September 28
Mrs_Hoffer
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes?
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day?
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank?
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day?
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank?
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A couple weeks ago, our very own Maryann @mshawski and I were chatting about the Strava app that I recently downloaded and we thought it might be interesting to find out what other apps people use in their health/wellness or fitness journeys. Or perhaps even some kind of habit tracker!
So please let us know if there are any apps that you use and how you use them!
📣 📣 Please also let us know if you are in the Winner's Circle this month! 📣📣4 -
Very simple here.
I use my phone to track my steps (Samsung Health app). This doesn't sync in to anything, but I report my daily steps for one of my other groups.
MapMyWalk / MapMyRide to track my walks and bike rides (distance/time/cals). Occasionally AllTrails for hiking maps.
Just downloaded Peloton as my husband is a huge biker now and he couldn't bear the thought of going a winter without a bike option! Really excited to have that at home option.
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As an Apple girl I use the Apple Health and workouts on my watch to track things. VO2Max is an interesting attribute as well as of course resting heart rate. It also does Blood O2 but not sure how accurate or not those measurements are. Mostly I look at trends vs finite #s. I used to use fitbit which is an awesome tool to match to MFP while losing weight since they synch almost seamlessly 85% of the time.
The weight trending apps are good as well Happy Scale etc... Mostly I try to simplify things more than add more apps. I used to use Map my run but found with the Apple watch I did not need it.
Great idea for an opener Teresa.
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? yes
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? yes
Pass days used:2 Should make winner's circle... It will be slim pickins here until Oct wave starts up. LOL.
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Wow! I've used quite a few. I'll just mention the ones I use now, but I will caveat that I pay for some of these to get all of the features I use, so a lot of this may not be as useful to anyone not looking for such features or wanting a subscription service.
The app that serves as my primary hub of data is Garmin Connect, which is technically free to sign up for, but really only useful when Garmin devices feed it with data. So it's not REALLY free as you need to buy a device first. I am currently extremely pleased with my Garmin Forerunner 235 watch which tracks more data than I'm even interested in. The main things of course are my activities (walking, strength, at one time running), steps, heart rate, resting heart rate, HR zones, VO2Max, sleep and recovery time. The data available during and after an activity are my favorite things about these devices, setting custom alerts, seeing your HR, distance and pace in real time, etc, as well as being able to analyze your cadence and other metrics afterwards. There's other data too like SPO2, body battery (interesting one but I don't really see a need for it), stress, geez. This is getting long. There's a lot.
Because that device captures the vast majority of my data it is the primary hub, and is used to feed my other apps with updates. Those other apps are:
MFP of course (no explanation required, I imagine.
Strava - This was one of the early apps I used. It was the first app I used to track my runs years ago when I started running. Just load it on your phone and it will use your phones GPS to record your route and get pace info, route elevation, etc. It's also where a lot of my early MFP friends came from as Strava is also a social networking site where you can follow others, and like/comment others activities. On MFP occasionally people would ask "who's on Strava" and next thing you know we're all following each other on Strava as well as MFP! I pay for the premium service on Strava since I like the extended metrics available to compare/contrast against what Garmin shows. I think one of the better features of the premium service is the route builder where you can map a planned route in advance to get the distance, elevation map, etc. I used that to plan so many "X mile runs" and especially when I was hill training and looking for the quickest death by hills available in my area.
ETA - Yes, I paid to find the worst hills and run them. I'm clearly insane.
I have used a lot of other apps, and I don't have anything negative to say about any of them. I used MapMyRun and Endomondo (no longer exists) a lot as well for running, but Strava and Garmin have been the mainstays for that stuff.9 -
September 28, 2021
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes
Kitchen Closed? Yes
Did you go "nuts" with nuts today? No (26 days-free )
(I go "nuts" with nuts most times, trying to continue a good habit this month. Counting the number of "nuts" free days.) I am still learning a lot about myself in this area!
Count me in. I plan to make the Winner's circle:)9 -
✅ - Exercise 20+ Minutes
✅ - Calories within budget
✅ - Tracked everything
2️⃣ Pass Days Remaining
I use both my iPhone and iPad
I use MFP and Fitbit apps to track my calories and exercise. I use Apple health as a backup for steps when charging my Fitbit.
I use the SmartScale app to track weight.
I also use YouTube app for workouts/yoga/tai chi etc, fitnessblender/Darebee, and meditation videos.
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? ☑️
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? ☑️
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? ☑️
I use MFP on my Mac , Map My Walk, and Map My Ride on my iPhone.
"There's a new Facebook app that will post a final status update for you after you die. That's ridiculous. I don't need someone to change my status when I die. I need them to water my Farmville crops." ~ Jimmy Fallon7 -
yes x 3
I use MFP, and FitBit - I am not that good at Fitbit tho because I haven't really learned it. I use to use the Spark People App. It will be interesting to see what everyone uses. But I think I will stick with MFP and Fitbit, to be honest, I really need to learn how to use MFP and Fitbit better which will help me in my weight loss healthy lifestyle journey.
I use Excel to track everything which is why I get into bad habits of posting 3 or 4 days worth of info. I just printed out a habit tracker list I can keep in my planner to help develop habits. Its is a simple list with a daily column for me to have a checkmark when its done or an X when its not done.8 -
Yes x3
My favourite fitness app got me into running. Zombies 5k. It's a couch to 5k training program with a zombie apocalypse plotline. There's also just zombies run. The storyline is great and engaging. The Voice acting and characters are well done and it really motivated me to get out there. I haven't used it in a while as I tend to listen to podcasts whilst running and it works better with music but it's one I recommend to any runners or want to be runners.10 -
Yes x 3!
I used to have one of those smart watches that tracked your steps and sleep. But I got tired of tracking so many items that I focused on MFP instead.8 -
Tuesday, September 28
Tracking: Yes
Calories: under
Exercise: Yes, walk
Pass days to date - 76 -
Apple Watch w/ Health: steps, stand hours
With Apple Watch Monthly Challenges: really motivating - don’t want to let the group down
Noom: weekly chat with a supportive coach who has known me a long time
Happy Scale: averages/trends are all I pay attention to with my weight, gets data from one of these…
**Weight Guru- monthly average weights
**MyNetDiary- food tracking (macros/micros)
MFP: community, strategies, this is no longer a solo battle
**UAC
Building Better Habits
**Weekly Maintenance check in
FITIV: the one I searched high & low for. Helps with tracking data over a date range of my choosing AND shows me my real time deficit or surplus of calories (taking my exercise into account) THIS helped me figure out my personal hunger signals vs mouth hunger
The ones with ** are the only ones I have to update. The rest are reports/coaching.7 -
9/28
I just use MFP and Samsung health to track my steps
Caleries yes
Exersised just my steps
Logged6 -
Winners circle here I come.
Tracked logged and walked 51 minutes.
I use on occasion my Apple Watch app but usually use the zones app the free version it gives me my warm up fat burn cardio and peak data. Synch’s to my Apple Watch well, also use the wahoo app for rpm’s on my spin bike. Would recommend either but zones is my favorite6 -
Looks like so many of us a variety of apps the most important message here is to find one that works for you. What I like you may dislike it’s a trial and error process. Keep looking for one or a few that work for you.5
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Tracking: Yes
Calories: yes
Exercise: Yes6 -
I will be in the winner's circle.
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Sep 28
✅❌✅ Exercise today was a 50 minute walk while at work today.
I use the Libra app to track my weight loss. It shows the TRENDING weight and I like all the data that it gives me.
I've recently gotten a free trial of Strava.... but since I'm using it for walking and not running or cycling, I probably won't keep it after the free trial is over. Other than that, I use my Fitbit for steps and timing my walks. In the past I've used MapMyWalk, but on my very long walks, using the GPS and listening to my audiobook (both) usually runs down my phone battery before I can get back home.6 -
I use pedometer to track my steps - really like the confetti blast when I reach 10,000 steps for the day -- good tracking chart too.
Today was awesome!
Exercise: 60 sweaty minutes of Zumba that I did not want to do (soo tired after work today)
Tracking: Yes!
Ate w/in budget: Yes!
2 more days to go y'all!7 -
September 28
Hello! I just use MFP and also Renpho scale/app to track my weight, I like the extra info that it gives me.
Exercised?: Yes. Workout video.
Calories?: Yes
Tracked?: Yes
2 Pass day used.6