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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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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