Posted by Deneb on October 12, 2012, at 21:20:39
In reply to Re: Striiv Smart Pedometer: Join Me!, posted by Dinah on October 12, 2012, at 7:53:21
> > They're mostly things like, "I challenge you to walk another 200 steps in the next 10 mins" sort of thing after you've just finished walking. You get bonus energy points for completing them.
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> I guess humans get motivated by different things. If a machine made that cheerful suggestion, I'd be more likely to sit down even if I was *planning* to walk. With a few pithy but unrepeatable comments about machines and "positive motivation".Well to be fair, there aren't any smilie faces blaring at you lol. Althought there is cheering. LOL. I just like earning coins to build my land up. LOL
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> On the other hand, I'm walking at an incline for an hour three times a week. I'm gradually increasing the incline so I can go on vacation and walk without scaring my family that I'll collapse. But they all have the sense not to use positive motivation with me.
>Yay to go! It seems like you've been doing that for a long time now. It's impressive that you're sticking to it. I find it easy to do bursts of activity, but hard to sustain it at an even level all the time. It would be must more effective for me to do a lower level of activity everyday. It turns out I burn way more calories that way.
> However, everyone's wired differently - and from the popularity of pep rallies, I'm thinking I'm in the minority. I'm definitely not trying to be Debbie Downer for your own more positive response. :)
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> P.S. One unexpected benefit from exercise that the doctors don't seem to be able to explain to me is that my hips feel better, not worse. I had been starting to get some pain in my hips at night, but am not getting it now unless circumstances cause me to miss a few days. One unexpected downside is that I haven't lost any weight, and may in fact have gained it. And no, it's not muscle. So overall I have to recommend exercise, even if it does disrupt my time planning entirely.I find the paradoxical weight gain with increased exercise too. I'm hoping it's muscle gain. LOL I wouldn't dismiss it not being muscle. Even just increased density of muscle will lead to weight gain. You might have the same amount of fat, but I'm sure with the extra walking you've gained some muscle. I mean, the walking is easier now right? That must mean your body has changed. I find it hard to decrease my eating at the same time as increasing my exercise. I just get super ravenous when I do that.
Right now I've decided to work on one thing at a time. I haven't had much luck with dieting in the past. I mean, I would be great at it for like 3 months and lose a lot of weight, but then I just slowly gain it back again.
I'm just going to concentrate on increasing my base activity level permanently then slowly working on just replacing the unhealthy food with healthier food, not concentrating on calories at all.
I think this will be a much better long term solution for losing weight.
I'm much more reasonable now. I know diets just don't work for me.
Well, today was another day with my Striiv and I did just as well as yesterday! I managed to get 4K steps in just pacing around the house lol. I got a ton of stairs in by accepting challenge after challenge and walking up and down the stairs. It was a pretty good workout!
I'm really happy with my Striiv.
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