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100k a day
I earned the Olympian Sandal Badge yesterday for getting 100,000 daily steps. That gives me both 700 flights of steps and 100k steps a day badges this summer, not bad for someone who will be 63 next month. I normally get between 10k and 20k a day with a few days up into the 30 to 40k range. All I did for preparation was…
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Don't eat that!!
I am amused by threads that say eating <insert and food here> in the <insert any time here> is good/bad for you. There are really only two considerations. First is CICO. As long as you are eating less calories than you are expending you will lose weight over the long term. There are no if’s and's or buts involved. The…
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Rainbow Badge 700 floors
Just got my Rainbow badge for 700 floors in a day. 700 floors 41,149 steps 531 minutes 6,012 calories I started off at 25 to 50 floors and increased it until I was in the 300 range, then went for it. I spread this out over the whole day so it was not too bad. It was 19 trips up and down the fire escape at my high rise…
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New Scientific Study Shows….
This just in. A new scientific study shows that no matter what you say after saying “New scientific study shows” many people will believe it. With all the claims and counter claims made about what a new scientific study shows there is no wonder that a lot of people are confused. I will attempt to clarify how some of the…
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Best one liner
What is the best diet and fitness one liner you have heard? It can be humourous, advice or just an insight. For me it was "Never eat anything that your great grandfather would not recognize as food." Since my great grandparents were landlocked farmers and most likely never saw salt water, I have modified that to "your…
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Million Calorie Club
I recently passed my first year of using a Fitbit and looked at my annual stats. I was over 900,000 calories burned in the year. I want to take this up to 1,000,000 for the past year, that is an average of 2740 per day. It might be high for some of the ladies but should be achievable for most of the guys and the more…
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Power cords
I hate any device that does not use a standardized easily available power cord. Cell phones all went from custom adapters to standard USB cords. Why cannot fitbit? If no standardized cord then why not a simple adapter that allows you to plug in a standard USB micro. No cord and USB end, just the part that fits on the watch…
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How do you define fitness?
Everyone wants to get ‘fit’. The problem comes when you ask anyone what they define as being fit. Are there any definite metrics that tell you what you must be able to accomplish to be considered fit? The Art of Manliness website gives 5 bench marks for what a man should be able to do to save his own life.…
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Iconic wish list
I have had my Iconic a couple of weeks and have the following wish list: Open water swim exercise. The swim exercise works by lengths of the pool. It senses when you turn around and increases distance by the length that you put into the app. It does not use GPS which is understandable for indoor pools. I would like an open…
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Travel fitness tips
We all travel sometimes and have all found that working out and eating healthy can be difficult. Restaurants, being in holiday mode and jet lag all can play havoc with the best laid plans. Here are some of my ways of coping Body weight workouts. They can be just as good exercise as one in a gym with equipment but are easy…
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Philippine plant based proties foods?
I will be retiring to the Philippines soon and since I try for a high protein low-fat diet, I need to have good sources of plant protein. That also helps with the fiber content I need. From past trips there, I know that they have lots of fish, chicken, and pork for meat based protein, but does anyone know what local plant…
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Why don't the numbers add up?
Total calories in a food should add up to 9x Fat Grams+ 4 x Protein Grams + 4 x carb grams. However, for a great many foods, this is not even close. This is true for packaged processed foods on the manufacturers labeling and on foods here where people have entered in the nutritional value for a generic food. For example, a…
