the best thing you bought that helped you lose weight?

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  • mfpcopine
    mfpcopine Posts: 3,093 Member
    Fitness center membership. I'm compelled to use things I pay for.

    I wish that worked for me. I've wasted thousands over the years.
  • G30Grrl
    G30Grrl Posts: 377 Member
    Food Scale, HRM (Polar FT7), 30 Day Shred DVD and hand weights, and fitness games for the X-Box Kinect. And having workout clothes that fit, look cute, and don't make me look like a cow (like the giant T-shirts and sweats I was wearing before) were pretty motivating, too.
  • KickyLegs
    KickyLegs Posts: 53
    In order of awesomeness for weight loss:

    1. Bicycle - Hands down the best for me! (I cycle whenever I need to get anywhere, even if I'm in a dress).

    2. Treadmill - Although I prefer to run outside, I can track progress better with treadmill data)

    3. Pilates mat - Pilates mat is much thicker than a yoga mat which helps me exercises longer without feeling hurt.
  • LittleMissRainey
    LittleMissRainey Posts: 440 Member
    The 'Zombies, Run!' app, and my new gym membership.
  • supplemama
    supplemama Posts: 1,956 Member
    Hmmm, let me see:

    1) Good shoes - Asics. I buy a new pair every 4-6 months. They last a good long while even with all the walking I do so I have 3 pairs since I started losing weight (Jan 2012) that I rotate. About $80 each, I always catch the sales.

    2) Hula hoop - I bought a kid's toy hoop I bought at walmart for $3. Just ordered a weighted exercise hoop the other day for $17.

    3) Walking DVD - Leslie Sansone's 5 Mile Fat Burner DVD is AWESOME, I use it every single day! It was $8 at the evil empire (walmart).

    4) Food scale - $13, bought off ebay

    5) HRM - $90, my husband bought it for me at D-IC-K's Sporting Goods

    6) Sports bras - I won't workout if I'm jiggling. Bought 5 good ones (Danskin) at Target for $5 each.

    7) Tape measure - I forget where I bought it, maybe Walgreens, but it was only $2.

    New things I'm buying this month:

    1) A new Leslie Sansone DVD

    2) A Rodney Yee yoga DVD

    3) A good jump rope

    LOL! edited because the site blocked out the name of D...'ks Sporting Good's store :laugh:
  • shannonahenderson
    shannonahenderson Posts: 63
    my scale...my food scale, that is! ;-)
  • supplemama
    supplemama Posts: 1,956 Member
    Oh and I forgot the gym, we have a family membership at the YMCA. It was $100 joiner fee and then $76 a month. Well worth the money!
  • VickiDiane22
    VickiDiane22 Posts: 117 Member
    Pedometer, Exercise DVDs
  • thesoup11
    thesoup11 Posts: 72 Member
    There a new richard simmons program called hope project its really kool i havent bought it yet but i want to its a 90 day complete system
  • BlisterLamb
    BlisterLamb Posts: 396 Member
    My Trek bicycle. I ride anywhere from 200 to 400 miles a month.
  • Lesa_Sass
    Lesa_Sass Posts: 2,213 Member
    Fitbit.
  • TheStephil
    TheStephil Posts: 858 Member
    My FitBit. My boyfriend bought it for me as a birthday present and I've worn it almost every day since. I love my Fitty.

    I just bought a Body Fat % meter so that may be my favorite soon... if it gives me good numbers.
  • ghhosstt
    ghhosstt Posts: 112
    my bicycle! it gets me out in the fresh air and helps tone my legs. i'm so glad the weather is warming up so i can use it again.
  • musycnlyrics
    musycnlyrics Posts: 323 Member
    Leslie Sansone 5 Mile dvd
    Jillian Michaels 30 day shred and ripped in 30 dvds
    a scale
    a tape measure
    downloading MFP on my cell phone
  • Leeann1979
    Leeann1979 Posts: 1,090 Member
    -Polar HRM
    -new Asics for my dumb feet--they make me wanna walk/run
    -tennis gear
    -food scale
    -dumbbells
    --recumbent bike my boyfriend bought me a few Christmas' ago. I like it because I can sit and watch tv while racking up some miles.
  • LadyMustard
    LadyMustard Posts: 104 Member
    The two things I've found to be absolutely essential:

    1) My iPad!!!!!
    Bought it specifically for e-textbooks for classes, however I've found that I'm using it more for fitness reasons than anything else, even gaming. Obviously there's the MyFitnessPal app (I NEVER would've considered counting calories or "dieting"without it, the barcode scan feature is very useful). I use it for music when I'm biking/working out, internet for general knowledge, kindle app for e-texts on fitness/nutrition... the list goes on. My husband has one as well and it makes logging food for the both of us when making meals A LOT easier. Once you have a tablet/smart phone for use with MFP, you'll wonder how you lived without it.

    2) Polar FT4 HRM

    These things are awesome, and my FT4 helps keep me motivated. Makes it really easy to log calories burned for exercises, even the more... unconventional... ones that MFP doesn't have: I once logged the calories burned for an hour of dancing at a techno-geek rave dance which followed an anime convention I attended last month. Worth every penny for these guys!!
  • lynn413
    lynn413 Posts: 40
    For me it was a treadmill! Its great because I love to walk and if the weather is bad outside I can walk on my treadmill. I enjoy the different programs as well but my favorite is the incline. Gives you a great burn!!
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    food scale and measuring cups
  • lynn413
    lynn413 Posts: 40
    Oh yeah........my ipod for music and my iphone with the Endomondo app which I use when I walk outdoors as it uses a GPS ans maps my routes for me.
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    Fruits and Vegetables (learn how to prepare vegetables so they are enjoyable)

    Oh yeah and totally agree with that! Vegetables when I eat them regularly are my savior. Cut them up and snack on them throughout the day.
  • Lupercalia
    Lupercalia Posts: 1,857 Member
    Food scale, kettlebells, gym membership, workout clothes, shoes.
  • OMGeeeHorses
    OMGeeeHorses Posts: 732 Member
    My bodymedia

    ^^ This :), rocks my socks off. I love it to death along with my display watch ( Core Armband)
  • darcyinmo
    darcyinmo Posts: 129 Member
    My BodyMedia Fit Link and Polar FT4!!! Love them!!! I can check the BodyMediaFit throughout the day and know if I need to get in a higher gear! (Almost always have to, LOL!) and I love seeing the calories burned add up while working out with my FT4!
  • Lyadeia
    Lyadeia Posts: 4,603 Member
    The best thing that I bought was my gym membership. I lost weight doing workouts at home, but I made the best progress with body recomposition at the gym.
  • mamosh81
    mamosh81 Posts: 409 Member
    my elliptal trainer i treated myself with for xmas. I absolutly love it and i am on it pretty much every day for at least 30 mins. It really helped with my backpain use to wake up every morning screaming with lower backpain. It is completly gone now
  • lem496
    lem496 Posts: 1 Member
    Nike+ sensors for my running shoes, works nicely with my ipod
  • ECR1989
    ECR1989 Posts: 158
    Firstly my gym membership cos it really kick started my weight loss, but recently i would say my polar ft4 - i know what i'm burning now and it puts everything into perspective!
  • didntfeelcreativetoday
    didntfeelcreativetoday Posts: 39
    A ball gag. This way I would stop shoving food in my mouth.

    Seriously though, the best thing I brought was better food and healthy Snacks.
    Then again I am only down 7lbs and still new to this.
  • Louttie
    Louttie Posts: 138 Member
    FITBIT, POLAR FT4, FOOD SCALES...
  • icimani
    icimani Posts: 1,454 Member
    Food scale. Definitely.

    Next would be my HRM (Polar FT4).

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