FitnessFor.Us

November 2, 2019November 6, 2019

Yesterday I hit my 10k steps and ate like a pig

Yesterday I hit 10,000 steps for the first time in quite a while. I’m not sure how long it’s been, because I don’t track my steps, but that really doesn’t matter, does it?

My Noom Goal Specialist, Kyle, bumped me to set an exercise goal, so I chose a 30-minute daily walk. That’s good for starters, and should be workable, as I already walk a lot, and I enjoy it.

I prefer to have a destination when I walk, but yesterday I wandered aimlessly, circling the neighborhood, just trying to get in my 30 minutes. And that resulted in my eventually hitting 10k steps. But before that happened…

I was doing great with regard to food yesterday. Well, pretty good. Corn Chex, a Red food — Noom has Red, Yellow, and Green foods, based on caloric density, and Red foods have high caloric density, which make them the worst choices — was my breakfast, with unsweetened cashew milk (a GREEN FOOD!)

November 1, 2019November 1, 2019

My relationship with exercise

I just got a bump from Kyle, my Noom Goal Specialist, asking me to make a goal to help with something I struggle with, like exercise, or blah blah blah.

Exercise has often been a struggle for me. My job keeps me seated at a computer. I do have time for exercise, but at a certain point I lost motivation.

When I was in Albuquerque in the 1990s, I lived within easy walking distance of a gym. So I joined it and I used it. I went to bed early, got up early and went to the gym to start the day. That was great!

Then I moved to San Antonio.

No longer within easy walking distance of a gym, and no longer in the military, which forced me to be at least a little bit in shape, my fitness fell to the wayside. I got fat.

November 1, 2019November 1, 2019

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!

October 31, 2019October 31, 2019

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).

October 31, 2019October 31, 2019

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.