Electronic devices and weighing in and positive influences and philosophy on life

I may have messed up last night.

Just before I went to sleep, I turned off notifications from my Letsfit fitness tracker to my phone, and when I woke this morning, my sleep was not tracked.

Now, I don’t understand how turning off notifications could foul the connection between my Letsfit and my phone, but the first two nights my sleep tracked fine, and last night it did not.

I turned the notifications back on, so I guess we’ll see how that works out.

This is disappointing, although it also shows me how quickly I can become addicted to an electronic device. It’s only been two days, but I’m already jonesing for that information. Tell me how I slept!

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Tracking steps and sleep

So far, a couple days into use, this Letsfit fitness tracker is working great!

The app is solid and simple, and that’s just the way I like it. I can easily see my steps, heartrate, battery level, and sleep.

Speaking of the battery level, I’ve had this thing going nonstop for almost two days now, and it’s at 86% battery. Pretty impressive! That’s the power of simple. The device only does a few things, so it doesn’t suck up all the battery power.

For the record, btw, this device is not listed as compatible with Noom, so I’m guessing it’s not, although I haven’t tried to hook it to Noom yet (or even know how to, or what that means — I should find out).

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The Noom app and logging meals

Well, I’ve blown this already!

I’m kidding, but while I was busy logging my meals into my Google Sheet the past couple days, my brilliant friend Tara brought the app to my attention.

My Coach, er, um, I mean Goal Specialist, whose name is Kyle, had contacted me through the app. Maybe I should be logging meals into that?

Duh.

And, wow, there is so much more in there, like daily reading and quizzes about health, food, diet. Logging in steps, exercise, blood pressure. And, yeah, meals.

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Tracking my food intake and my steps

To go along with my Noom program, I’m tracking all my food intake. Now, I’m not getting crazy here. Not yet, anyway. I’m only tracking the food and the number of calories.

In the past I’d create an Excel spreadsheet with calories along with a breakdown of grams of fat, protein, and carb, plus fiber. Not this time!

I’m tracking everything at Google Sheets, which, in case you don’t know, is like Excel on the web.

Tracking my food is one of the great ways to keep myself from eating junk. If I have to enter it into a spreadsheet, I am far less likely to consume it.

The potato chips I ate last night seem to belie this. Maybe I’m kidding myself. But at least I’m tracking!

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Creating my Noom profile

Today I created my full profile at Noom, and I was impressed with the depth of the questioning.

Not only was I asked about my age, weight, height, but also about my preferences regarding diet and fitness routine. Do I primarily want to lose weight? Do I primarily want to get into shape?

I was asked how much coaching I need, and what kind of coaching it should be. Am I an experienced fitness warrior who is self-motivated, or am I less inclined to help myself?

I like that kind of personalization.

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