The scale finally moved a smidge down to 220.5 ~ It has been creeping up to 221.8-222 so thank goodness it seems to be going in the right direction now. It could just be today though, who knows. At least it is encouraging.. and now I won't weigh myself again until Thursday for my weekly weigh in. I also think I might start doing weekly videos... not sure though. I just feel like I forget so much by the time I hit my month mark... maybe I would be able to share more along the way by doing weekly videos. :)
As I mentioned in my last video, I went ahead and started tracking my food again for the past few days. I downloaded two apps to my iPhone - SparkPeople and DailyBurn. I also checked out their website versions. I used to use SparkPeople for quite a while after I moved out here and started a weight loss program, and it had worked really well for me, so I assumed I would use that one. However with my current eating habits of eating 6 small meals a day, it doesn't really work for me anymore. It does allow you to add custom meals, but not put them in any order you want. So when I look at my page for the day, it says "Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snack, Breakfast #2, Lunch #2, Dinner #2. While this can certainly work, and it doesn't affect your calorie total at the end of the day... it just isn't convenient for me.
On DailyBurn, it is set up like this. "Breakfast, Morning Snack, Lunch, Afternoon Snack, Dinner, Evening Snack." This works perfectly for me. It also has two of the features I used to enjoy on SparkPeople - a tracker for glasses of water, and a pie graph of your daily calorie intake that shows you your percentages of fat, protein and carbs for the day. The downside, however, is that these two features are on the website but NOT the iPhone app. Not a HUGE deal, because I am on my computer a lot every day. But if I were away from home, it would be nice to have those on the app. Of course, I can use the web on my phone too and log into the site that way, so I guess it's not a huge deal.
Other things I like about Daily Burn... the food database has been great so far... many foods have pictures, and when you look at your day you can see what you've eaten in pictures. When you add a new food yourself, or your own recipe, you can upload a picture of your own, too. There is also an additional app which costs $2.99 (the regular daily burn app is free) called FoodScanner. You can add this on, and it allows you to scan the bar code on any packaged food, and it will bring up the nutrition info if the food is in their database. So far I haven't encountered a food that was not in their database. If you do, again you can add it yourself including the bar code number, then it will show up for other people who search for it.
I've decided to stick with Daily Burn. It works well for me. I have no idea if I will track ALL the time or not. It might be something I do just when I'm going through rough patches like this plateau, or maybe do 1 week a month so I can check in with myself... we shall see. For now I'll just do it til I don't feel like doing it anymore.
I've already learned something important, which is I wasn't staying as low-carb as I had been in the past. The pie graph really helped me out with that. Yesterday I cut back to less carbs, more protein, and the scale dropped today. Most likely NOT a coincidence, since I haven't changed anything else. Same amount of exercise, same calorie range, still on my period. But it's the first time in a week that the scale went down. So I think I'm on to something here.
I thought since I was surpassing my protein requirements (getting over 100g per day) that it was okay to have a few more carbs. But that obviously was slowing things down. Maybe I'm jumping the gun here, though... one day isn't enough to know for sure. I'll have more to say at my weekly weigh in on Thurs. I'm going to stay low carb and see if things get moving again :)
Showing posts with label scale. Show all posts
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Monday, October 25, 2010
Monday, August 30, 2010
New Products to Share
Not that long ago I wrote about the new scale we purchased. Well my review on that one is... it sucked. Haha. It was consistent in the store but at home, absolutely not. We couldn't get consistent readings and it was really frustrating.
We returned it and Ian did extensive research on Amazon reading reviews, and we selected a new one to try. Since we are VERY happy with it, it is worth sharing :)
This one is giving us consistent readings. I can step on it 3 times in a row and get within .2 of the same number, usually it stays completely the same. It's working that well for Ian too.
As an extra bonus - it seems to weigh us almost exactly the same as Dr Snyder's office!! We used it at home before our appointment with him and got the same number. Maybe not to the tenth, because we ignored anything after the decimal... but definitely the same whole number. So not only can I be happy that it is being consistent, I can also know it is an "official" weigh in meaning it's the same as my Dr's office :) So this one is working out awesome for us.
It allows you to set up 2 profiles. I am #2 so I hit the #2 button at the bottom right to turn it on and it knows I am 5'5", female, and 27 years old. It uses this to calculate my body fat percentage. What it tells me runs a little higher than the BMI chart. No worries there for me.
I highly recommend this scale if you are looking for a new one!
Now for the best sports bra, ever!!!!!
This is the sports bra I held up in my fashion show video and I hadn't tried it on yet. Not only did it fit me like a glove (in size 16)... it is the MOST comfortable sports bra I have EVER had. Soft, comfy, hit in all the right places, LOVE the low cut neck since I wear v-neck shirts mostly... the venting in the back is nice and cool. Also it has very very slight padding but it's just enough to keep nipples covered well AND it prevents that "smashed-down" look most sports bras give me. Since I'm only a B cup, usually they smash me flat. LOL. I would highly recommend this to anyone!!! The 'removable' pads come out easy in the wash so you might want to remove them yourself.
We returned it and Ian did extensive research on Amazon reading reviews, and we selected a new one to try. Since we are VERY happy with it, it is worth sharing :)
Tanita BF679W Duo Scale Plus Body Fat Monitor with Body Water
This one is giving us consistent readings. I can step on it 3 times in a row and get within .2 of the same number, usually it stays completely the same. It's working that well for Ian too.
As an extra bonus - it seems to weigh us almost exactly the same as Dr Snyder's office!! We used it at home before our appointment with him and got the same number. Maybe not to the tenth, because we ignored anything after the decimal... but definitely the same whole number. So not only can I be happy that it is being consistent, I can also know it is an "official" weigh in meaning it's the same as my Dr's office :) So this one is working out awesome for us.
It allows you to set up 2 profiles. I am #2 so I hit the #2 button at the bottom right to turn it on and it knows I am 5'5", female, and 27 years old. It uses this to calculate my body fat percentage. What it tells me runs a little higher than the BMI chart. No worries there for me.
I highly recommend this scale if you are looking for a new one!
Now for the best sports bra, ever!!!!!
This is the sports bra I held up in my fashion show video and I hadn't tried it on yet. Not only did it fit me like a glove (in size 16)... it is the MOST comfortable sports bra I have EVER had. Soft, comfy, hit in all the right places, LOVE the low cut neck since I wear v-neck shirts mostly... the venting in the back is nice and cool. Also it has very very slight padding but it's just enough to keep nipples covered well AND it prevents that "smashed-down" look most sports bras give me. Since I'm only a B cup, usually they smash me flat. LOL. I would highly recommend this to anyone!!! The 'removable' pads come out easy in the wash so you might want to remove them yourself.
New Products to Share
Not that long ago I wrote about the new scale we purchased. Well my review on that one is... it sucked. Haha. It was consistent in the store but at home, absolutely not. We couldn't get consistent readings and it was really frustrating.
We returned it and Ian did extensive research on Amazon reading reviews, and we selected a new one to try. Since we are VERY happy with it, it is worth sharing :)
This one is giving us consistent readings. I can step on it 3 times in a row and get within .2 of the same number, usually it stays completely the same. It's working that well for Ian too.
As an extra bonus - it seems to weigh us almost exactly the same as Dr Snyder's office!! We used it at home before our appointment with him and got the same number. Maybe not to the tenth, because we ignored anything after the decimal... but definitely the same whole number. So not only can I be happy that it is being consistent, I can also know it is an "official" weigh in meaning it's the same as my Dr's office :) So this one is working out awesome for us.
It allows you to set up 2 profiles. I am #2 so I hit the #2 button at the bottom right to turn it on and it knows I am 5'5", female, and 27 years old. It uses this to calculate my body fat percentage. What it tells me runs a little higher than the BMI chart. No worries there for me.
I highly recommend this scale if you are looking for a new one!
Now for the best sports bra, ever!!!!!
This is the sports bra I held up in my fashion show video and I hadn't tried it on yet. Not only did it fit me like a glove (in size 16)... it is the MOST comfortable sports bra I have EVER had. Soft, comfy, hit in all the right places, LOVE the low cut neck since I wear v-neck shirts mostly... the venting in the back is nice and cool. Also it has very very slight padding but it's just enough to keep nipples covered well AND it prevents that "smashed-down" look most sports bras give me. Since I'm only a B cup, usually they smash me flat. LOL. I would highly recommend this to anyone!!! The 'removable' pads come out easy in the wash so you might want to remove them yourself.
We returned it and Ian did extensive research on Amazon reading reviews, and we selected a new one to try. Since we are VERY happy with it, it is worth sharing :)
Tanita BF679W Duo Scale Plus Body Fat Monitor with Body Water
This one is giving us consistent readings. I can step on it 3 times in a row and get within .2 of the same number, usually it stays completely the same. It's working that well for Ian too.
As an extra bonus - it seems to weigh us almost exactly the same as Dr Snyder's office!! We used it at home before our appointment with him and got the same number. Maybe not to the tenth, because we ignored anything after the decimal... but definitely the same whole number. So not only can I be happy that it is being consistent, I can also know it is an "official" weigh in meaning it's the same as my Dr's office :) So this one is working out awesome for us.
It allows you to set up 2 profiles. I am #2 so I hit the #2 button at the bottom right to turn it on and it knows I am 5'5", female, and 27 years old. It uses this to calculate my body fat percentage. What it tells me runs a little higher than the BMI chart. No worries there for me.
I highly recommend this scale if you are looking for a new one!
Now for the best sports bra, ever!!!!!
This is the sports bra I held up in my fashion show video and I hadn't tried it on yet. Not only did it fit me like a glove (in size 16)... it is the MOST comfortable sports bra I have EVER had. Soft, comfy, hit in all the right places, LOVE the low cut neck since I wear v-neck shirts mostly... the venting in the back is nice and cool. Also it has very very slight padding but it's just enough to keep nipples covered well AND it prevents that "smashed-down" look most sports bras give me. Since I'm only a B cup, usually they smash me flat. LOL. I would highly recommend this to anyone!!! The 'removable' pads come out easy in the wash so you might want to remove them yourself.
Sunday, August 1, 2010
A New Love Hate Relationship
We decided to break up with our old analog bathroom scale. It was not accurate and not very readable. Simply changing how you stand can make it fluctuate 5 pounds or more. I was getting along okay because I was doing all of my official weigh-ins at the gym... but my poor husband was getting pretty frustrated not having any clue where he was at in his progress.
Yesterday we went out and purchased this baby:
We all know that during this process we can hit stalls and get frustrated when we don't see a change. I was particularly interested in having a scale that would show more than just our weight. This calculates body fat percentage and weight of fat, body water and bone mass. How cool! I've never had a scale that did this before. It also has 4 user settings so we can each set up a profile with our height, age, and gender... and it stores our weigh-ins under our user profile. Here was my very first reading this morning:
I did this with clothes on and my phone in my hand (to take the picture after)... this should be close to what I would weigh at the gym except I didn't have my gym shoes on. But sometimes I weigh at the gym barefoot if I am about to go swimming. I will be going back to the gym tomorrow so I plan to weigh at home first in my whole outfit and then at the gym to see how close they are to each other.
At the moment I am a bit frustrated. My issue with home scales has always been consistency - if I get on it 3 times in a row, I expect it to give me somewhat close to the same number all 3 times. When we were trying scales in the store, we did this... and this scale gave me the same # 3 times in a row. However this morning, it's a different story. I got anywhere from 248 to 251. I know in the grand scheme of things 3 lbs is not a big deal, but when you want to know if you lost weight this week, it CAN be a big deal. I think I will just plan on taking the average of 3 times on the scale, but this time I just took the heaviest weight result since it is still a loss from last weigh-in on Wednesday.... I think the biggest problem is our bathroom floor just isn't quite level enough. Maybe I'll try it downstairs in the kitchen and see if that does any better.
Yesterday we went out and purchased this baby:
We all know that during this process we can hit stalls and get frustrated when we don't see a change. I was particularly interested in having a scale that would show more than just our weight. This calculates body fat percentage and weight of fat, body water and bone mass. How cool! I've never had a scale that did this before. It also has 4 user settings so we can each set up a profile with our height, age, and gender... and it stores our weigh-ins under our user profile. Here was my very first reading this morning:
I did this with clothes on and my phone in my hand (to take the picture after)... this should be close to what I would weigh at the gym except I didn't have my gym shoes on. But sometimes I weigh at the gym barefoot if I am about to go swimming. I will be going back to the gym tomorrow so I plan to weigh at home first in my whole outfit and then at the gym to see how close they are to each other.
At the moment I am a bit frustrated. My issue with home scales has always been consistency - if I get on it 3 times in a row, I expect it to give me somewhat close to the same number all 3 times. When we were trying scales in the store, we did this... and this scale gave me the same # 3 times in a row. However this morning, it's a different story. I got anywhere from 248 to 251. I know in the grand scheme of things 3 lbs is not a big deal, but when you want to know if you lost weight this week, it CAN be a big deal. I think I will just plan on taking the average of 3 times on the scale, but this time I just took the heaviest weight result since it is still a loss from last weigh-in on Wednesday.... I think the biggest problem is our bathroom floor just isn't quite level enough. Maybe I'll try it downstairs in the kitchen and see if that does any better.
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