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Re: Living the Fitbit life

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Post by mamoswined » Tue, Jun 24, 2014, 3:13 PM UTC

bluedino wrote: post #21

evanlivingston wrote: post #15

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I tend to just pay attention roughly to what I eat, and not eat foods that are generally bad for me/empty calories. However on some days I'll consume twice the amount of "recommended daily calories" for an adult my size. Yet I remain an 140lb adult male. There are no hard/fast rules for calorie consumption, and I don't believe a calorie counter will help. In-fact, it is the precise quantification of food that leads t…

>> However on some days I'll consume twice the amount of "recommended daily calories" for an adult my size. Yet I remain an 140lb adult male. That's the thing - some days. People who are overweight generally do it every day . And I'll also assume you're ~ 25 years old and your metabolism hasn't started slowing down yet.

Your body has a "set point" that is resistant to this kind of disruption. If you gradually increase calories and do it regularly, that's how you gain weight.

I remained slim despite eating some very rich restaurant meals every so often until I started drinking and eating similar food at home nearly every day.

Re: Living the Fitbit life

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Post by tptacek » Tue, Jun 24, 2014, 5:13 PM UTC

jasonkester wrote: post #68

tptacek wrote: post #62

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I have roughly similar problems; for instance, I could walk more by taking public transportation instead of driving, but that would add overhead disproportionate to the benefit (I'd lose about 1.5 hours out of every day, and a huge amount of schedule flexibility). But: can you do things like park further away from work? When I lived in Ann Arbor, I was walking distance from the office. I really miss looking forward t…

Sounds like you're flirting with the answer. Eventually, you hit a point where your health becomes more important than 10 billable hours a week. I made this leap this year, explicitly cutting down to 4 day weeks and making fitness a priority again. The previous 3 years were my least healthy on record. Two separate month-long flus and that annual six-month cold thing that never seems to go away. Coincided nicely with…

It has nothing much to do with billable hours, and more to do with the amount of time I have for my family obligations.

Re: Living the Fitbit life

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Post by TarpitCarnivore » Wed, Jun 25, 2014, 12:51 AM UTC

tannerc wrote: post #70

TarpitCarnivore wrote: post #65

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Something like the Basis Band may be a better choice for you. It has issues with tracking your heart rate during intense activities, but I think with what you're doing it should still work. The points of data it captures blows away anything else on the market is doing. Unfortunately their future is a bit in limbo since Intel bought them.

Thanks, I haven't heard of Basis before reading your post. Though your last sentence makes me wonder if its' worth pursuing or not. Any alternatives you know of?

I have not see anything that offers the kind of data recording and encouragement Basis has. I'm hoping to see one go up on eBay or a flash sale somewhere, I'd love to get one even if the future is uncertain. The Pulse came kind of close, but it didn't offer the encouragement Basis did. I guess the next closest is the Up24, but no HRM.

Re: Living the Fitbit life

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Post by gadders » Wed, Jun 25, 2014, 8:46 AM UTC

thesehands wrote: post #64

gadders wrote: post #59

I wish someone could invent a FitBit equivalent for strength training, rather than cardio.

presumably this could be done fairly easily using some RFID on the weights and sensor tracking in a wristband or ankleband to identify the activity.

Good point. I was wondering how they would measure "effort" or pressure on the bar. It's not as easy as just counting steps. RFID could work. I wonder if there is a sensor that could check muscle "activation" as well.

Re: Living the Fitbit life

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Post by rmc » Thu, Jun 26, 2014, 11:16 AM UTC

jasonkester wrote: post #68

tptacek wrote: post #62

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I have roughly similar problems; for instance, I could walk more by taking public transportation instead of driving, but that would add overhead disproportionate to the benefit (I'd lose about 1.5 hours out of every day, and a huge amount of schedule flexibility). But: can you do things like park further away from work? When I lived in Ann Arbor, I was walking distance from the office. I really miss looking forward t…

Sounds like you're flirting with the answer. Eventually, you hit a point where your health becomes more important than 10 billable hours a week. I made this leap this year, explicitly cutting down to 4 day weeks and making fitness a priority again. The previous 3 years were my least healthy on record. Two separate month-long flus and that annual six-month cold thing that never seems to go away. Coincided nicely with…

more important than 10 billable hours a week.

Those 10 hours don't come out of work time, but out of family time.