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[EAST] PAX East 2013 Fitness Group!
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Congrats man! That's an impressive acheivement!
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Good luck! Can't wait to see how it goes for you.
good luck!!
congrats on your long run! I am not a runner myself, and for that reason, always stand in awe of those who are.
I don't have time to join another community, but I read through the entire nerd fitness challenge and it sounds awesome, so I think I'm going to just do it without actually posting about it on their forum. I have given myself the following goals:
DIET/FITNESS GOALS:
1.) Get up the stairs before the door closes.*
2.) Track food every day.
3.) Go to the gym 2x per week, & long dog walk 3x per week.
LIFE GOALS:
4.) Keep my Amex bill to under $XXX (everyone doesn't need to know what I spend!) in May
* this goal requires explanation. as previously cited, I work on the 1st floor of my building and go to the bathroom on the 3rd floor (for the fitbit points, of course). so the door to the stairwell on the first floor closes REAAALLLY slowly. and it creaks the whole way, so it's easy to tell when it has finally closed. since I started taking the stairs, I also made a game out trying to see whether or not I could make it all the way up the stairs (two LONG flights) before the door closed. well I kept getting better and better, but eventually I peaked at 1.5 floors. and I figured I just couldn't do any better than that. but see, secretly, I think I can. I started off just walking, then walking faster, then running, then running while using the bannister to slingshot myself around corners... and then I ran out of ways to improve. but I think, if I could just increase my speed a little (and my stamina, for that matter) I could maybe run up the stairs two at a time, and thereby be fast enough to beat the door. so that's goal number one. because while I'm decently strong, and pretty agile, I have terrible speed and crap endurance. so this is the exact kind of challenge I need to improve the areas where I'm weak.
so anyway, these are my goals. and by achieving them I'm hoping to lose 10 pounds over the 6 weeks of the challenge. we'll see. but I just thought I'd post them here to make myself accountable. feel free to ask me how I'm doing on them!!!
"The bass, the rock, the mic, the treble, I like my coffee black just like my metal." - MSI
And racing up stairs is fun. I used to do it in college all the time: I lived on the 5th floor and would race my friends who took the elevator. I usually won
I'm in awe of people like this.
Edit: My 6-week challenge goals
To summarize:
FITNESS/HEALTH:
1) Run in the Boston Run to Remember Half Marathon
2) Do bodyweight strength workouts 2-3 times per week
3) Sleep 7+ Hours most nights
4) Brush Twice/Floss Once Daily
LIFE:
1) Consistently arrive at work at 8:30 or earlier
That goal is awesome. Two at a time stairs will get you there, for sure. That's a workout anyone can get behind.. and it'll work that too
Plus my Aria scale comes today! I won't use it to weight myself until tomorrow morning but I'll get it all set up tonight.
FitBit FTW!
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And walk more, since you bought a FitBit.
Cannot recommend Weight Watchers enough if you need some help with portion control!
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I took a page out of the Chorazin book and ordered the aria from Amazon after canceling our order with fitbit. Ours arrived today now instead of waiting 2-4 weeks! My husband hooked it up and said it works flawlessly.
Getting these beauties in the mail this week! This will be my third pair, I'll be wearing these just casually since they look more like regular shoes. I have the KSO version for rougher terrain and the Bikila LS version for my workouts. Most comfy shoe EVER!
Awesome! I always go with Amazon no matter what it is. Best service ever.
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That being said, my FitBit arrives today; excited to get started on that (been doing well regardless, but more gadgets is always good). I thought FitBit Ultra would come with a premium membership, but I see from what I'm reading that this is not the case. Oh well.
I'm vttym on fitbit if anyone here wants to add me.
You need to share your public profile url, can't search by name! Feel free to add me: http://www.fitbit.com/user/2336J9
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*sigh*
So, software is installed, you put the fitbit on the stand, put in the PIN that shows up on the tracker and that's not working?
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Make sure you install the software /before/ plugging in the base station.
I never get the pin. It's failing before that step.. I get to the instruction screen, hook everything up, see the battery indicator. Wait for that to go away, hit the button, just see the battery indicator again. If I click next, it searches for a bit, then tells me the tracker has not responded to requests.
Did that each time I've installed or uninstalled/reinstalled.
Weird, I hope you get it resolved soon!
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That definitely sucks. That's the exact issue my wife had, but it was solved by unplugging the base station and plugging it back in, with the device off of it. Ah well, can't have 100% success rate on any product.
I hope they add in water weight in a firmware update, since they're calculating BMI I would think they could use the same signal for both, but I'm not really sure how that tech works.
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you should try commenting on the support/help forum on their website. that is where I have gotten the fastest response time. and yes, they definitely still have some bugs to work out in terms of their software. the first time I installed it wouldn't sync my fitbit wirelessly. had to uninstall and reinstall to get that part working. but at least their customer service is pretty responsive!
and thanks for the prop on the stairs goal! it'll be hard but I think I can get there!
and if you PM me your email address I'll invite you to the PAX fitbit group!
"The bass, the rock, the mic, the treble, I like my coffee black just like my metal." - MSI
Post the link to your public profile so we can add you as a friend, too!
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Here is mine: https://www.fitbit.com/user/232L7R
http://www.fitbit.com/user/233T77
Beth - PM inc
Any more luck getting the FitBit to connect?
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PAX East is sooner than we think, ladies and gentlemen. I, for one, will be prepared.
You can sign up for a free account now without a fitbit. I used it for a while stand alone to log activities and track calories (aka have it tell me how many more I can eat based on my activity levels that day). It works REALLLLLY well for that even without the fitbit.
Nope.. tried it on another computer, followed the right steps (download software, install software, setup account, hook up base station, plug in fitbit.. fail
Support has been non-responsive both in my attempted email communication and forum post.
Automated email said to give them 48 hours. They now have 24. Trying not to let it frustrate me, and just focus on how great it will be when it works fully.
If you bought it through somewhere like amazon, you may be able to return it for a replacement.
I am a monster truck that walks like a man.
I have been back and forth with 228.8-227.4 or something like that for the past 2-3 weeks. If I hit 226 I will be happy. If I go back into the 230s, I will be a sad (fat) panda.
Ice hockey fun time on Friday, my first ice hockey game since high school on Sunday, and first floor hockey game of the new season on Monday. Should be a good week this coming weight loss week.
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Plateaus suck, but keep at it. Friend of mine (who has lost 180 lbs so far) was on a plateau for almost 2 months. I think someone on here had a similar situation. Keep that focus up!
Agreed. We have had it two days and I have already decided I am going to weight myself but only look at the numbers once a week.
I always take fluctuations under 2% with a grain of salt anyway. If I lose 10lbs, I go to the grocery store and pick up a bag of potatoes and say "I'm not carrying this around anymore"
I thought the same thing, and then I realized that when you log into your dashboard the very top shows the weight you've lost towards your goal. Le sigh.
EDIT: I googled for some info about weight flux, and apparently everyone can flux by up to 5 pounds a day. That actually makes me feel a lot better. I think I'll stick with doing the scale every day, but only my Sunday one will matter.
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I'm not worried. I don't even count it as a plateau. I sprained my ankle and all my hockey leagues finished. I played hockey once this week for an extended period and I just weighed in at 227.2 (1lb lost). So, I am now debating on bailing on the Avengers at the Movie Tavern on Saturday to play some ice hockey since we aren't doing our usual tomorrow afternoon. I didn't want to see it in 3D anyway.
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