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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[totallyconfused]

Hi,

Thanks for understanding my problem with the meds. Not everyone does
because they think doctors are infallible. I have decided to stop the
meds after my nerve block and take over the otc pain relief but
hopefully won't need it. You are one of the few people who are giving
me encouragement while I figure out my fitbit and work with it.

Again many thanks,

Sue

[MaryDJ]

I purchased my first FitBit in June, 2014.  I have lost 53 pounds through 1) walking more and tracking it and 2) eating a low carb, high protein diet curated by a nutritionist and tracked on my FitBit app.  I am very pleased and want to lose another 30 pounds.

[SteveRob]

I did a youtube video on this. Calories in and out and fitbit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD5OOcwRwsg

[C_Ella]

Hang in there, Sue. I have been very sick with fevers, fibromyalgia,
nausea and vomiting. Thank God, I am feeling better. After I go for my
walks, I feel better for 1-2 hours. It has taken me one year of walking to
see any significant changes. Hopefully, at some point, the pain will get a
lot better. At least I am finally losing weight on a consistent basis.
But, that didn't happen until I had been walking for almost a year. I try
to look at the exercise as good for my general health rather than something
specific like weight loss. Try to remember that our bodies want to heal on
their own. Just like flowers that should be dead but pop up in the spring
after a bitter winter. The life force is incredible and will serve us well
if we are patient.

Again, Good luck,
Colleen

[Shadowsforbars]

I am 1 month in and, so far, I have lost 2 and a half pounds.  My resting BPM is down from 62 to 58 and my recovery time from 130 BPM to 100 BPM is down 5 seconds.  Maybe I am imagining it, but my wedding band feels looser and I think my clothes are starting to fit a little differently.  The big test for me will come in October when there is snow on the ground until the following April.

[KateFitbit]

I've gone up and down since I started wearing Fitbits 4 years ago. I enjoy tracking my exercise, but for me it's all about the food now. Not so much in my 20s when all I had to do was work out daily and the weight stayed off for the most part. Ah well. 

[cyndistepper]

Funny you mention your ring being loose. I just took four of my to the jewelers to be sized down. I agree nutrition is 80% to reaching weight loss goals. Cut out or lay real low on the sugar and saturated fats You’re doing great to loose 10 pounds. Congrats. I love the fitbit challenges to get the extra steps I might not fit in.

Cyndi

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[cyndistepper]

You’re very encouraging! I have Fibromyalgia but fight through and get those steps in. Love love the fitbit challenge.
I also have Beach Body on Demand. Add me to Fitbit if you like to encourage each other to fit in the daily step goals 😊

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[JMorris9683]

I received my Fitbit for Mother's Day (May 14) and I love it. Since then I have been running on treadmill daily (20 minutes) and lost 5lb first week. But since then the scale hasn't budged in 2 weeks - literally not a decimal point.....Today I am frustrated. I am going to tweak my diet even more so, but I desperately need to lose weight. I have 3 weddings to attend coming up and am turning 40 in November! I am so sick of being fat!!!

[Roboharrogate]

Hi

Don't give up. First don't call it diet just eating healthier as a new way of life. Cut out the unhealthy carbs and try to keep your calories counted . Go on line and get your BMR , this is the amount your body will burn if you did nothing but sit all day. Then add your active calories to this and that should be the maximum calories you should not exceed to stay at a constant weight. Any deficit will reduce weight. Active calories will also help your metabolism fire up for longer.

I also cut out the alcohol as this is a killer if your trying to lose weight

Get to a gym regularly and do plenty of interval and cardio training. Hard a first but it will get the fat shifted. Get a trainer to map out a plan.

I took this approach at the end of January this year and I have lost 70 pound and I am now at my target weight.

Good luck

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[gardengenie]

Hi J Morris,

Try logging what you eat on Fitbit. I've been logging what I eat for 16 months now and I've lost 34 pounds. Fitbit will tell you how many calories you should eat each day. You get extra calories for doing your steps so it motivates me to stay active. It's not a fast weight loss but if you're looking to keep it off, I recommend it! In addition, increase your water to 8 glasses a day and increase your fiber. I eat oatmeal with flaxseed meal, chopped walnuts, blueberries or raspberries, & some soy milk 6 mornings a week. I feel satisfied all morning long. Good luck!

[SunsetRunner]

Yes and No!! But now I'm lose some weight and I keep going down to my weight goal! PS: Weight loss go up and down all of time!

[GreatDaneMom]

Actually I have gained 2 pounds. BUT, I have a medical condition that caused my muscles to become weak. With the Fitbit I have had a way to push myself and see that there is truly an improvement. Slow improvement with my muscle strength and I hope the weight will come off with it. Other than one cup of coffee in the morning I only drink water. As I get stronger I will be able to fix more homemade meals. Wish me luck!

[totallyconfused]

I keep going up and down. Now it's up again. And since my grandson's
golf season started I'm walking at least 5.5 miles every other day. Up
and down hills. And staying in my calorie goal. So I'm sure you know
how frustrating it is and I haven't even lost 2 pounds after a 2 months.
I think a lot has to do with the meds I was taking so now that I'm off
I hope the weight will come off. I'm thankful for your positive
support. Some people have been down right mean when I asked questions.
I just wanted to see if I was doing something wrong. I do have a slower
metabolism and even though retired I don't have the luxury of spending
4-5 hours in the gym every day.

Many Thanks

Sue

[Running777]

I feel the same way I am 62 and am on meds also! It is fustrating when you try to do all the right things and weight doesn't budge I guess staying on track is the best thing 😊 keep stepping and don't get discouraged

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[nanamandy]

In reality while exercise is good for you in many ways, weight loss comes down to calories in and calories out.  To lose weight you have to lower your calorie intake. Also ignore fitbit suggestion that more steps means you can eat more.  This defeats the purpose.  I use my fitbit to make sure I am getting enough steps for health.  I exercise with weights and heart rate each day.  I eat a balanced diet that is low cal and low carb.  Not the extreme LCHF that you read about, but based on Dr Mosley's Sugar free diet. I avoid rice, bread, pasta and potatoes. Over a 20 week period I lost 26 kg and I am currently holding my weight for the last 6 months. Good luck.

Hope this helps

Mandy

[nanamandy]

When I say I work out with weights, I mean at home with hand weight, I never go to the gym. I also use Walk away the pounds they are great low impact routines at home.

Mandy

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@totallyconfused wrote:
I keep going up and down. Now it's up again. And since my grandson's
golf season started I'm walking at least 5.5 miles every other day. Up
and down hills. And staying in my calorie goal. So I'm sure you know
how frustrating it is and I haven't even lost 2 pounds after a 2 months.
I think a lot has to do with the meds I was taking so now that I'm off
I hope the weight will come off. I'm thankful for your positive
support. Some people have been down right mean when I asked questions.
I just wanted to see if I was doing something wrong. I do have a slower
metabolism and even though retired I don't have the luxury of spending
4-5 hours in the gym every day.

Many Thanks

Sue

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It's NOT because of your medicine, or not spending enough time in the gym, or having a slow metabolism.

Even meds that cause water weight gain don't cause you to keep increasing and increasing and increasing. They top out, and after not that much.

Now, scale weight is not the only thing that defines your body - have you measured many spots to see if loss of fat (which is hopefully all you want to lose)?

Stress can increase cortisol, and that can cause water weight gain, upwards of 20 lbs slowly added if you stress right.

If you lost fat and gained water at the rate of 1 lb weekly - would that keep you stressed never seeing a change on the scale?

Contrary to other comment - a big life lesson must be learned.

You do more, you eat more.

You do less, you eat less.

In a diet, a tad less in either case.

That failed life lesson is what causes people to gain fat as they get older, each winter, when sick, when busy with work and activity drops, ect.

But it also means when you do more, you eat more.

If you don't - you can cause a stress on your body not getting enough of what it wants. And it can adapt too, slow you down so you burn less than estimated by several methods.

That's not good for successfully reaching goal, nor maintaining (hence the reason so many fail to maintain).

So you are eating more than you burn. A slower metabolism (population studies show only a 5% variance over calculated estimates) or no exercise may indeed mean you have to eat lower than you'd like - making it harder to adhere.

But burning off muscle mass because of too big a diet, or slowing your body down, or binging too much - that will ruin it too.

You could also need improvements on food logging to discover where the issue is.

You weigh all that you eat, measure only liquids?

As long as your Fitbit is calibrated decently, and you manually log workouts it can't hope to get correct - you do count increased activity - be foolish if you didn't.

[Kateyd1]

I tend to agree and want to believe that but I somehow think there is more to it. I can consistently eat 700- 800 cal and not loose anything. I've had my fit bit a week now and loving it. Really helps me to focus

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[totallyconfused]

Mandy,

I wasn't referring to you. It was some one who told me to stop cleaning
and cooking and start exercising all day. I like your suggestions and I
think you might understand my frustration. Everyone says fitbit will
keep you on track to loose all your weight. Well it's not happening for
me, but it is keeping me active by reminding me to move every hour and
by logging my food I'm becoming more mindful of what I eat and why I
eat. I go to planet fitness on bad weather days because both my husband
and I belong. He goes like clock work, me I like to walk outside and it
is now let's see how many miles I can go before my feet fall off.

Sue