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Step Trackers and Exercise from 3rd party devices (iphone)
So I am using my iPhone 6 to track my steps and I have that set up for MPF to read from. I then use Digifit to log my exercises and that also connects to the Apple Healthkit AND MPF. Now I am not getting dbl exercise entry logging so that is working fine but I am getting a steps calorie adjustment. I just want to confirm…
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NSV - Swimming longer and farther
Now to preface I would like to say that I have to use a snorkel to swim laps as I have a neck injury that doesnt allow me to fully rotate my head to breath. It is being worked on and slowly getting better. So, on to the victory! My normal pattern is 8 laps (read lengths) of freestyle and 2 laps of walking. Previously I had…
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Motivation in a box.......Adjusted success....but success...
So I had another thread that I stared that my wife wanted to motivate me. Long story short, I ordered a new camera, she hijacked it, put it in a box and gave me a goal weight. We do this stuff quite a bit so it wasnt too unusual. Originally the goal was to beat 350lbs which would be 50 lbs down. Well, she decided to open…
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Motivation in a box.....my wifes plan.
So here it is. Sitting there, mocking me. I can touch it, I can grab it, I cant open it and I cant use it. frustrated!!!!
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Just got my blood work back.......andddd.....
apparently on paper, I am healthy. Sadly it was not done on a fast, so it showed my sodium and sugars a tad high, but the doctor didnt want to wait. He really wanted to see the cholesterol anyway which was 170. HDLs were just slightly low, so more nuts I guess. LDL were good. I also seem to be Vitamin D deficient so onto a…
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5x5 strong lift, cardio, deficit and logging.....help?
So far I have been doing all cardio and following the calories. I rarely have eaten back my calories and my loss has been at a good steady pace. I sit at a desk all day but do the gym 5-6 times a week. So I should keep my settings at sedentary correct? Stats are 5' 10" male 367lbs With just a diet change and defecit I have…
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NSV - Today was a great day!
Wow oh wow today was a great day. First of all, I think i kicked out all of the water retention from the week. Then on top of that, I went up in weight on all of my lifts. To top it off, I pushed to get my 10k steps in today. Oh boy that was tough. I am ready for bed and after the week my full rest day tomorrow. Mentally…
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Time to get out of stage 1 and move to stage 2, help?
So a dramatic change to my diet has already happened. Moved from doritos, taco bell and tons of fast food to what I am eating now. I know its not perfect or even near, but its better. I am looking for some advice to see if I can move the diet to just a little bit healthier. Not looking to go too crazy so that I can…
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HRM vs MFP database.......why so close and than so far?
I really need someone to help me figure out this HRM numbers issue. Wore it for 2 exercises today. The first being the bike. I did a 5k in 15 minutes. So thats 12 mph. My HRM says I did 331 calories. MFP say 311. So thats close. Then I did a mile on the treadmill. HRM says 445 cal in the 21min. thats about a 2.5mph pace.…
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First 25ish lbs down.
So I have a deal withmyself. I hate facial hair. It bugs me. So I told myself I cant shave until I hit 375. Well technically 374.9. Anyways, here is my first roughly 25lbs gone. Here is to another 25 lbs!!!
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Those random people at the gym.......a positive thing
So I am a chatter in general. At the gym I randomly talk to people and its almost positive. There was that one guy that told me after I asked where the smaller dumbells were, "the little ***** weights are over there" to which I replied "I knew you would know, thanks!" Haa ha feelsgoodman.jpg But recently and quite often,…
