I just weighed in this morning and have lost 4.2 pounds. Which is great because it I have not been working on my eating portion yet. This first week I was concentrating on getting my 10,000 steps per day.
My Actitrainer said that my actitivity for the week burned more than 12,000 calorie above my BMR. and that in total I walked 80,553 steps or about 31 miles.
I am slowly going to try to eat better over the next few weeks...and I hope to keep my activity levels up.
Some side notes from my week:
If you live in the austin area and are looking for new workout shoes Bryan was very helpful at the Sports Authority store on I-35 between parmer and howard lane.
If you are looking for workout equipment Marty at Fitness in Motion is a great resource! He has helped answer all sorts of questions about fitness equipment. Fitness in Motion Austin store is located at 183 & Braker Lane. I believe they also have stores in Dallas and San Antonio.
Monday, December 31, 2007
Friday, December 28, 2007
50000 Steps Later
It is hard for me to describe the motivational force that is generated by this ActiTrainer device...
It allows you to know exactly how to be your best today... doing better than you did yesterday.
Well I have only had the ActiTrainer for 5 days now, but I really am hooked... each day I try to walk farther than the day before... and during my "workouts" I try to extend the time that my heart rate is elevated for.
I have not climbed on the scale yet... but I will do that every monday. I have heard that it is too easy to get demoralized by the scale, if you check it too often. I do however expect to see a loss of some weight as my pants are already fitting a little less snug and I was able to tighten my belt to the next belt hole. So even without the scale telling me so, I believe I am on the path to a thinner me.
To all you people out there using the ActiTrainer, I hope that you to are finding that armed with the information of your true total daily activity... that you to are seeing the results of your efforts on the scale and in how your clothes fit, and ultimately how you feel.
It allows you to know exactly how to be your best today... doing better than you did yesterday.
Well I have only had the ActiTrainer for 5 days now, but I really am hooked... each day I try to walk farther than the day before... and during my "workouts" I try to extend the time that my heart rate is elevated for.
I have not climbed on the scale yet... but I will do that every monday. I have heard that it is too easy to get demoralized by the scale, if you check it too often. I do however expect to see a loss of some weight as my pants are already fitting a little less snug and I was able to tighten my belt to the next belt hole. So even without the scale telling me so, I believe I am on the path to a thinner me.
To all you people out there using the ActiTrainer, I hope that you to are finding that armed with the information of your true total daily activity... that you to are seeing the results of your efforts on the scale and in how your clothes fit, and ultimately how you feel.
Monday, December 24, 2007
Got our presents a little early
Our ActiTrainer's have arrived this morning thanks to prompt shipping by Actigraph and the magic of Fedex.
Each of our devices was neatly packaged with all the accessories included.
I was able to install the software to communicate with the ActiTrainers and was able to successfully initialize our devices without incident. Only took about 10 minutes to get each one setup and started.
Placed the ActiTrainer in the provided belt holster and began doing my usual daily things.
After walking around the house for a few hours doing chores I was surprised how few steps this level of activity produced. I have read that you should try to walk 10,000 steps a day. I had no idea how short of this amount I have been all this time.
So after determining that I was going to have to walk some more... I got out of the house and went for a walk with our dog around the neighborhood. This added about 4,000 steps to my count but again I thought to myself I am a long way from 10,00 steps ... so then I went Christmas shopping for my wife... this is afterall what men are supposed to do on Christmas Eve.
And a few thousand steps later after finding the perfect gifts I was still only at 8 thousand steps.
How far can 10,000 steps be.... well by this time I was deterimined to get 10,000 steps in before Santa arrived. So I kept walking and finally after all this ... I made it 10,817 steps.
Each of our devices was neatly packaged with all the accessories included.
I was able to install the software to communicate with the ActiTrainers and was able to successfully initialize our devices without incident. Only took about 10 minutes to get each one setup and started.
Placed the ActiTrainer in the provided belt holster and began doing my usual daily things.
After walking around the house for a few hours doing chores I was surprised how few steps this level of activity produced. I have read that you should try to walk 10,000 steps a day. I had no idea how short of this amount I have been all this time.
So after determining that I was going to have to walk some more... I got out of the house and went for a walk with our dog around the neighborhood. This added about 4,000 steps to my count but again I thought to myself I am a long way from 10,00 steps ... so then I went Christmas shopping for my wife... this is afterall what men are supposed to do on Christmas Eve.
And a few thousand steps later after finding the perfect gifts I was still only at 8 thousand steps.
How far can 10,000 steps be.... well by this time I was deterimined to get 10,000 steps in before Santa arrived. So I kept walking and finally after all this ... I made it 10,817 steps.
Friday, December 21, 2007
Made the Investment in our Heath
Well I did it!
I made the decision to invest in the ActiTrainer system for my family. We purchased two ActiTrainer Solution Packages. One each for my wife and I. We have been watching the biggest loser on television for years, and wanted to do something about our extra weight. This year the contestants were provided with a monitoring system called the bodybugg.
We looked into purchasing the bodybugg system, but found that it was too expensive for us at this time. So we kept looking and found the ActiTrainer. After conversations with the sales and engineering teams at Actigraph we decided to try their product.
Each ActiTrainer cost $198.00 and included the ActiTrainer ( in either Yellow, Pink, Black, or White), a belt holster, a Polar Wearlink T31 (heart rate strap), and an armband to wear the ActiTrainer on your arm.
The ActiTrainer can be used to track Calories burned, Heart Rate, Steps, Distance traveled and more, however in order to upload the infomation and be able drill into the details of the infomation collected a subsciption to their VirtualTrainer is required. The subsciption price was $9.95 per month for a single user, $11.95 for 2 users or $13.95 for up to 5 users.
I made the decision to invest in the ActiTrainer system for my family. We purchased two ActiTrainer Solution Packages. One each for my wife and I. We have been watching the biggest loser on television for years, and wanted to do something about our extra weight. This year the contestants were provided with a monitoring system called the bodybugg.
We looked into purchasing the bodybugg system, but found that it was too expensive for us at this time. So we kept looking and found the ActiTrainer. After conversations with the sales and engineering teams at Actigraph we decided to try their product.
Each ActiTrainer cost $198.00 and included the ActiTrainer ( in either Yellow, Pink, Black, or White), a belt holster, a Polar Wearlink T31 (heart rate strap), and an armband to wear the ActiTrainer on your arm.
The ActiTrainer can be used to track Calories burned, Heart Rate, Steps, Distance traveled and more, however in order to upload the infomation and be able drill into the details of the infomation collected a subsciption to their VirtualTrainer is required. The subsciption price was $9.95 per month for a single user, $11.95 for 2 users or $13.95 for up to 5 users.
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