What have you bought / been given to help you lose weight and shape up?

tristramtrent
tristramtrent Posts: 257 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Just wondering what other people have invested in, and what was best value! I took a tally just now and found,
Pedometer £10
Tala Food measure £6.95
New digital scale for me £10
Stationary folding bike £50
Bike computer for my road bike £17
Bike waterbottle £5
New sneakers £34

The future may bring more "stuff" as I get fitter - I may get up the nerve to join a gym again, for example. So far so good, I'm 29 pounds down for that investment and feeling better....I've probably spent the same as I would have done on too much food and wine in the same 3 months in the past, I'm embarrassed to say. What about you?

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  • NYRhockey00
    NYRhockey00 Posts: 1,196 Member
    Jump Rope....game changer.
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,268 Member
    Food scale digital with tare button...use it all the time
    Husband and son built me a squat rack, bought me a couple of bars and plates.
    Jawbone fitness tracker (love it)
    apps like MFP, map my fitness, c25k
    new runners and workout gear...

    recently bought a weighted jump rope...looking forward to being able to use it this spring/summer.
  • Shells918
    Shells918 Posts: 1,070 Member
    Fitbit
    Exercise videos

    My mother in law won a fitness basket at an event and my husband looked at it and told her she'd never use it, so she gave it to me for Christmas. It had the Fitbit, a walk away the pounds dvd, exercise mat, yoga brick,yoga towel in it; I was ecstatic.
  • rbfdac
    rbfdac Posts: 1,057 Member
    My food scale is the best $15 I've ever spent. It's crucial to my weight loss.
    Gym membership
    Actual running shoes
    Headphones
  • socioseguro
    socioseguro Posts: 1,679 Member
    Like @rbfdac and @SezxyStef , digital food scale with tare button is the best weight control tool I have ever bought.
  • eileen0515
    eileen0515 Posts: 408 Member
    Digital food scale, the rest is incidental.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,550 Member
    I already had what I needed (scales, bicycles and bicycle equipment, running and gym gear, a small gym in our basement, etc. etc.) ... and used it now and then. The key was using it all more consistently.

    But we did buy a new food scale because my husband wanted the old one in his workshop and the new one looks nicer in the kitchen. :)


  • kristen6350
    kristen6350 Posts: 1,094 Member
    Digital Food Scale changed my life.
  • missblondi2u
    missblondi2u Posts: 851 Member
    I think my most important purchase has been my Fitbit, but I've also bought a great pocket food scale for eating away from home (already had a counter top one for baking), a good pair of running shoes, an elliptical from Craigslist for when the weather is bad, and a new wardrobe (wearing new clothes 2 sizes smaller is motivation to keep going every time I look in the mirror).
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    I haven't bought much.
    Shoes, sports bras, pedometer, yoga mat
    I had some stuff already like a food scale and body weight scale.

    Free resources that have been helpful:
    My Fitness Pal
    Free workout videos on You Tube
  • jlcnuke
    jlcnuke Posts: 31 Member
    Elliptical machine.
    Fitbit zip.

  • DanaDark
    DanaDark Posts: 2,187 Member
    Fitbit Flex
    Digital Food Scale
    Cheap, foldable exercise bike (I love binge watching shows multiple times a week... this helps me stay active during!)
  • klund13
    klund13 Posts: 98 Member
    Digital food scale. For fitness I purchased a Polar heart rate monitor, elliptical machine, a wide range of free weights, and most recently a Fitness Blender program.
  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,137 Member
    Food scale
    Fitbit
    Yoga video (no classes available in my area)
    Exercise clothes. I find that wearing actual exercise clothes instead of just shorts and a t-shirt makes me feel more serious about my workouts. And now I love to wear them because they are really the only clothes I have that fit me right now.
  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,011 Member
    Digital food scale and a Fitbit.

    I was already buying a new pair of sneakers and a new sports bra every year, but I guess those would count too!
  • janjunie
    janjunie Posts: 1,200 Member
    Elliptical - used $300
    Barbell plates $70 (10lbs, 25lbs, 35lbs)
    You Are Your Own Gym Book - used 50 cents
    Runners that are meant for running not just skater shoes $70
    I already had a food scale, but now I actually use it.
  • kandeye
    kandeye Posts: 216 Member
    Food scale. I was so lost on portion size before it. My weight lifting set ( plates, bench, bar, etc). Just recently an elliptical.
  • coalz
    coalz Posts: 308 Member
    Gym membership which I have yet to take advantage of :neutral:
  • puffbrat
    puffbrat Posts: 2,806 Member
    As others have said, my digital food scale is key.
    The free pedometer from work has been a huge motivator to move more.
    I needed new sneakers anyway, but they have made walking far more comfortable.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    Digital food scale - present Christmas 2014
    Fitbit - present Christmas 2015
    Asics gel sneakers
    Nice workout clothes as an incentive
    Cheaper workout clothes as needed due to others getting too big :D
  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,011 Member
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    Cheaper workout clothes as needed due to others getting too big :D

    Woohoo!!
  • OhMsDiva
    OhMsDiva Posts: 1,073 Member
    Fitbit-was totally worth every penny for me
    Digital food scale. I use it everyday
  • jorae08
    jorae08 Posts: 13 Member
    fitbit - if i dont have 10k steps by the end of the day, i go for a walk to get those steps in.
    tops membership
    digital food scale
  • markrgeary1
    markrgeary1 Posts: 853 Member
    Food scale, most used item in the kitchen now.

    Gym membership

    Proper footwear. Workout wear.

    Oh yea, whole new wardrobe cause nothing we used to own fits anymore!
  • perkymommy
    perkymommy Posts: 1,642 Member
    I've used a food scale for many years so I didn't buy that but use it for every meal and measuring spoons/cups as well.

    I invested in a treadmill and use it every other day faithfully.

    Things I gave up:

    Fast food
    sweets
    most processed foods but not all (love canned soups, canned veggies, popcorn, chips still)
    overeating! Now that I weigh and measure on a daily basis I know how much I'm eating. It's easy to "think" you are eating the right portion sizes until you weigh/measure it and find out differently.
  • Rach_B_81
    Rach_B_81 Posts: 38 Member
    Fitbit charge hr
    Food scale
    Body scale
    Treadmill
    Running shoes (x3)
    Work out clothes (x10000000 my new shopping go to item)
  • ghouli
    ghouli Posts: 207 Member
    Digital food scale
    Body weight scale
    Running shoes
    Decent pants to run/workout in
    Containers to use for meal prep

    Future things:
    More workout clothing
    Garmin Forerunner 225
    Better earbuds that won't fall out of my ears haha
  • zdyb23456
    zdyb23456 Posts: 1,706 Member
    Let's see...
    • I have 2 food scales, but 1 was a Christmas gift
    • a motorized treadmill, it's 8 years old, but I still use it regularly (well, it sat unused for a good 5 years while I had kids)
    • sports bras, shorts, running pants, socks, sneakers (sneakers I replace every 500 miles so those are purchased more often than workout clothes)
    • YMCA gym membership
    • 2 activity trackers (the first was a Jawbone, now I'm wearing a Fitbit Charge HR)
    • race entry fees - I run 2 races a year, a Shamrock 8K and a 5K race in the fall

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