Fitbit Challenge 2016
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I'm in!
Name: Tina
Starting Weight: 138
Goal weight:125
Sleep: 7 hrs
Weekly or daily steps:10,000
Calories burned: unsure
Weekly weight loss: 1 lb
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Hi, would love to join this, feel free to add me as a friend, need some motivation. Love my Charge HR and just got Aria Scale as well, 2016 is going to be great
Name: Eimear
Starting Weight: 12stone 13
Goal weight: 8 stone 13
Sleep: 7 - 8 hours
Weekly or daily steps: 10k - 12k
Calories burned: 2,500
Weekly weight loss: 2-3 pounds
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I'd like to suggest that there be multiple threads for this challenge - maybe one per week of the year? Otherwise it's going to get really unwieldy and hard to follow.0
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Name: Jackie
Starting Weight: 187
Goal weight: 150
Sleep: 7 hrs
Weekly or daily steps: Daily 10K
Calories burned: 2,400
Weekly weight loss: 1.5 lbs0 -
sarahmichelef wrote: »I'd like to suggest that there be multiple threads for this challenge - maybe one per week of the year? Otherwise it's going to get really unwieldy and hard to follow.
I agree
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Daily Steps Log
2/4/16 15,480
2/5/16 17,1600 -
Name: Mindy
Starting Weight: 254
Goal weight: 160
Sleep: 7.5-ish
Weekly or daily steps: 7000-9000 (roughly 58K-62K/ week)
Calories burned: roughly 3000
Weekly weight loss: Bwahahaha!!!! My goal is anything!
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Name: Lori
Starting weight: 238 pounds (but I weighed 282 in November 2014)
Goal Weight: 190 (this year)
Sleep: 6-7 hours
Daily Steps: 5,000 ... I try to walk 3 miles a day
Exercise: Seated yoga, aerobics, and Tai Chi modified for folks with limited mobility
Calories burned: I shoot for 800 a day, but I've got severe arthritis - some days are better than others.
Weekly Weight loss goal: 1 - 2 pounds per week
Feel free to add me on MFP or Fitbit (I'm also on MapMyWalk)
https://www.fitbit.com/user/449TCS
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Welcome all Newbies!0
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The smart way to set goals
Setting goals is a great place to start. By knowing your outcome goal ("I would like to lose 20 pounds") and setting goals that can help you get there ("I will walk 30 minutes every day"), you'll be on your way to a healthy lifestyle and weight-loss success!(MC)
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NAME: Karen
Starting Weight: 205
Goal weight: 140
Sleep: off and on
Weekly or daily steps: 5000-10000
Calories burned: don't know
Weekly weight loss: 0
I'm starting over.0 -
Name: Russ
Starting Weight: 284.4 lbs
Goal Weight: 155 lbs
Sleep: Sometimes(usually 5-7 hours)
Daily Steps: 10000(goal), current 4000-5000
Calories burned: unsure
Weekly Weight Loss: 4.8 lbs since Dec. 30
I'm starting over as well.0 -
Hi all. I got my fitbit on Christmas as well. I have been logging on MFP for almost a year now. I have lost 47#, so far. Looking to lose maybe 10# more...
Name: Casey
Starting Weight: 155 (current, when I started MFP back in Jan 2015, I was 202#)
Goal weight: 145
Sleep: 7 hrs
Weekly or daily steps: My current goal is set to 10k, but I have been averaging about 16k. Last week I did 114,057 in steps!
Calories burned: Looks like I burn in the range of 2000 calories, give or take depending on my walk
Weekly weight loss: I maintained this week, but will tell you I enjoyed NYE and NYD!
My new thing/tip in trying to up my daily steps is to take the long way to the cafeteria at work. I walk way out of my way to get there and try to get 5k steps in before I even leave work and go home to walk the pups and get in my 3.5-4k walk everyday.
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Name: Carrie
Starting Weight: 308
Goal weight: under 200
Sleep: 6 hrs a night...maybe
Weekly or daily steps: 10,000 per day
Calories burned: don't know yet
Weekly weight loss: 2 lbs!
I'm just getting started back and have the fitbit charging! Tomorrow will be my official first day.
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I'm in if I can find my old fitbit. But I have a stupid question. Do you subscribe somehow to this thread or do you just remember to look daily?
The only stupid questions are the ones not asked.
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Hi folks:
Fitbit charge hr
Name: Eric
Starting weight: 226.8 pounds
Goal weight: 185 pounds
Sleep: 5-6 hrs
Daily steps: 13,000
Weekly: maybe around 90,000
Calories burned: maybe 1k from walking a day
Weekly weight loss: 1 lbs or so.
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My weekly update!
Name: Jenny
Starting Weight: 285.1
Goal weight: 265 by Easter
Current weight: 282.1
Sleep:6-8 hours is the goal. I averaged about 4 hours a day this week.
Weekly: Goal is: 8k- 10k per day. My average right now is between 5k-6k
Calories burned: Goal from fitbit is 3,062 a day. My average right now is about 2,886
Weekly weight loss: 7 pounds this week!!0 -
I will join in since I can't live without my Fitbit Charge HR
Name: Logan
Starting Weight: 249
JGoal Weight: To begin with 200, but ultimately down to 165
Current Weight: 249 (I need to weigh myself)
Sleep: 7 hours during the weekdays, 8 hours on the weekends
Daily Steps: Last month I averaged 7,000
Weekly Steps: Average about 50,000
Calories Burned: Average last month 2,851. My goal is 2,750
Weekly Weight Loss: I will start weighing myself 0 -
And a good tidbit on how I got my stats--in the Fitbit Dashboard you can EXPORT your monthly/weekly data. I am a numbers nerd so I export into Excel, average it out, highlight the days where I beat my goals, and then make a goal for the following month. This month is to average over 30 days of solid activity per day (I averaged 23 last month).
To export--go to your Fitbit Dashboard (web browser)-->Settings-->Data Export. You can adjust the date parameters and decide how you want to export your details and what you want to export (body, activity, sleep, etc.) and what format you want to export in (CSV is my preferred because I can manipulate in Excel). For me I like it because it shows me my trends, where I need to focus on (distance and activity minutes are mine), and if I can increase my goals.0 -
mrsloganlife wrote: »To export--go to your Fitbit Dashboard (web browser)-->Settings-->Data Export. You can adjust the date parameters and decide how you want to export your details and what you want to export (body, activity, sleep, etc.) and what format you want to export in (CSV is my preferred because I can manipulate in Excel). For me I like it because it shows me my trends, where I need to focus on (distance and activity minutes are mine), and if I can increase my goals.
Very cool! Thanks for the tip
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To export--go to your Fitbit Dashboard (web browser)-->Settings-->Data Export. You can adjust the date parameters and decide how you want to export your details and what you want to export (body, activity, sleep, etc.) and what format you want to export in (CSV is my preferred because I can manipulate in Excel). For me I like it because it shows me my trends, where I need to focus on (distance and activity minutes are mine), and if I can increase my goals.[/quote]
I love this idea!! Thank you so much for sharing this tip.
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Name: Xeene
Starting Weight: 192 lbs
Goal weight: 170 lbs
Sleep: 7 hours
Weekly or daily steps:
Calories burned: 230
Weekly weight loss: 1 lb0 -
Name: Gigi
Starting weight: 159.6
Goal weight: 139
Sleep: 7 hrs
Daily steps: 7500
Calories burned: have to figure this out
Weekly wt loss goal: 1.5-2.0 pounds0 -
Name: Max
Starting Weight: 116 pounds (~53 kg)
Goal weight: 110 pounds (~50 kg)
Sleep: ~6-8 hours. I want to push for 7+ at all times.
Weekly or daily steps: ~13,000 steps daily.
Calories burned: ~2,100 daily.
Weekly weight loss: 0.25-0.5 pounds (~.1 to .2 kg) per week.loubylou1969 wrote: »Is the Aria scale any good? It's quite expensive, what does it actually do?
I have the Aria. It measures your weight and body fat percentage, though that aspect should always be taken with a grain of salt since it's not as accurate as a DEXA scan. Then it syncs that to Fitbit and MFP for you so you never have to enter a weigh in manually again. I love it because when used with the website Trendweight it gives a great picture of how your body works/fluctuates. The Aria is not necessary, but it sure is a great gadget to have if you enjoy technology, data, and convenience.0 -
The Aria is not necessary, but it sure is a great gadget to have if you enjoy technology, data, and convenience.
My son gave me one for Christmas. I had admitted to him that I'd gotten into the bad habit of not logging my weight if I didn't like the number I saw. The Aria has broken me of that because now I have to go in and deliberately delete the entry. Unfortunately, while it pretty much agrees with my old scale on how much I weigh, the Aria thinks my body fat percentage is higher than my practically antique (relatively) Tanita body fat scale did.
I second the endorsement of using Trendweight. It makes it so much easier to see how I'm doing. I even went back into my Fitbit account and put in some weight entries (not every day) from when I first started working on losing weight (which was almost 10 months before I got my first Fitbit) so Trendweight could graph it all. I love being able to see the whole graph (nearly 3 years worth now).0 -
Name: CJ
Starting Weight: 158.6
Goal weight: 125
Sleep: 7.5 hrs (I've been averaging 7 hr 42 min!)
Weekly or daily steps: setting a goal of 15k daily
Calories burned: setting a goal of 2.3k daily
Weekly weight loss: lost 2.2 lbs this week
I've had my FitBit since Sunday, and I'm starting to get an idea of where I'm at and what goals to set. I generally have 10k steps in by lunch time, so I think a 15k daily goal will be easily attainable. I've exceeded that twice this week. I'm going to bed early, mostly because I'm doing more during the day and I'm finally tired at a reasonable time. It feels good getting a full night's sleep!0 -
Name: David
Starting Weight: 162.0
Goal Weight: 158.0
Sleep. 5 to 6 hours
Daily Steps: 12,000
Calories burned: 3,000 to 3,500
Weekly weight loss: 1 pound
(I have lost 53 pounds. My original starting weight was 214.0)0 -
Welcome all newbies to the challenge. We are all here to give and get support. We look forward in following your progress and any tips you may have. Thanks and have a great week.
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[bHow Water Weight Works[/b]
An estimated 50 to 60 percent of our total body weight is water, and how much we retain fluctuates in response to our eating habits. For example, indulging in salty foods can trigger your cells to sop up water like a sponge, says Rebecca Lewis, R.D. for Hello Fresh. Similarly, a diet high in sugar can lead to higher-than-normal insulin levels in your blood, which can make your body retain sodium (translation: more Spongebob action). And when you carb it up (because pasta is delicious), for every gram of carbohydrate that your body stores to use for energy later (known as glycogen), it also stores three grams of water—which explains why you sometimes feel like the Michelin man post-pizza. Those fun facts also explain why going on a diet can cause the number on your scale to plummet during the first few weeks. You're essentially excreting the extra water your diet has been causing you to hold on to.(WH)0
