Health & Fitness
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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
WW vs myfitnesspal
I'm looking to use a program; whether it be Weight Watchers (online) or the myfitnesspal app to track & lose. I need to lose approx 14lbs to not be considered overweight by BMI (5'4 & 165lbs).
I've toyed around with both programs & am not sure which approach would work better. Points vs calories. I'm semi-active now running 3-4mi 3x week but work 24 hour shift that wreck havoc on sleep & day to day life. I start training tomorrow for my 1st HM.
Which method has been successful for others? Does one work better if I'm starting to run/lift a ton more?
Re: WW vs myfitnesspal
GP buddy to blenderdance
I LOVE My Fitness pal. With points you get some weekly allowances that you don't get with MyFitPal, it's just a daily calorie goal and that's it. But I love its simplicity. It helped me lose 10 lbs last year and I'm using it again for the 5 that have creeped back on. I've been doing it like 2 weeks and I've lost 2-3 lbs so far.
This. I started using MyFitnessPal in January and have since lost 10 lbs. It has a community (just like here) where you can post questions about your calories, weight loss, etc., and i have found it very supportive and conducive for weight loss! I thought about doing WW as well, but figured I'd try MFP first since its free. Guess what- it works!
ETA: Sounds like you are already familiar with the basics of getting in shape so I am assuming you have a basic familiarity with nutrition as well. I think WW is more for people who don't have as much knowledge/experience in that realm, thus a point system works for them. For me- I've always been aware of calories and good fats, proteins, carbs, etc... so the MFP calorie system is better for me. I feel if I'm given a point system, I have no true idea of the nutrients I am getting.