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I wanted to start exercising back in January of this year. I wanted to get this device you wear on your wrist called the Fitbit Flex. It tracks the number of steps you take in a day, and it can track your sleep habits. The sleeping was really the main push, because I've been an insomniac for over 15 years.
Anyway, I didn't start exercising in January, but I did at the end of August. Fitbit has a website that goes along side the bracelet. I LOVE IT!!!
So, on the first page, it gives you an overview of the steps you've taken, what distance that correlates to, the calories you have burned, and the amount of sleep you had during the night.
But then you can go in and make a diet plan, according to how much you want to lose, and if you want it to be really easy (0.5 lbs a week) or hard (2 lbs a week). It tells you how many calories you can have during the day. So, after you eat breakfast, for example....say you had 1 serving of plain quaker oatmeal. You would type in OATMEAL PLAIN (QUAKER) and entire list of comes down. You find plain quaker oatmeal, and it breaks it down into % fiber, %protein, %fat, %carb. Then it tells you how many more calories you have for the rest of the day.
I was always told to write down everything I ate. Ok, so I did. But what did that tell me? Nothing. If the equation is calories in vs. calories out, then just writing down what I ate tells me nothing. For the first time, I actually now see how many calories I AM consuming, and how many I'm BURNING.
For the first time, I feel so motivated. As long as I type in everything I'm consuming, I'm in complete control of how much I lose.
Anyway, I didn't start exercising in January, but I did at the end of August. Fitbit has a website that goes along side the bracelet. I LOVE IT!!!
So, on the first page, it gives you an overview of the steps you've taken, what distance that correlates to, the calories you have burned, and the amount of sleep you had during the night.
But then you can go in and make a diet plan, according to how much you want to lose, and if you want it to be really easy (0.5 lbs a week) or hard (2 lbs a week). It tells you how many calories you can have during the day. So, after you eat breakfast, for example....say you had 1 serving of plain quaker oatmeal. You would type in OATMEAL PLAIN (QUAKER) and entire list of comes down. You find plain quaker oatmeal, and it breaks it down into % fiber, %protein, %fat, %carb. Then it tells you how many more calories you have for the rest of the day.
I was always told to write down everything I ate. Ok, so I did. But what did that tell me? Nothing. If the equation is calories in vs. calories out, then just writing down what I ate tells me nothing. For the first time, I actually now see how many calories I AM consuming, and how many I'm BURNING.
For the first time, I feel so motivated. As long as I type in everything I'm consuming, I'm in complete control of how much I lose.
Keep up the great work......
The one word of caution I have read about things like the fitbit is to not treat the data as 100% correct. Some people believe the fitbits to be 100% correct, and adjust their caloric intake to be somewhat bellow what the fitbit says they expend. Sadly for them the fitbit is over measuring their exercise and they are actually using the fitbit to let them over eat!
Hmmm, I may get one. Have been thinking about it for quite some time now.
I would challenge anyone to consume 1000 calories (and that includes anything you drink) and feel as though they over ate LOL.
But what you say IS true. You can't just exercise and then think you can just eat whatever you want. A diet has to go along with that. That's why I'm following the diet part so strictly.
300 steps is 100 cal.'s burned. 300 steps takes me 5 minutes.
I would love to have bracelet. My watch was out dated and only showed distance walked and umber of steps.
I do 300 steps dyly.
we need no less than 500 steps dyly.
I brought an old time portable radio. it helps me because it basically distance me ( not as board ) and I walk to beat of music. down side is that battery don't last more than 2 mth's.
Keep us posted. I'm interested in your process/progression
My legs n feet keep me from walking more than 1 hr a day.
the walker has helped.
I like the cal in cal out calcurlated.
I use a free sie that offers basiicallyy the same thing.
Ok people chim in. assist with names of web sites.
un certain but it seems like the site that I occasionally use is myspace. someone on here might know.names. again I seldom use that site..
right now Im in middle of binge. 10PM til 4AM I'm a human food vaccume.
Winter = heavy meals. as like but not limited to stews and grease.
stay heathy and do not use grease oil ( except olive oil n pam spray ) no white tators nor white foods except pork fish turcky breast. We still have time to buy fresh fruits n veg to freeze to have for winter. This year I stocked up on berrys. I will also have apples sweet taters
anywho thank you for sharing
Other sites that are free are WeightLossBuddy, SparkPeople, and MyFitnessPal. I'm not sure what each of them allow you to track other than progress, but I know the support aspect of those sites is really strong. I'm sure they have a lot more components, but as I have never joined them, I don't know off hand.