I’ve been using a Fitbit for the last few months and absolutely love it. The only problem with the normal trackers is that you have to attach them to your clothing somehow. And if you forget to take the tracker with you then you don’t track your activity. Of course having a Fitbit hanging off […]
I’ve been using the Fitbit for the last couple of months and take it pretty much everywhere, which is what you’re meant to do. To date I’ve been able to see how damn lazy I am.. seriously.. So a friend has decided to challenge me. The challenge is pretty simple, at least “on paper”. Do […]
Since I got a wifi scale (the Withings) I’ve been weighing myself almost every morning. The scales sends the data to the online service and then I’m able to access it on my iPhone or via the web interface. But what about burning calories? Or sleep? Sure, you can track walks and other specific exercises […]
Trying to do too much exercise at once will simply not work. I need to build up slowly and steadily. Yesterday I tried to use a “standard” workout program on the elliptical trainer and it was a bit of disaster. I was looking at the display counting down and simply had to give up before […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
