I love moves. It's useful in so many ways. Just some of the ways I've used Moves that are outside of what I ever intended it for:
- Can I make this bus? How long did it take me to walk from the doctors office last time?
- I dropped my keys while walking the dog. I sent my wife a screenshot of my route and she walked it and found it.
- Where did we park the car?
- Do we have time to brunch? Looks like over the last few weeks we spend about 30-40 mins at that restaurant each time.
Plus, moves has definitely contributed to my exercise routine by forcing me to reckon exactly with what I accomplished. Now, I consider myself a very fit, very active person. If I was actually trying to lose weight and had specific fitness goals I would love the unbiased data this gives me.
My wife and I both use it. There are 2 big things I wish I could change:
1. SHOW ME TOTAL CALORIES GODDAMNIT. I'm so sick of adding up the bubbles. I usually hit 4-5k calories a week. The fact that I know that indicates how many times I've added up bubbles in my head.
2. For all the non-tracked activities, please let me enter a calorie count and not just a duration. If I spend 45 mins on the elliptical at high resistance, the computer will tell me I burned maybe 700 calories. If I enter 45 mins of elliptical into Moves it defaults to like 250 or whatever. This IS based on my body weight, height, etc, but it's an imperfect measure. So I have to lie and tell moves I did 120 mins or whatever to get as close as I can to the actual calories as measured by the machine.
Also, may I add one final comment:
I wish all of the privacy-wonk types would just avert their gaze from Moves. We get it. You don't like Facebook. You don't like being tracked. You think I'm a fool for loving it. But THIS IS A TRACKER. That's what it does. If you're very concerned about this stuff, Moves is obviously not for you.