My old self has been crucified with Christ, it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave his life for me.
Galatians 2:20
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Monday, January 27, 2014
FitBit One
Hello! So it seems that I have been off the blog-o-sphere for a while because I still have some post Christmas things to tell you all :)
Beau got me some great #fitness Christmas presents, the fitbit one and a balance ball chair! So awesome!!! Thanks bear!!! :)
I love using my fitbit so far! It makes me love taking the stairs at work and seeing how many floors I climb in a day. The steps are great too. I also like wearing the sleep tracker! So interesting to see how may hours on average I get and how many times I wake up or I'm restless in the night. Great info! It is a convenient size and hides well under clothing. I even get a little sad If I accidentally leave it at home for a day haha!
The fitbit site is well done and the smart phone app is great, logging the food can be a bit tedious so in all honesty I don't always log my food because some days I'm just like "ain't nobody got time for that" haha! but I have put in a few of my favorite foods as favorites and once I do that with more of the food I commonly eat it will be faster and easier to log. The layout of the mobile app is really great, simple and streamlined! The online site has more goodies, like an area to log blood glucose levels, blood pressures, and helpful graphs to visualize progress. Plus there are fun badges for having really active days and ways to connect and engage in friendly competition!
I had a little trouble with the work out activity logging because it didn't have yoga , pilates, or ballet, which are my go to exercises weekly. So what I did was research (by that I mean I googled it lol!) how many calories I would burn in an hour of pilates for example and then put that in as a favorite activity so every time I do I do it I can log it quickly and easily. I'm sure it's not super accurate because how many calories anyone can burn in a workout varies widely from person to person and even within the same person depending on how hard you push yourself in the same type of activity but it does provide a nice average.
note: You can search for the average amount of calories burned in an exercise by your weight to get more accuracy.
All in all I really love using my fitbit and it does help me be more aware of my daily amount of activity. I think this product is great for any level of fitness junkie but also for people who don't even like to work out! I say this because It shows you that you burn calories with everything you do, even sleeping, and counts all your steps so when your cleaning your house and you literally haven't even walked outside but some how you've managed to walk a half mile, you can feel pretty stinking good about yourself. Feeling good about yourself is so important! It makes a huge difference in the pants size of the little fat girl inside your head. This sounds silly but it it's so true, there is a girl in your mind, it's you, but she looks how you imagine her and the guilt you feel about eating some ice cream can make her go from a size 2 to size 8 but the real physical you looks the same as you did yesterday! The physical progression is typically much slower to change sizes but she fluctuates in an instant!
I've always been small and people look at me and say "you're so tiny!" but I've always worried about my size. It's just part of living in the culture we do and being a woman. There's always going to be someone smaller than me or more fit than me or have longer legs or a prettier face but no one else can BE me! That'a my job! God made me with a purpose and plan. He lives in this body of mine so I'm going to care for it and strive to be healthy but also keep my inner fat girl in tune with God too, reminding her that if she has some ice cream she's still beautiful and God loves her a lot!!!
Speaking of which, God loves YOU a lot!!! Have a great day!!!
Beau got me some great #fitness Christmas presents, the fitbit one and a balance ball chair! So awesome!!! Thanks bear!!! :)
I love using my fitbit so far! It makes me love taking the stairs at work and seeing how many floors I climb in a day. The steps are great too. I also like wearing the sleep tracker! So interesting to see how may hours on average I get and how many times I wake up or I'm restless in the night. Great info! It is a convenient size and hides well under clothing. I even get a little sad If I accidentally leave it at home for a day haha!
the day I ran bleachers with my girl friends haha!
The fitbit site is well done and the smart phone app is great, logging the food can be a bit tedious so in all honesty I don't always log my food because some days I'm just like "ain't nobody got time for that" haha! but I have put in a few of my favorite foods as favorites and once I do that with more of the food I commonly eat it will be faster and easier to log. The layout of the mobile app is really great, simple and streamlined! The online site has more goodies, like an area to log blood glucose levels, blood pressures, and helpful graphs to visualize progress. Plus there are fun badges for having really active days and ways to connect and engage in friendly competition!
I had a little trouble with the work out activity logging because it didn't have yoga , pilates, or ballet, which are my go to exercises weekly. So what I did was research (by that I mean I googled it lol!) how many calories I would burn in an hour of pilates for example and then put that in as a favorite activity so every time I do I do it I can log it quickly and easily. I'm sure it's not super accurate because how many calories anyone can burn in a workout varies widely from person to person and even within the same person depending on how hard you push yourself in the same type of activity but it does provide a nice average.
note: You can search for the average amount of calories burned in an exercise by your weight to get more accuracy.
All in all I really love using my fitbit and it does help me be more aware of my daily amount of activity. I think this product is great for any level of fitness junkie but also for people who don't even like to work out! I say this because It shows you that you burn calories with everything you do, even sleeping, and counts all your steps so when your cleaning your house and you literally haven't even walked outside but some how you've managed to walk a half mile, you can feel pretty stinking good about yourself. Feeling good about yourself is so important! It makes a huge difference in the pants size of the little fat girl inside your head. This sounds silly but it it's so true, there is a girl in your mind, it's you, but she looks how you imagine her and the guilt you feel about eating some ice cream can make her go from a size 2 to size 8 but the real physical you looks the same as you did yesterday! The physical progression is typically much slower to change sizes but she fluctuates in an instant!
I've always been small and people look at me and say "you're so tiny!" but I've always worried about my size. It's just part of living in the culture we do and being a woman. There's always going to be someone smaller than me or more fit than me or have longer legs or a prettier face but no one else can BE me! That'a my job! God made me with a purpose and plan. He lives in this body of mine so I'm going to care for it and strive to be healthy but also keep my inner fat girl in tune with God too, reminding her that if she has some ice cream she's still beautiful and God loves her a lot!!!
Speaking of which, God loves YOU a lot!!! Have a great day!!!
this is me being me! I told you no else could this job! ;)
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