 
Two
weeks ago my dentist waxed on about her Fit
Bit,
and how much it had changed her lifestyle. It's one of
those black
wrist bands everybody seemingly wears now. Never paid much
attention
to them; figured they were just another "pink ribbon"
statement of
some kind.
"Last
night I got home, dead tired. But then Cheryl (a friend)
taunted me about my measly 6899 steps, so I went out a ran until
I hit
10000!"
When I told MoSup about it she volunteered that
son Greeper (who I think has
a UP
24 Jawbone), told her that I would like it
since it would appeal to my competitive nature. That did
it. I
went to AMAZON and bought two Fitbit
Flex bands. They sell for about the same thing everywhere ($98.47
 ), but no tax or shipping, what
the hell. .
Setting it up was relatively easy. Until. When I tried to
add MoSup
onto my computer it got confused (or at least confused me) by seemingly
transferring my account to her. I still have no idea.
Finally, I
just went upstairs and installed on her computer. Then I had to
delete my account and reinstall (losing two days of data).
I
created a group with just two
people, so she could see and applaud me,
and I could see and taunt her (I will never ever let her beat me!).
There was one more surprise. My dentist-ette told how she could
track
her progress on her iPhone while running. I don't use a cell
phone at
all; MoSup's phone is not an uppity one, so I didn't expect it to
work for us. But, I do have an iPad (gen 1), so I did expect it
to
integrate; but oh-no. I need a gen III iPad for that. I
finally
found what I'll call a "sponsor site"
to log into with (MoSup had Facebook; I used Google). There are
still things I don't understand. For instance, it seems that
MoSup's
data is updated when she passes within 20 feet of my dongle,
which would infer that you can have two devices installed on one
computer? I will guess that some of you are expert Fitbitters,
and can
answer questions.
Bottom line,
and assuming that the NSA isn't using these devices to get into my
house (I am very
Mozzy
these days), I heartily recommend it. If you're a geezer, you
have
plenty of time to waste, and this gives you the satisfaction of
thinking that you're doing something useful, as opposed to the
hollowness of searching Google
for every woman celebrity "nude."
If you're
young, it will by-god make you pay attention to how active you really
are, and that can't help but make you want to log more exercise.
By
the way, there is no requirement to log meals, just the
opportunity.
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Logging
food is easy. The look-up database is extensive, and you
can modify anything. I didn't do this for the first few days, but
since I know myself, I knew that knowing what I was
putting in my mouth would automatically make me "choose" to
modify. For instance, yesterday my sodium level was 5600.
Look where 1/3 of that came from—our salad!
And this—
Distilled
Liquor, 90 Proof Whiskey)
1
quart23360008.9
I used almost ½ of my calorie allowance on a few
adult beverages. HFS.
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