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Exercising With Zombies?

Over the past few weeks my weight loss has more or less flatlined. My weight goes up and down, but I’m not seeing that nice constant drop in weight that I was seeing originally. In terms of my calorie intake it’s been pretty steady, apart from a couple of days when I’ve been naughty and [...]

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Feeling Good About Yourself

One of the important things about losing weight, for me at least, is motivation and my general attitude. When I decided to do something about my weight I had to “go all in”. That doesn’t mean that I was going to do anything insane or completely radical, as I knew that wouldn’t really work. What [...]

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Tracking food with the LiveStrong app

Livestrong MyPlate iPhone App

There are a lot of web services and mobile applications that you can use to track weight, exercise and calories. I’ve been playing around with a few and will post reviews of several in the coming weeks. One of the ones I’ve played around with is the Livestrong.com MyPlate app on the iPhone. As applications [...]

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withings wifi bodyscale

Is Withings Really Worth It?

The Withings scale, or as they like to call it – Wi-Fi Body Scale, looks like a really nice device, but is it that much better than a normal bathroom scales? I currently have a very functional scale. The Weight Watchers Body Monitoring Electronic Scale, which I picked up in Argos a couple of years [...]

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Nike+ sportsband

Nike+ Experiments Episode 1

As I mentioned, apart from changing what I eat I also need to do more exercise and track it. I bought some Nike runners a few months ago and also got the Nike+ Sportband. The sportband looks very like a watch: The little sensor fits into a compartment in the sole of the Nike runners. [...]

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