Perpetual Healthy Eating and Fitness Rant & Rave thread

caito · April 12, 2012, 11:31:46 AM

Fitbit question! Do you think it tracks calorie burn well if you do a weight lifting workout? Or does fitbit really work by counting steps?

Run Amok · April 12, 2012, 11:35:24 AM

Dinner with friends last night. I may have eaten an entire plate of gnochi to my self.

Oh... and 3 glasses of wine. Also, I learned I am no longer a three glasses of wine in one night kind of person. Oy!

Courtney · April 12, 2012, 11:38:05 AM

Quote from: caito on April 12, 2012, 11:31:46 AM
Fitbit question! Do you think it tracks calorie burn well if you do a weight lifting workout? Or does fitbit really work by counting steps?

I'm not sure... I looked at the forums a bit, and it seems to not be clear. I am doing a weight workout today, so after I sync tonight I might know a bit more. I understand it works great for walking and running, and if you put it on the leg of your bike shorts when biking. But I'm not sure about lifting. I'll let you know the result of my test today.

MoS, I'll look for that on the site

I kind of wish I had the base here at work now, so it was syncing with the website more often. But I did just walk over to our other building, entirely to get more steps

Jules62 · April 12, 2012, 11:44:38 AM

Quote from: caito on April 12, 2012, 11:31:46 AM
Fitbit question! Do you think it tracks calorie burn well if you do a weight lifting workout? Or does fitbit really work by counting steps?

Caito - it won't track your calorie burn for lifting - you have to manually add that into either Fitbit or MFP if that is what you are using. And just for the record, I ride quite a bit and it isn't accurate for that, either. After a 26 mile ride it gave me 3,000 steps.

Courtney · April 12, 2012, 11:56:20 AM

Quote from: Jules62 on April 12, 2012, 11:44:38 AM
Caito - it won't track your calorie burn for lifting - you have to manually add that into either Fitbit or MFP if that is what you are using. And just for the record, I ride quite a bit and it isn't accurate for that, either. After a 26 mile ride it gave me 3,000 steps.

That's good to know. Did you put it on the leg of your bike shorts? I'm going to try it on Saturday at my spin class.

Do you want to be friends on there?

edited to remove my email address

Jules62 · April 12, 2012, 12:10:58 PM

I am friending you now! I did put it on the leg of my shorts, but then I heard on the waistband actually worked better. I am spinning in the morning so I will try it on my waist and report back.

Courtney · April 12, 2012, 12:15:17 PM

Quote from: Jules62 on April 12, 2012, 12:10:58 PM
I am friending you now! I did put it on the leg of my shorts, but then I heard on the waistband actually worked better. I am spinning in the morning so I will try it on my waist and report back.

Sweet!

Magic Microbe · April 12, 2012, 12:17:59 PM

Because of y'all I busted out my ipod pedometer to see what my commute is. I am at 1200 and I just got on the train.

Jules62 · April 12, 2012, 12:21:04 PM

Yay MM! But I am at 6036.

Courtney · April 12, 2012, 12:21:48 PM

I'm at like 1500

Mom of Scooby · April 12, 2012, 12:25:12 PM

Quote from: Jules62 on April 12, 2012, 12:10:58 PM
I am friending you now! I did put it on the leg of my shorts, but then I heard on the waistband actually worked better. I am spinning in the morning so I will try it on my waist and report back.

Will I be able to friend her thruogh you? Does your list of friends show up since we're friends?

Courtney.. send me your email and I'll friend you!

Jules62 · April 12, 2012, 12:33:30 PM

yes, she can click on you through me.

RA - are you wearing your pedometer? We will need a step update!

Magic Microbe · April 12, 2012, 12:43:34 PM

Quote from: Jules62 on April 12, 2012, 12:21:04 PM
Yay MM! But I am at 6036.

I suspect I live in a different time zone.

Courtney · April 12, 2012, 12:51:12 PM

Quote from: Mom of Scooby on April 12, 2012, 12:25:12 PM
Will I be able to friend her thruogh you? Does your list of friends show up since we're friends?

Courtney.. send me your email and I'll friend you!

I sent you a friend request thing there

Run Amok · April 12, 2012, 02:03:54 PM

I am at 1001

Magic Microbe · April 12, 2012, 02:07:01 PM

This is really good for me. I used to always take the stairs no matter what but I have gotten really lazy. I normally encounter 7 flights of stairs on my way to work and I usually skip 2 of them and take the escalater. Today I took them all and then I had another 12 flights to go drop something off at the other building that I would gnerally take the elevator for but I walked them instead. Rebuilding good habits! I am now at 3500 by 11AM just in usual daily activities. Not bad considering my workout isn't until tonight (5.5 miles planned).

onawhim · April 12, 2012, 02:17:35 PM

So what is the deal with 10k steps a day? Is that number supposed to be good for weight loss or health or what? If you all keep talking about this I will buy and then never use one so I need to know if it is worth it

Magic Microbe · April 12, 2012, 02:23:04 PM

Quote from: onawhim on April 12, 2012, 02:17:35 PM
So what is the deal with 10k steps a day? Is that number supposed to be good for weight loss or health or what? If you all keep talking about this I will buy and then never use one so I need to know if it is worth it

It is the amount of exercise reccomended by all kinds of health advocacy groups on a daily basis.

Mom of Scooby · April 12, 2012, 02:47:02 PM

Quote from: onawhim on April 12, 2012, 02:17:35 PM
So what is the deal with 10k steps a day? Is that number supposed to be good for weight loss or health or what? If you all keep talking about this I will buy and then never use one so I need to know if it is worth it

I love mine!

Courtney · April 12, 2012, 03:32:58 PM

Quote from: onawhim on April 12, 2012, 02:17:35 PM
So what is the deal with 10k steps a day? Is that number supposed to be good for weight loss or health or what? If you all keep talking about this I will buy and then never use one so I need to know if it is worth it

It kind of started with Dr. James Hill and America on the Move. They started getting the word out that 10,000 steps a day + small diet changes could make a big health impact.