Have you lost weight since you got your Fitbit?

[Rnda]

I am the exact same weight as I was when I got my Flex 3 1/2 months ago!

How about you?

I'm hoping with Spring here and Summer around the corner, that my walking will increase. 

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[Dominique]

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@Igottalose30lbs wrote:

Can you explain what is wrong with canned veggies?  They're soo easy to keep in the pantry and they don't go bad for a long long time.  Are they really not as good as fresh ones?

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First of all, some veggies can be easy to keep for a long time even if you don’t buy them canned: a good example are all dried beans, lentils etc. They’re much cheaper, take less space, don’t come with extra sodium and preservatives and have packages that are more environment-friendly/easier to dispose of. Only drawback: they require a little bit more planning, like soaking them in water overnight the evening before.

Secondly other canned veggies often include a lot of stuff you don’t want, like sodium, sugar and chemicals. Plus they lose a large part of their vitamins, minerals, fiber etc. in the process of ending canned at the factory. Bottom line: buy them fresh, or at least frozen (see my lazy man’s way of securing my veggies), even if it’s a little bit more trouble. It’s definitely worth it.

[fmcii]

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@Kristisue wrote:

Thank you for the encouragement!  I recently started logging my food.  I did good the first few days but then seemed to stop logging it all.  I need to do a better job.

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What I do is send myself a text message for all of the food that I eat when I eat it.  I always have my phone and I seldom have my food journal.  I then put the food into the journal once at night before I go to sleep.  It is a two step process rather than I one step, but it works for me.  Just a suggestion!

[EmjayH]

I've lost 25 kilos. Changed my eating habits and weigh everything I eat. I generally go by the clean eating rule now. No processed foods and everything organic. No artificial sugars. I use my Fitbit to try and keep a 1000 calorie deficient each day. Which works well cause I burn 3000 plus a day.

my Fitbit gives me a motivation I never seemed to have before because I can see the numbers staring me in the face everyday. They make me get off my butt and stay motivated

[idiaz]

I have lost 18 pounds in two months. But I am using the my fitness pal app  which tracks calories and always stay under my calories. I no longer drink my calories.

Also walk every day with an average of 8000 steps.

5:00 pm is the latest I will eat.

There is no way around it. Diet and being active must be done together to get results

[medas2005]

Good for you.  I would be eating pieces of my wood work by 8PM if I stopped eating at 5.  

I do agree that losing is a combination of intelligent eating, steps, and lots of physical activity.  Eventually fat loses out when your body need its calories.

[SunsetRunner]

I try to eat small meal thought out the day . But I dont eat past 5. Well I stay up till midnight so I eat dinner around 5-6. I do skip dinner sometimes when I know no one would Knw that I do it .. I knw its bad for u but I want to lose weight and skipping meals just make sense. I try to walk 10k or more a day sometimes I get to 20k but still dont lose anything 

[SunsetRunner]

They say breakfast is important, but personally I think lunch is, breakfast is like a small snack just like dinner, breakfast to kick start the day, dinner to finish the day off, whereas with lunch it is like the main meal to fuel the whole day

[KatarinaH]

@SunsetRunner BREAK-FAST , breaking the fasting , after 12 hours the body need nutrition and mostly water it lost while sleeping ( imagine not drinking or eating from 6am to 6pm ), if you keep it 18 h long your metabolism can shut or slow down . We should not eat later than 6-7 pm , and 18h until lunch is a very long period without energy. If you have a good breakfast in the early morning it will keep you going on  to 1-2pm then you can have light lunch that should keep you going on until 4-5 pm and then have your dinner around 5-6pm . It all depends of your daily schedule and the activity , I usually having small breakfast and lunch ( I am not as physically active in the morning hours as my work start later)  and finish with nice but big dinner after evening workout that keep me up until next morning without the need of eating anything after. Having a big lunch make me less active and kinda sleepy for the next hours so really not what I like to do, but I guess everyone is different , and shoukd find own best schedules .

[SunsetRunner]

I lost 3 lbs this week skipping lunch all week. I feel great and happy with that I lost weight 

[Heybales]

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@KatarinaH wrote:

@SunsetRunner BREAK-FAST , breaking the fasting , after 12 hours the body need nutrition and mostly water it lost while sleeping ( imagine not drinking or eating from 6am to 6pm ), if you keep it 18 h long your metabolism can shut or slow down . We should not eat later than 6-7 pm , and 18h until lunch is a very long period without energy. If you have a good breakfast in the early morning it will keep you going on  to 1-2pm then you can have light lunch that should keep you going on until 4-5 pm and then have your dinner around 5-6pm . It all depends of your daily schedule and the activity , I usually having small breakfast and lunch ( I am not as physically active in the morning hours as my work start later)  and finish with nice but big dinner after evening workout that keep me up until next morning without the need of eating anything after. Having a big lunch make me less active and kinda sleepy for the next hours so really not what I like to do, but I guess everyone is different , and shoukd find own best schedules .

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While the water part is debatable because your rate of loss won't match others - temps, humidity, ect, doesn't always mean you NEED water in the morning.

Let your pee be your guide there.

Your metabolism will most definitely NOT slow or shut down after 18 hrs of no food.

Huge repeated myth.

Actually, studies of fasters have shown that in first 24 hrs the metabolism actually increases, and can remain higher or drop to normal at the 3 day point.

It's after that it usually takes a nose dive. Metabolism stops when you die, so you'd have to go weeks without food for it to literally stop when you died.

Go read up on the warrior and Intermittent Fasting schedules that a LOT of athletic people keep while doing a cut - there is no problem with 18 hr fasts and have energy for a workout. A snack may be desired in the 6 hr window for the purpose of blood sugar prior to workout - but the muscles have plenty of glucose for a workout (depending on what your daily activity was during the fast - sedentary desk job or busy Fed Ex driver being a tad different).

Why should you NOT eat after 6-7 pm - got any research that says why that is a bad idea?

Or you mean for you personally, to stop mindless eating all night long perhaps?

Those mythical rules are what usually end up helping people to fail maintenance, or even to reach goals - to many limitations that just isn't a realistic life style change for them.

[Running777]

I totally agree with my! We should not be afraid of food it is not the enemy! We need to eat as clean as possible but also enjoy life and family gatherings ok to have some treats in moderation this is just my opinion of course!  There are circumstances that pertain to  each individual. Of course always listen to a medical professional 😁

[SunsetRunner]

I think I remember hearing something about that on Droz show. My last meal is at 8pm go to sleep at 12 and dont eat breakfast till 10 and then dinner at 5-6 

[KatarinaH]

@Heybales If you serious about weight loss you should not sit in the evening stuffing yourself with heavy food that your body don't need, my opinion was personal , as it worked for me since I lost 30lb in less than 3 months without starving myself and I consumed what I wanted . You should not pick on my words but see my point in general . If you drink every 12 hours based on the color of your urine it is your personal choice too, that how you get a kidney stones if you allow your urine to be so dense allowing the minerals to build up . So recommending people to not drink water in the morning is really unprofessional  as that should be the first thing before anything.

 Why to not eat heavy after 6-7pm ? I don;t like to have evening sex on full stomach .. again personal opinions not mean it is good for you ! LOL beside the body is settling down after sunset and the production of melatonin starting to get higher preparing the body for rest . Is that not enough ?

It is natural cycle between the sunrise and sunset so night is definitely not a natural time for feeding .

Well you may be one of the athletic people that doing own things and getting heart attack  in the park while jogging in the morning . I am not one of them, I listen to my body and give it what it need , I don't need cuts, obsessives diet and crazy exercises to look and feel healthy  . The problem with obesity is not what people eat, the problem is with less activities as there is so much great things that people can do today to kill time without moving from the couch . The Industry make money on uneducated people but the truth is simple and cost nothing .

So go easy on me as your truth of today may be a myth of tomorrow . 

We are here to share own personal experiences not questioning it , people look for solution to lose weight not for dramas between specialists that like to show off .

[Rybyped]

I understand your frustration.  I had that experience after my fourth child.  I watched my calories, worked out daily, and was breastfeeding and went several months without losing a pound.  What seemed to reboot my body, at that time, was a temporary very carb diet.  The first weekend, I dropped several pounds.  I don't necessary recommend it long term but when my body gets whacky on me, it seems to help to fast sugars for a few days/weeks.  

[Love_Yourself]

Hello everyone. im new to the community part of this. Ive been a member since feb 17 and my goal is to get my "summer body" back. i have always struggled with my weight all my life. very up and down with no inbetween. im new to the managing my foods and calorie intake and such. over the winter i had gained roughly 25-30 pounds from the size i would like to be. im a cashier so im active as much as i can be. im pretty self cauntious about myself and havent gotten much courage to get very active outside more then walking from point a to b. i have lost about a pound since starting my account, and would very much love to learn different healthy ways to lose more. im looking for some tips and help to reach my goal. i always welcome all tips and comments. thank you!!

[Heybales]

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@KatarinaH wrote:

@Heybales If you serious about weight loss you should not sit in the evening stuffing yourself with heavy food that your body don't need, my opinion was personal , as it worked for me since I lost 30lb in less than 3 months without starving myself and I consumed what I wanted . You should not pick on my words but see my point in general . If you drink every 12 hours based on the color of your urine it is your personal choice too, that how you get a kidney stones if you allow your urine to be so dense allowing the minerals to build up . So recommending people to not drink water in the morning is really unprofessional  as that should be the first thing before anything.

 Why to not eat heavy after 6-7pm ? I don;t like to have evening sex on full stomach .. again personal opinions not mean it is good for you ! LOL beside the body is settling down after sunset and the production of melatonin starting to get higher preparing the body for rest . Is that not enough ?

It is natural cycle between the sunrise and sunset so night is definitely not a natural time for feeding .

Well you may be one of the athletic people that doing own things and getting heart attack  in the park while jogging in the morning . I am not one of them, I listen to my body and give it what it need , I don't need cuts, obsessives diet and crazy exercises to look and feel healthy  . The problem with obesity is not what people eat, the problem is with less activities as there is so much great things that people can do today to kill time without moving from the couch . The Industry make money on uneducated people but the truth is simple and cost nothing .

So go easy on me as your truth of today may be a myth of tomorrow . 

We are here to share own personal experiences not questioning it , people look for solution to lose weight not for dramas between specialists that like to show off .

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Then you should probably start you advice with "what has worked for me".

Reread what you wrote - you gave definites - this is what you must do. Don't do that, do do that.

And then added support by adding things that aren't even true as easily shown by studies.

We aren't talking research looking at nitty gritty details as to why a cell reacts the way it does in certain scenarios.

You hook a CO2 reader up to someone before they start a fast and during the 72 hrs afterwards at regular basis. You do a huge group. You get results. Easy to see.

Could a few people be the special snowflake it doesn't apply to - possibly - but how could anyone know and just give blanket advice.

To claim the metabolism will stop if you don't eat in 18 hrs - either a real misunderstanding of what metabolism is - or repeating myth.

Same as don't eat after certain hour.

So when your post is full of myths stating they need to be followed - alarm time.

Sure - share your personal experience, and why it works for you. Allows others to see if they might be in same boat to benefit from the experience.

Oh - along with not eating after sunset, because I suppose Grogg had no light or fire to do so - do you also sleep the entire time the sun has gone down to imitate that situation?

Besides which, if counting calories, really doesn't matter when it happens except what works for you - if you eat more in the evening, it means you missed more during the day. Either way, you are burning above 90% fat at about the same rate except for times that aren't sedentary.

Let's support one another with valid info that can give real success - not half baked ideas that may or may not work based on infommercials or or the latest tabloid like blog or magazine or celebrity trainer, ect.

[SunsetRunner]

Ok so the 1200-1500 calories I need a day is not true then. I only eat 1300 calories on the weekend. And 1400 calories Monday-Friday. I try to burn 2700calories every day 

[gailruu]

I got my FitBit to help motivate me to move more. I lost about 25 pounds in the first 10 months using Weight Watchers diet plan and my FitBit to keep me active.

[MathKnight]

The fitbit reminds you the you need to get up and move. You can lose
weight by moving more and adding exercise to your daily activities, but if
you want to make a real difference in your life you need to change the way
you eat. My husband and I both lost 60 pounds in about 15 months by adding
more exercise into our day and by changing our diet. We added more fruits
and veggies to our diets and we very seldom go out to eat. Stay away from
fried foods and carbs like potato chips, tortillas, pastas, and breads.
Find someone(s) to go with you on your journey. Having a buddy helps keep
you motivated. Have a competition with family and friends and work towards
a common goal (do a 5k together).

[HemantP]

You are bang on the dot. These clean diet and consistent exercising definitely help in losing weight. I am on my journey, found some success and will keep working on it now as a permanent lifestyle change.