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FITBIT UPDATES – Week 7, 8 & Week 9 ( opps!)

26 May 2015 Leave a comment

by Katz in Fasting Keto & Health Chatter Tags: #exercise, #fitbitchargehr, #fitbitreviews, #goalsetting, #walking

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I know I know, you may think I’ve totally lost all motivation..but I’m happy to say no I haven’t lost my spirit for the walk !

Sometimes I take a social media break on purpose and other times my life rolls into a heaping mess of business which needs unravelling, in other words no time to write :(.

So because I have been so terrible with my updates, I will add all three weeks in this one post, hold on to yer seats, but first a recap.

Week 7 – I actually hit over 95,000 steps however early in that week one day I dropped my fitbit and thought all was lost. I was thankful to find it later that evening but a whole day of walking was not recorded so I know that week was a good one.

Week 8- a little less motivated , but still averaging more than 8k a day

Week 9- picked up a little but had a migraine for almost 5 days, so it slowed me down for sure.

With my new workplace its been more difficult than I though to get into a routine of exercise and walking at lunch. Im doing better now, but I still need to really commit to walking at lunch or else hitting 10k/day is almost impossible.

Ill be losing one of my main motivations this weekend, a dog named Duke, however Im hoping my regular habit will be ingrained so deeply that I will not need this extra push after he leaves on Saturday.

He is a total sweetheart of a pup and a sweet soul of a dog which we have been caring for since February. Ill admit part of me wished many times in the cold months of February that I wished I didn’t have to go for that walk, but my commitment to this pup pulled me out and I thank him for it.

So here is the good, the bad & the great ! :), Still loving my Fit bit HR!!

Week 9- May 18-May 24th – Steps 88,826 – 61.65 km DAILY AVERAGE 8.81 km

Week 8- May 11-May 17th – Steps 85,360 – 59.24km DAILY AVERAGE 8.46 km

Week 7 – May 4th-May 10th- Steps 82,382 – 57.17km DAILY AVERAGE 8.17 km

May 18, 2015 to May 24, 2015

WEEK’S MOST ACTIVE DAY
Mon, May 18

WEEK’S LEAST ACTIVE DAY
Tue, May 19

	TOTAL STEPS 88,826	DAILY AVERAGE 12,689 steps BEST DAY 15,873 steps
	TOTAL DISTANCE 61.65 km	DAILY AVERAGE 8.81 km BEST DAY 11.02 km
	TOTAL FLOORS CLIMBED 598	DAILY AVERAGE 85 floors BEST DAY 111 floors
	TOTAL CALS BURNED 24,856	DAILY AVERAGE 3,551 cals BEST DAY 4,015 cals

	AVG SLEEP DURATION 7 hrs 32 min	AVG TIMES AWAKENED 10 AVG TIME TO FALL ASLEEP 0hrs 3min

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May 11, 2015 to May 17, 2015

WEEK’S MOST ACTIVE DAY
Sat, May 16

WEEK’S LEAST ACTIVE DAY
Mon, May 11

	TOTAL STEPS 85,360	DAILY AVERAGE 12,194 steps BEST DAY 18,469 steps
	TOTAL DISTANCE 59.24 km	DAILY AVERAGE 8.46 km BEST DAY 12.82 km
	TOTAL FLOORS CLIMBED 497	DAILY AVERAGE 71 floors BEST DAY 112 floors
	TOTAL CALS BURNED 25,115	DAILY AVERAGE 3,588 cals BEST DAY 4,209 cals

	AVG SLEEP DURATION 6 hrs 41 min	AVG TIMES AWAKENED 12 AVG TIME TO FALL ASLEEP 0hrs 2mi

May 04, 2015 to May 10, 2015

WEEK’S MOST ACTIVE DAY
Fri, May 8

WEEK’S LEAST ACTIVE DAY
Thu, May 7

	TOTAL STEPS 82,382	DAILY AVERAGE 11,769 steps BEST DAY 16,122 steps
	TOTAL DISTANCE 57.17 km	DAILY AVERAGE 8.17 km BEST DAY 11.19 km
	TOTAL FLOORS CLIMBED 364	DAILY AVERAGE 52 floors BEST DAY 65 floors
	TOTAL CALS BURNED 24,226	DAILY AVERAGE 3,461 cals BEST DAY 3,872 cals

	AVG SLEEP DURATION 6 hrs — min	AVG TIMES AWAKENED 16 AVG TIME TO FALL ASLEEP 0hrs 6min

FITBIT UPDATES- WEEK 6

07 May 2015 Leave a comment

by Katz in Fasting Keto & Health Chatter Tags: #exercise, #fitbit, #fitbitchargehr, #fitbitreviews, #walking

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Ahhh yes the smell of sweet, sweet VICTORY!

FINALLY !!!

I have totally finally OUTDONE myself, Phew! Its was a tough month wondering if that week would ever come showing I could outdo my best weeks walk in week 2.

I did it YES!! At 72.45 km , giving me a daily average of 10.35 km per day, 104,394 steps for the week!! (wow, boy did I feel it).

Can I hear a woot woot !!

Im so excited! I only hope I can continue this momentum.

Last week I had a change in my work location and the office is sorta smaller in some ways, so I have been struggling to get my 10k in these past few days.

Last night I went for a walk with having only 4.7k for the day pushing myself to reach that 10k mark. I was determined!!! But gosh was I exhausted after. .

It took an extra long time as I helped the dog out with a nice walk, as I always do. But last night with spring in the air I suppose; he found each 5 steps just too much too resist and stopped more than usual.

So this 5.25k took almost 1.5 hours instead of my normal 45min 😦 (Im so leaving the dog home the next time).

As another side effect I was all pumped up and couldn’t sleep, my trusty FITBIT HR shows I had 4.39 hours sleep last night.

(Yawn, Im so tired today, go figure!)

I definitely need to get more sleep in general with my weekly average of 6.5 hours.

One cool thing I have noticed , and another reason why I love the heart rate monitor on my FITBIT, is that my resting heart rate has decreased to almost 10 points less per day in the past week….that is awesome, norm is 96-97, now is 85-86!

So wish me good luck and see you next week!

Apr 27, 2015 to May 03, 2015

WEEK’S MOST ACTIVE DAY
Sun, May 3

WEEK’S LEAST ACTIVE DAY
Sat, May 2

	TOTAL STEPS 104,394	DAILY AVERAGE 14,913 steps BEST DAY 16,452 steps
	TOTAL DISTANCE 72.45 km	DAILY AVERAGE 10.35 km BEST DAY 11.42 km
	TOTAL FLOORS CLIMBED 488	DAILY AVERAGE 70 floors BEST DAY 94 floors
	TOTAL CALS BURNED 26,592	DAILY AVERAGE 3,799 cals BEST DAY 4,130 cals

	AVG SLEEP DURATION 6 hrs 50 min	AVG TIMES AWAKENED 13 AVG TIME TO FALL ASLEEP 0hrs 3min

FITBIT Update- Week 5

30 Apr 2015 Leave a comment

by Katz in Fasting Keto & Health Chatter Tags: #exercise, #fitbit, #fitbitchargehr, #fitbitreviews, #goalsetting, #walking

Two weeks ago I told myself that I would set a new goal of 12,000 steps per day, as my previous goal was 10,000(although surpassing it often). Well I did do that, I set the goal, and I met the goal. :).

What I failed to realize is that by setting this “new goal” I was actually setting myself up to underachieve my daily step count compared to my highest steps/km walked per week in weeks prior, or at least in my best weeks stats.

Of course I wasn’t really paying attention to when my FITBIT Weekly Summary began and ended for the weekly stats, but now I know its from Monday- Sunday each week.

I cant wait till next report as this week is only half over and my SCORES are already above my last highest score (tee hee hee).

A new goal (although challenging) is 10k a day..which really works out to approx 15,000 steps a day. I know I can do it!!!

Apr 20, 2015 to Apr 26, 2015

WEEK’S MOST ACTIVE DAY
Sat, Apr 25

WEEK’S LEAST ACTIVE DAY
Wed, Apr 22

	TOTAL STEPS 86,876	DAILY AVERAGE 12,411 steps BEST DAY 16,896 steps
	TOTAL DISTANCE 60.29 km	DAILY AVERAGE 8.61 km BEST DAY 11.73 km
	TOTAL FLOORS CLIMBED 458	DAILY AVERAGE 65 floors BEST DAY 93 floors


	AVG SLEEP DURATION 6 hrs 31 min	AVG TIMES AWAKENED 11 AVG TIME TO FALL ASLEEP 0hrs 5min

Daily Affirmation

25 Apr 2015 Leave a comment

by Katz in Affirmations Tags: # positivethoughts, #dailyaffirmation, #exercise, Affirmation, goals

I continue to advance in my daily determination to meet and exceed my goals .

Week 4 FitBit Updates!

22 Apr 2015 Leave a comment

by Katz in Fasting Keto & Health Chatter Tags: #exercise, #fitbit, #fitbitchargehr, #fitbitreviews, #stayingmotivated, #walking

So Week 4 was okay I suppose.

I was still not able to beat my best week 1 or week 2 stats as of yet…

Recap

Week 1- 89,635 Steps- 62.26 kl

Week 2- 95,067 Steps- 65.98 kl

Week 3- 62,165 Steps – 43.14 kl

Week 4- 87,628 Steps- 60.81kl

I suppose LIFE HAPPENS! And in that life, some really poopy stuff falls on us, like losing someone we love, which frankly sucked the energy right out of me last week.

I’m still trekking and not giving up though, not at all! Now if I were to look at that based on an approx month of walking, Id say pretty impressive!!!

Total Kilometers walked in 1 month….232.19 kl

Life will always get in the way a little but I know I can outdo myself for my next weeks stats.

So here I go again! See you in week 5!

Apr 13, 2015 to Apr 19, 2015

WEEK’S MOST ACTIVE DAY
Fri, Apr 17

WEEK’S LEAST ACTIVE DAY
Tue, Apr 14

	TOTAL STEPS 87,628	DAILY AVERAGE 12,518 steps BEST DAY 17,684 steps
	TOTAL DISTANCE 60.81 km	DAILY AVERAGE 8.69 km BEST DAY 12.27 km
	TOTAL FLOORS CLIMBED 458	DAILY AVERAGE 65 floors BEST DAY 98 floors

	AVG SLEEP DURATION 6 hrs 48 min	AVG TIMES AWAKENED 16 AVG TIME TO FALL ASLEEP 0hrs 6min

Last week’s badges

Fitbit Update Week 3 down!

16 Apr 2015 Leave a comment

by Katz in Fasting Keto & Health Chatter Tags: #exercise, #fitbit, #fitbitchargehr, #fitbitreviews, #walking

Well I was hoping I could have better stats this week however the darn flu bug gotz me and my entire household on Easter weekend..of course being the strongest (I’m guessing), I got hit last on Easter Monday & the next day, blah!

Last week had me stepping high with 95,067 steps & 65.98kl, this week is a little less ( see below)

I’m feeling pretty good now though (sorta, still grieving the loss of my beautiful family member) but feeling more and more confidant about my steps.

I’ve decided I will be a teenie bit brave starting today and set my new goal for 12,000 steps a day. The weather is nice and I plan to suck in as much natural vitamin D as I can with the great outdoors and lunch time walks..wish me luck!

Apr 06, 2015 to Apr 12, 2015

	TOTAL STEPS 62,165	DAILY AVERAGE 8,881 steps BEST DAY 13,646 steps
	TOTAL DISTANCE 43.14 km	DAILY AVERAGE 6.16 km BEST DAY 9.47 k

WEEK’S MOST ACTIVE DAY
Thu, Apr 9

WEEK’S LEAST ACTIVE DAY
Tue, Apr 7

	TOTAL CALS BURNED 22,463	DAILY AVERAGE 3,209 cals BEST DAY 3,659 cals

	AVG SLEEP DURATION 7 hrs 14 min	AVG TIMES AWAKENED 9 AVG TIME TO FALL ASLEEP 0hrs 2min

Last week’s badges

Fitbit Summary of Week 2

08 Apr 2015 Leave a comment

by Katz in Fasting Keto & Health Chatter Tags: #exercise, #fitbit, #fitbitchargehr, #fitbitreviews, #settinggoals, #trackingsteps, #walking, fitness, pedometer

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So here it is…Im happy with my accomplishment! I increased my steps by approx 10,000 and also my kl from my last weeks 62.26 kl to my current 65.98 .

Yes this #FitbitchargeHR is still motivating me! Aside from the last two days that had me unfortunate enough to catch a wonderful flu virus which had me bed ridden for a full evening(usually the time I get my biggest walk in) and of course the entire next day ( which was yesterday). Then in my foggy state of mind I forgot to put my #fitbitchargeHR back on after my shower today leaving me to feel so utterly disconnected :(. However as I’m also still in recovery mode from this Flu attack(you know sore body aching muscles, low energy etc) my body does still need some rest and TLC , I’m certain Ill be back to my full energetic state by tomorrow.

I’m certainly happy with this accomplishment and I’m almost ready to increase my daily step goal, but I will give myself one more week.

Mar 30, 2015 to Apr 05, 2015

WEEK’S MOST ACTIVE DAY
Fri, Apr 3

WEEK’S LEA

ST ACTIVE DAY
Thu, Apr 2

	TOTAL STEPS 95,067	DAILY AVERAGE 13,581 steps BEST DAY 20,793 steps
	TOTAL DISTANCE 65.98 km	DAILY AVERAGE 9.43 km BEST DAY 14.43 km
	TOTAL FLOORS CLIMBED 342	DAILY AVERAGE 49 floors BEST DAY 84 floors

	AVG SLEEP DURATION 6 hrs 43 min	AVG TIMES AWAKENED 15 AVG TIME TO FALL ASLEEP 0hrs 1min

Fitbit- Week 1 down- what have I’ve learned….

29 Mar 2015 2 Comments

by Katz in Fasting Keto & Health Chatter Tags: #exercise, #fitbit, #fitbitchargehr, #fitbitonlinetools, #gettingfit, #healthyeating, #walking, @basalmetobolicrate, fitness, health

Well here I am. I’m now at the end of week 1 having used my recently purchased Fitbit Charge HR for the past seven days.

My first goal was to challenge myself to meet 10,000 steps a day.
So before I go any further with my personal review I wanted to display my stats for the week…ta daaaaa!!!

Weekly Totals
• 89,566 steps
• 225 floors
• 62.21 kl

Now with those awesome stats there is no way in the world I could feel anything but proud!

What amazing piece of wisdom can I share from my experience?…hmmm…well the first thing I learned is that I walk a lot more that I thought I did in a day, in general that is. In fact many days I have far exceeded the goal that I had set (who woulda guessed that?)

Prior to using this device I had no idea that I had such a busy step day. I’m not saying I would’ve reached my new set daily set goals without the Fitbit motivating me, especially the cost related motivation, but truth is I have never really had such an accurate pedometer reading before, never, and I’ve owned a few pedometers. As a reflection I now feel this knowledge itself is empowering!

Biggest question ??? Did the Fitbit motivate me? Hell yeah!

And not just the device, but the whole package that comes as part of the experience in owing a fitbit, aka the membership site, the friends support, menus, badges, motivating prompts and so much more. When I bought it I really didn’t know much except I had to have one.
I love the feeling of being able to be in control. This simple knowing of really getting a true picture of my health seemed to be just out of my reach before my #Fitbit purchase.

This knowing equates to the new found knowledge and power of self discovery that is only a result of the fitbit package, as you can trust me when I say I could write my own book about whats out there as I may very well have tried most, if not all methods and products that are suppose to inspire or work to keep you motivated to exercise and eat right.

The online #Fitbit tools allowed me to enter in my caloric intake so I could truly track how much food I still needed to eat for the day, or not eat.

Of course you may think its simple to know what to eat if you are healthy, but that not always the case if you totally blow out your metabolism from yo yo dieting as I have.

Truth is I often under-eat which ultimately causes my body to store fat as a stress response to a message that I’m in starvation mode.

The online tools coupled with the constant calculations of the steps I take resulting in burned calories is the quintessential key to understanding what my person, my body, my very own specific needs are in terms of what I have to do to get to where I need to be in my health.

Im excited for week 2

Maybe I’ll even set a new goal soon..I’ll check back at the beginning of week 3.

Woot Woot !

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My New Fitbit!

26 Mar 2015 5 Comments

by Katz in Fasting Keto & Health Chatter Tags: #challenges, #exercise, #fitbit, #FITBITCHARGE, #fitbitchargehr, #motivation #exercise, inspiration, motivation

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Well I did it, I invested in my health(again) and this time I feel super awesome about staying motivated.

I purchased a FITBIT Charge HR last weekend and I have to say it has a lot to offer in terms of information, message boards, tracking, sleeping, I cant even tell you how much as I just got it a few days ago and I have much to explore.

I’ve been doing great with setting challenges prior to buying my #fitbitchargerhr as we recently have been caring for a friends dog since February( extendo pet sitting, great dog BTW, his name is Duke) which of course left me ( and my family)no choice but to gain some good walking habits every day( except my recent short recovery after a slip on ice which re-injured my left ankle two weeks ago, ouch! Dog didn’t even help me back up, ugh!)

Despite my wish to not break my walking habits, I did have to take a small break and gave my ankle a rest last week cause the swelling and pain became unbearable, which was just not helping my overall intention of “staying motivated”.

Rested, I finally decided to buy a #fitbitcharge last Saturday

(insert loud applause here ).

I say bought lightly as my credit card will likely disagree with that analogy. However I am fine with the affirmation that

I DESERVE IT!

So I plan to write about my trials and tribulations and hope that this new device will inspire , motivate and intrigue me longer than the normal 2-3 months will usually ends with me fizzling off the health wagon wishing I hadn’t months later when I feel like a bag of poop again.

I noticed yesterday when I charged my #fitbit , when I unplugged it a cute little message “HUG ME” displayed on the screen. HOW ADORABLE!!!! I’m totally in Love