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  • crhillis
    crhillis Posts: 34 Member
    Starting weight Jan 1. 2023: 151.6
    PW: 145
    CW: 144.8

    Weigh in day Thursday
  • crhillis
    crhillis Posts: 34 Member
    I’ve never used a Fitbit or tracked steps, but I live overseas and don’t own a car so I walk a lot (plus I have four little kids to chase 😜). But have you guys found fitbits to be helpful in motivating you to get exercise? Considering whether to get one or not
  • 9Harvey
    9Harvey Posts: 105 Member
    March 12th

    Weigh In Day: Sunday
    Previous Weight: March 5th - 226.2
    Current Weight: March 12th - 225.8
  • cyndiesstuff
    cyndiesstuff Posts: 1,562 Member
    crhillis wrote: »
    I’ve never used a Fitbit or tracked steps, but I live overseas and don’t own a car so I walk a lot (plus I have four little kids to chase 😜). But have you guys found fitbits to be helpful in motivating you to get exercise? Considering whether to get one or not

    I find it very helpful. You can set goals you can mark your progress you can step with friends. You can have competitions. I like it
  • minstrelofsarcasm
    minstrelofsarcasm Posts: 3,181 Member
    crhillis wrote: »
    I’ve never used a Fitbit or tracked steps, but I live overseas and don’t own a car so I walk a lot (plus I have four little kids to chase 😜). But have you guys found fitbits to be helpful in motivating you to get exercise? Considering whether to get one or not

    I am very much a numbers person, so having a number in mind and knowing that it's being tracked actually helped me a lot when I used to focus on my step counts! Even without looking at the watch, I would get up more often just because I knew something was tracking my steps, regardless of how many I had taken that day. Kind of a good passive reminder to take walks.
  • melaniedscott
    melaniedscott Posts: 1,558 Member
    ~ Step Challenge Results ~
    MARCH WEEK TWO
    Team Statistics -
    Steppers: 9 (-2 from last week)
    Total Steps: 587,868 (-21% from last week)
    Average Steps Per Stepper: 65,319 (+1.16% from last week)

    The Leaderboard -
    @OllieandEd2021 - 92,354 total | 13,193 average - Most Steps in One Day!!!
    @JacquelineRochelle 85,523 total | 12,218 average
    @JessicaVRosati - 83,348 total | 11,907 average
    @MotylekOkruchy - 82,983 total | 11,855 average
    @abp1025 - 73,868 total | 10,553 average
    @ljdanny - 64,927 total | 9,275 average
    @BodyTalking - 44,697 total | 6,385 average
    @9Harvey - 30,866 total | 4,409 average - Most Consistent!!!
    @melaniedscott - 29,302 total | 4,186 average

    All of our bolded steppers set a goal and met it, based on their average steps per day!

    Even with a slight drop, we are still over half a million steps for the week! Well done!

  • melaniedscott
    melaniedscott Posts: 1,558 Member
    crhillis wrote: »
    I’ve never used a Fitbit or tracked steps, but I live overseas and don’t own a car so I walk a lot (plus I have four little kids to chase 😜). But have you guys found fitbits to be helpful in motivating you to get exercise? Considering whether to get one or not

    I don't have one but I installed a pedometer on my phone and it works pretty well when I'm not at home. If I actually carried it around when I as home it would be better but I don't.
  • DebbsSeattle
    DebbsSeattle Posts: 125 Member
    Username: DebbsSeattle
    Weigh-In Day: Thursday
    PW: 189.6
    CW: 182.7

    Before anyone feels the need to double check for accuracy, yes, that is correct. I’m on my March extended fast, I do one each month.
  • BodyTalking
    BodyTalking Posts: 2,900 Member
    crhillis wrote: »
    I’ve never used a Fitbit or tracked steps, but I live overseas and don’t own a car so I walk a lot (plus I have four little kids to chase 😜). But have you guys found fitbits to be helpful in motivating you to get exercise? Considering whether to get one or not

    Fitbit is removing the challenges aspect (27 March), open groups, reducing some watch functions and, now as they're owned by Google, are promoting Google Pixel watches and, I read, Fitbit accounts will become Google accounts by 2025. Lots of users are upset and either going for other brands or using mobile phone trackers. Many users are connecting their trackers to an app called Stridekick where you can join challenges. If you're able to have your phone on you most of the time, I suggest using its internal tracker and download GoogleFit app to connect to Fitbit, Stridekick, Strava and MyFitnessPal apps. For more accurate step counting, you can buy a cheaper watch but it might not connect to the apps. I have a cheaper watch, a Xiaomi, and just use the phone plus GoogleFit to be able to participate in the challenges.
    People say Garmin and Apple are good watches. Personally, I think they and Fitbit are too expensive now.
    I loved having the most basic Fitbit but it stopped working and I chose the xiaomi because I like tracking my steps, sleep and exercising for a fraction of the cost.

    Try the phone tracker first, then go for a watch if you want to record all your steps.
  • BodyTalking
    BodyTalking Posts: 2,900 Member
    This is a screenshot of my Xiaomi watch app so you can see what it tracks.
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  • BodyTalking
    BodyTalking Posts: 2,900 Member
    For those that use your phone tracker, I've just bought this belt that I can zip my phone into to encourage me to keep it on me more often around the house 😊
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  • GinLee61
    GinLee61 Posts: 1,215 Member
    3/17/23
    Friday weigh-in

    PW: 162.2
    CW: 161.6

    The scale moved a little more this week than it did for my last weigh-in. I'm fine with that and still hope to be under 160 by the end of March. 68.4 lbs lost to date but really looking forward to hitting that 70 lb threshold.

    Have a great week!
  • abp1025
    abp1025 Posts: 209 Member
    abp1025

    Weigh in day Friday.

    PW: 193.0 lbs
    CW: 193.6 lbs
  • cyndiesstuff
    cyndiesstuff Posts: 1,562 Member
    Cyndiesstuff
    Weigh Day: Friday
    SW: 172.1
    PW 164.9
    CW 164.4
    Loss: .5 LB
  • minstrelofsarcasm
    minstrelofsarcasm Posts: 3,181 Member
    minstrelofsarcasm
    March Week Three - Friday Weigh Day
    Previous Weight: 175.4 lbs
    Current Weight: 172.4 lbs
    Loss to Date: 61.6 lbs

    This is absolutely the loss of a bloat. I did not burn over 10,000 calories in the past week. I'm still very happy to see the number dropping, but I am incredibly aware of the fact that this is accumulated loss from the past few weeks.
  • trebled_egg
    trebled_egg Posts: 33 Member
    Weigh In Day: Saturday
    PW: 233.2
    CW: 233.8
  • ljdanny
    ljdanny Posts: 2,281 Member
    Ljdanny
    Thursday
    Cw 197
  • ljdanny
    ljdanny Posts: 2,281 Member
    My weight just keeps going back and forth. I have been walking on the treadmill and trying to eat healthy. I always feel bloated. I did get up at 4am to exercise which I was excited about. I have to figure something out.
  • JacquelineRochelle
    JacquelineRochelle Posts: 31 Member
    edited March 2023
    I have switched to Saturday weigh ins (from Sunday)

    JacquelineRochelle
    Saturday weighin
    PW: 242.8
    CW: 240.6

    Spring break and the weather has been great! I’ve been out and active every day. ☺️

    Sat: 8590
    Sun: 12175
    Mon: 14081
    Tues: 15956
    Wed: 16118
    Thurs: 13094
    Fri: 21281

    I’ve also found the “progress” tab on MFP so I will be using that for my data. Can’t figure out why it differs from my Apple Watch/health app on phone!
  • JessicaVRosati
    JessicaVRosati Posts: 61 Member
    JessicaVRosati
    Weigh Day: Saturday
    Previous Weight: 149
    Current Weight: 149.2

    Starting Weight: 159
    Goal Weight: under 140

    Steps 03/12-03/18
    3732
    4551
    9793
    6820
    7421
    7278
    2018
    total: 41613

    Hello All,

    My sister-in-law visited us in Rwanda last week and she came with lots of goodies. She also made homemade pasta and meatballs. I honestly thought I would have gained a few pounds and am pleasantly surprised to see that I only went up 0.2 lb despite all the indulging I allowed myself.

    I had been training for an 11k run/walk event that occured last Saturday. I didn't run as much of it because SIL had not trained for it and walked most of it so I stayed with her most of the time. I ran down a few hills but walked back up to her so I got a bit more than 11K. Now that the 11k is past I am looking forward to focusing more on strength training and running a bit less. My knees are getting creaky so I have been decreasing mileage. No more marathons for me. I also want to get back into a daily yoga practice, even if sometimes it's only 10 minutes of stretching.

    Keep up the good work, every one!

    Peace,
    Jec

  • jessicakrall8
    jessicakrall8 Posts: 6,010 Member
    The March Week 4 Group Challenge is open and will begin on Sunday, Mar 19th. Hope you'll join us for a round of Fitness Bingo this week! Here's your link:

    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10886670/march-week-4-group-challenge-fitness-bingo#latest

    Jessica
  • BodyTalking
    BodyTalking Posts: 2,900 Member
    Well done @buniphuphu 👏
  • BodyTalking
    BodyTalking Posts: 2,900 Member
    BodyTalking
    Weigh-in-Saturday
    Starting weight: 81.7 kg/180.12 lb
    Previous weight: 78.6 kg/173.28 lb
    Current weight: 79.6 kg/175.49 lb

    Sorry, I went up instead of down...maybe next week 😊

    Steps 12-18 Mar: 79,554
    S 5660
    M 9092
    T 11439
    W 11998
    T 16827
    F 14037
    S 10501
    (daily goal 8,300)
  • Zumba_Luvah
    Zumba_Luvah Posts: 486 Member
    Zumba_luvah
    Pw- 207.4
    Cw- 209.4
  • Emm_165
    Emm_165 Posts: 33 Member
    edited March 2023
    Good morning!

    Emm_165

    Weigh in day: Sunday
    PW: 284.3
    CW: 284🌷
    Loss of .3 lbs


    Positives: I worked out 4x this week. I am going to alternate biking and walking this week.

    Need to improve: log in my food more often. 5x is goal!.
  • 9Harvey
    9Harvey Posts: 105 Member
    Steps

    S - 4045
    M - 4026
    T - 2391
    W - 3171
    T - 2776
    F - 6209
    S - 9639

    Total - 32257 steps
  • 9Harvey
    9Harvey Posts: 105 Member
    March 19th

    Weigh In Day: Sunday
    Previous Weight: March 12th - 225.8
    Current Weight: March 19th - 225.8
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