Lose Weight 37

Rolandtheroadie

2 1/2 lb loss this week.

Jess, my OH likes nothing better than putting on an item of clothing she used to find a bit tight but is now loose on her. Instead of asking "does this look too tight" she now asks "do you think this is too big for me". It's a great way to gauge success too, as you may be toning up and building a bit of muscle.

Syman, do you track all your walking during the day? If so, what are you using to do it? I only use Map My Walk just now but dont activate it until I'm going walking or if I know what I'm doing at work will involve walking over a mile. It would be good to see what I'm actually covering per day, but would like something better than a basic step counter.
I did try to work it out from your earlier screenshots, but wasn't able to.

Syman

Hi Roland,



I have 2 mobile phones on me all day. the screen shot is from my work phone (using win 8 mobile) uses Microsoft health and fitness to count steps, this can link the your home PC. My personal phone, on android i use noom.

The readings invariably differ so i take an average of the two.

Noom, is a better all round app as it can do much more, such as meal logging, calorie usage and so on, but can be a bit of a battery drain.

Angel_S

First week of my challenge and I'm pleased to report that I have had a whopping

5lb LOSS :j

I've also walked 2 miles and swam 500m.

Rolandtheroadie

Syman wrote: »

Hi Roland,



I have 2 mobile phones on me all day. the screen shot is from my work phone (using win 8 mobile) uses Microsoft health and fitness to count steps, this can link the your home PC. My personal phone, on android i use noom.

The readings invariably differ so i take an average of the two.

Noom, is a better all round app as it can do much more, such as meal logging, calorie usage and so on, but can be a bit of a battery drain.

Ideal, I'd not went with a phone app as a stepper incase it didnt distinguish between my actual walking and perhaps when I was travelling in a vehicle. An app I'd used a year or so back logged a walk I done at work and the next time I used it, it transported me in a straight line to where I was and made it look like I'd walked miles in seconds. (different style app though).

I'd never thought about an average either. I've a work I phone and my own Android phone with me most of the time, so I'll get a hold of Noom and an Apple app too.

Cheers.

Rolandtheroadie

Angel_S wrote: »

First week of my challenge and I'm pleased to report that I have had a whopping

5lb LOSS :j

I've also walked 2 miles and swam 500m.

Excellent result Angel, keep up the good work.

jacci45

Hi all, I would like to join please! I have been dieting since May and have lost 2st 7lbs in that time so very happy with that. I am, however, going on my hols next week so will be putting some back on but will go straight back on upon my return on 21/9 so thought If I go on here that will keep my motivation going!
Thank you and good luck all.x

Syman

Rolandtheroadie wrote: »

Ideal, I'd not went with a phone app as a stepper incase it didnt distinguish between my actual walking and perhaps when I was travelling in a vehicle. An app I'd used a year or so back logged a walk I done at work and the next time I used it, it transported me in a straight line to where I was and made it look like I'd walked miles in seconds. (different style app though).

I'd never thought about an average either. I've a work I phone and my own Android phone with me most of the time, so I'll get a hold of Noom and an Apple app too.

Cheers.

Noom I believe is available on Apple.
I do not really have a problem with the car as during my normal day to day life I rarely need it. However, on the occasions I have used the car I have not really noticed any unusual results.

The other thing I did was to ensure the reading was zero, then counted my steps for a set distance. you need to do it 4 or 5 times, but you can then get a feel for how accurate the count is. In general mine was within 2 or 3%. If I do a long planned walk, then I use Noom's tracker using GPS. I have used map my walk too, but prefer noom. Just a personal preference as they are quite similar.

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Svenena

Oh dear, I'm +2lbs this week Definitely feeling like I'm not very in control at the moment. Hope everyone else has done better!

dannie

STS since last Wednesday.

fredsnail

Here's this weeks chart:



Congrats to our SoTW Angel_S :) :j:j

Congrats to our losers and STSers - commiserations to our gainers this week - don't get downhearted - you are worth far more than a number and you will succeed.

Here's the final chart for the Channel Swim challenge:



Here's this weeks chart for the Great North Run challenge:



Well done everyone taking part .

Here's the chart for our North v South team challenge this week.



Well done to the South team who've won this week.

This weeks quote is by Anon:
"Worry does nothing but steal your joy and keep you very busy doing nothing."