re: PuttaDaForkDown

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I'm strongly considering buying the Jawbone Up24.

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I've been using fitbit flex and fitbit force since mid December and it has really made a difference for me.

It doesn't really matter what activity monitoring device you chose to go with but here's a NYT article on them.

The Monitored Man

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Can trackers really change behavior in people? Last year, Dr. Rajani Larocca, a primary care physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, conducted a six-week lifestyle program for 10 patients with diabetes ages 50 to 70 that included weekly sessions to encourage exercise and healthful eating; each participant also was outfitted with a Fitbit Zip tracker.

“Every single person increased their activity,” Dr. Larocca said. “People felt more knowledgeable.” Eight months later, about half the patients from the group still wear a tracker.

Researchers at the Center for Connected Health in Boston have been giving activity trackers to subjects for six to nine months, then studying changes in their behavior. Dr. Kamal Jethwani, head of research at the center, said he saw three distinct groups of people among study participants.

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About 10 percent are “quantified selfers” with an affinity for this kind of feedback; just by looking at the numbers, they are motivated to be more active. An additional 20 percent to 30 percent need some encouragement in addition to tracker data to effectively change their behavior.

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^^^this is where I fall.

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But most of the subjects observed by Dr. Jethwani don’t understand the data and need help making sense of it. For them, he said, social motivation from a friend or joining a team or workplace challenge may be more effective.

I figure I’m in the second group, the ones who need a little push. One of my favorite features is the Jawbone UP’s inactivity alert. I set mine to vibrate on my wrist if I haven’t moved in the past hour. And Jawbone’s smartphone app offers personalized tips that are actually interesting. For instance: “When you go to bed 30 minutes later than average, you tend to take 971 fewer steps the next day.” And after several late nights, I was told: “Go to bed before 12:44 a.m.” Well, O.K.

Other trackers, like Fitbit’s, have tried to increase motivation by focusing on short-term goals — making it to 10,000 steps each day, for example. The Basis tracker awards points for keeping to “streaks” of healthy activity, like the number of days you’re active for more than 30 minutes.

Of the trackers I tested, Nike’s FuelBand put the strongest emphasis on competition with friends. But almost all the apps now have social features allowing you to share your activities, offer encouragement and hold one another accountable for goals.

All the data you’re recording is tied to a particular company’s software, so you can’t take it along if you decide to switch tracking devices. But many allow calorie data to be shared with other apps, like MyFitnessPal or LoseIt.

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I find myself pushing to improve in steps per week/day.

this is my current record which I've never come within 15,000 steps.

more like walk/jog

My 30k day was because I jogged 10 miles and I thought I would die

170/157.5/145

186/173.8/8%
Not sure of my BF%, and probably won't know for a little while, but looking good. ONly 3 days into this 24 day thing and already getting more definition. Everything going as planned

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You get down to 160 and you might snap in half when I check you coming off the line bro.

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BOOOOM!

202/195/170

Into week 6 of Insanity, and now I get why they call it insane. I started really tightening up what I'm eating, and it made a HUGE difference. I had crept back up to around 197-198 before this week (which is why I hadn't checked in lately ), so I'm back down almost to my low. I'm noticing a large difference in my midsection, and I noticed last night that I actually have trap muscles, which may be a first in my life

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Really? That much success with Advocare?

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I know more than what the Advocare book tells you so I may be cheating a bit. I honestly don't know what Advocare will do for me that anything else I usually take won't. But I've done a ton of reading on burning body fat while maintaining or growing muscle mass.
I honestly can't wait until this 24 day challenge is over so I can really try something fun that I've been studying. I'm using this to hopefully get me down though.

ETA: Also I'm doing this while still doing IF and like a 90% paleo low carb diet.
Trying to keep my ratios as close to 20/60/20 as possible. (Carbs, Protein, Fat). While taking in somewhere between 180-220 g protein/day.

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Like you're so arse could check me.

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After football I'd like to formally challenge you to a grammar/spelling contest as well.

220.8.....

I keep going in wrong direction despite running like an Ethiopian from a lion