Several months ago I've bought a Fitbit to see if it could give me a bit more insight in my activities, eating patterns etc. I've written a post about it 2 days ago : Fitbit
To recap : I used the fitbit to track the amount of steps for each day, how many calories I've eaten, how many calories I've supposedly burned, my heart rate during the day and for running (for as long as I was able to).
I started at the end of January with a weight of 83KG. I didn't really notice the weight gaining until I was unable to close some pants properly which made me aware that something needed to be done. So to be able to change I needed to become aware of my habits. How much do I walk, what do I eat and how much is that in total and how can I effectively change that. I started to run and I found out that my condition isn't bad at all. But I wasn't able to keep on running because my knee started acting up again. I had it operated in January 2016 because I had sustained cartilage damage by over-stretching because I almost slipped. I found out that having a few good walks during the day is just as effective if not more for burning calories that running is.
In the months that followed I was able to get to 73KG. According to the BMI chart still overweight ... but I had to buy some new pants because even with a belt they started to almost drop down to my ankles.
And then I started to get sloppy. I needed to charge the fitbit but kept on delaying that and started to eat more 'unhealthy'.
A few days ago I did charged the fitbit again and I'm setting some new goals to achieve.
I'm currently back to 75KG so I like to get back to 73KG on the 20th of august.
Having the fitbit on for a full day yesteday these were the results :
I also like the fact that it tracks your sleeping pattern. Usually it does a fairly good job at it.
It was very warm last night and I was awake a lot because of the heavy rain and thunder that was falling.
So let's see how far I'm going to get. I'll be updating regularly here on Steemit.