutes for the ride, even though it takes me 15 minutes to complete. As the wait for the red light makes my heart rate drop below the treshold and I end up biking two parts which are each below 10 minutes. So how long were you active in one go? If you were active (read heart rate high enough) for longer than 10 minutes in one go, then active minutes should be added. The tracker will add active minutes based on heart rate whether it is in work out mode or not. When I use auto-detect and walk for long enough it will automatically add active minutes. You can add extra active minutes by adding exercises manually via the app or certain apps will add them like FitStar. ... View more

@emili wrote: hey there.. I would encourage you to look for the root cause of why you feel tired. metabolism slowing down, I am not sure how you would know it has... but the low energy could be any number of things. Not enough deep sleep, stress, lethargy or a number of other reasons that I would encourage you to talk with your doctor about. by all means take a B vitamin, but I think after the initial maybe its working, it will be where you are today, simply because the root cause is still there. I think to start, I would see if you are eating things to support your body, sleeping/resting enough to support your body and making sure your brain is getting the food it needs through rest, creativity and positive thinking.. I agree with @emili. We are so used to patching symptoms in Western society, that we often do not bother to fix the cause. See if you can find the root cause and consider discussing it with a doctor. ... View more

The 700-800 calories deficit is according to FitBit. FitBit can only estimate this deficit. Every person is different, so our calories burned vary slightly. There is also differences reported in the calories burned between trackers (the one with a heart rate monitor tend to overestimate the amount of calories burned). And then not every calorie eaten is the same, for example 100 calories of vegetables will have a different impact compared to 100 calories of sugar. I think you are doing great losing at a constant pace. If you want to increase the pace, you might want to increase the calories deficit reported by FitBit until you start losing at a somewhat higher pace. But to me the pace you are losing at is not as important as doing it constantly at a level you can sustain. ... View more

Wholesome does this, but is not compatible with FitBit. ... View more