Since May I have been using MyFitnessPal to try and lose weight. After my doctor visit earlier this year where I gained 9 lbs in 3 months I had to do something. I had another follow up 3 months later and I was determined to impress my doctor by showing her the scale in the other direction.
I did, I lost nearly 20 lbs in those 3 months. She was impressed. Achievement earned.
Now I need to lose the rest, about 100 lbs more. I have some momentum so lets keep going. Last month my friend Lisa told me about this glorified pedometer called a Fitbit. If you like stats this little dodad is for you. It automatically syncs your steps (and stair climbs) to a website where you can knock yourself out with bars and chart on your activity level. Mainly it is incentive to get those steps up.
Since I got mine I average about 8,000 steps. Much better then I thought this desk jockey did on a normal basis. Of course this includes a 30 minute walk at lunch which consistently is 1.25 miles no matter if I walk the labs or the “goose” walking trail or a round trip to AP32.
On the home front I have been walking more at the forest preserves, which as soon as I finish this entry, Hollace and I will be doing. Hollace apparently loves to walk and will walk and walk if I let her. I can’t deny the kid of a walk especially since she does spend a good amount of time sitting in a chair watching Youtube.
Speaking of Hollace, she has some healthy habits there. She loves asparagus, kale (chips), eggplant and walking. Pizza is too greasy for her now and she skeeves out on veins. I added that last one as just a remember when… thing when I read this entry years later 😉
Anyway, this Fitbit is doing its job and getting me moving. 10K is the goal in a day and I have had several 10K days (and one 16K day)
I have lost now 22.5 lbs now. Slow and steady but as long as the trend keeps going down, I will be patient by eating right and walking to the ends of the earth.
So let me close now so I can lace up my walking shoes and start walking.