Saturday, March 5, 2011

Great Week

I have had a great week!  I finished one full week (3 workouts) at Curves.  By my third workout, I felt so energized.  It gave me the push to do other things, so I even went walking later that day!  I love being more active, I certainly couldn't have done this 50 lbs ago, at least not in the shape I was in. 

I ordered a Fitbit earlier this week and it came in today.  So far, I love it.  I can put it in my pocket and it tracks my movements.  It has the same sort of technology as a Wii.  It will track steps, distance, exercise intensity and even sleep.  Out of the box, it took about 15 minutes to get a full charge and it says that it can go 3-5 days before it needs another charge.  So far it seems to be pretty accurate and I love that it can not only track my steps, but also distance and most of all intensity!  I'm going to wear it to bed tonight (it comes with a wristband) to see how well I sleep.  If you look on the right column of this blog, you'll find a link to my Fitbit profile.  You can see my activity level for the day and even what food I am eating.  I have to manually list the food, but it even tells me how many calories I've burned.  Very nice! 

I have no real update weight wise.  I've lost a little bit, but I'm waiting until Monday to get an official unofficial weight check.  I'll also do measurements at that time as well.  Oh, one thing I have noticed, it seems like the swelling is going down in my stomach because I've been able to eat a bit more.  Not a lot, just a couple more bites.  Protein shakes are also going down much easier now.  I've also been adding some lemon to my water and it's a great change.  I've found that I don't want a lot of sweet stuff now, so I don't even add sugar to it... it's like lemonade without the sweet. 

4 comments:

  1. Ooooh, I have thought of getting the FitBit, please post an update in a month or so about what you like/dislike about it. Have you tried True Lemon? It's like a little powdered packet that you add to water and it tastes like you are adding a bit of fresh lemon (NO sweet...yay!)

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  2. How interesting! I haven't heard of this before. I've looked at the Body Bugg online, but haven't checked into it much. I have wondered if it would make me challenge myself more, since I am a total activity slacker. :)

    Please do update how you like it! I played around on your Fitbit page, it looks so interesting! And more than a little Big Brother-ish, haha.

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  3. I think that looks so interesting! I started to research it since I read your post... and now I'm sold! I totally want one. Hub is going to get it for my birthday. I think it will help greatly with making me try to move more....

    Do you always wear it on your belt loop?
    I read a lot of people lose them that way... have you tried it on your bra? I think I like that option...

    Did you order from the website?

    How do you like it so far?

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  4. I've had True Lemon before but can't find it now! I'll keep looking. Our Walmart did have a True Orange, but I really wanted the lemon. I will definitely update about the fitbit. So far, I love it! I mostly wear it in my pocket. Today, I had no pockets so I did wear it clipped to my bra. I ordered it straight from http://www.fitbit.com and it took about 4 days to come in. So far, I love it! Maybe a little too much.

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