Ok so I have said before that a Fitbit in and of itself will not make you fit. However, it does show you the fruits of your exercising and helps to motivate you.
EKK starts the Year Sans Fitbit…
This year, I didn’t have a Fitbit at the beginning of the year. I had two Charge Hrs, however, both had fallen apart to the point that they couldn’t be recharged. And one had frozen during a firmware update. For a while I was able to charge and use the unfrozen one. But then it also froze during a firmware update also. The end result was, I found it hard to get motivated to do some of my more energetic workouts. So I was exercising, but not very hard.
….Then Gets a Fitbit Blaze!
Well, two weeks ago my daughter went to a convention for school psychologists in Chicago and on the morning she was leaving she passed up her Fitbit Blaze to me! Of course this was several days after I had purchased a cheap Letscom exercise tracker, which by the way wasn’t working badly at all, but is nowhere near the Blaze.
…. Which Recharges My Workouts
Anyway, this past week was a very good workout week, as I try to get back in shape. I exercised fairly vigorously on three days. On two days, I exercised for close to 50 minutes and burned more than 400 calories. While this mornings workout lasted 36 minutes burning 329 calories.
…. Hopefully Positive Results Will Follow
Now while I have been burning calories and feel that I am doing well, I have not seen any appreciable loss of weight. Looking back it appears that I was about the same weight I am now at the beginning of January 2017. I lost maybe a pound in about a month and a half. After that I started to lose more. My overall goal is to lose about ten pounds.That would get me down to my preferred running weight.
But back to the Fitbit it really helps to keep me motivated, when I see instant results. An example being, say I am coming to the end of my workout and I have burned 280 calories. I may pick it up and add a few more minutes to get over 300 calories. Just like I would sprint at the end of a run to get under a certain time or pace.
….. Next Week’s Goals
Next week’s workout goal is working out 3 days using workouts that will burn 400 plus calories. And maybe weather permitting jogs on Tuesday,Thursday and Saturday?
So that maybe I can feel like my biological clock is moving backwards again, just a bit! wish me luck!
P.S. just in case you stumbled upon this blog and have not read about me, I am 66 years old. And I am trying to make the saying “60 is the new 40” true!
