Tag Archives: Garmin

MyFitnessPal is not telling the whole truth about recent data “corruption” incident

I’m fairly certain I did not eat “Enjoy Cock Cayenne Pepper Hot Sauce” last week. So why does the MyFitnessPal app say I did?

Trivial discovery of the day: “calorie” data in Garmin data exports is actually joules

Garmin data exports measure activity energy in joules but label it as calories. 1 calorie == 4.184 joules.

Do you burn more calories if you walk faster?

If your walk is time-constrained, walking faster burns more calories. If your walk is distance-constrained, walking faster makes no difference.

How I lost 40 pounds and you can too

Several years ago, I decided I needed to lose weight. Here’s what worked for me (I went from 170 to 130 pounds, and I’ve kept off the weight). Maybe it’ll work for you as well. First, a word of warning: there are good reasons to want to lose weight, but there are also bad reasons,… Read More »