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grammarwoman) wrote2015-06-22 09:42 pm
grammarwoman) wrote2015-06-22 09:42 pm
Living in the future: personal health edition
I got a Jawbone Up for free from a friend last December. It worked swimmingly right up until April or so, when it started to do weird things and couldn't keep a charge. When I poked Jawbone for answers, they told me it was out of warranty and old besides, so they wouldn't replace it (but I was free to use their customer loyalty coupon for 25% off my next model!). I didn't really like the look of the current models, so I started asking around. When I had dinner with heresluck last month, she showed me her Fitbit Charge HR. I liked the options it offered, and the app seemed to cover everything I wanted and more, so I pondered it a bit and finally picked one up this weekend.
I have to say, having used it for less than 24 hours, it's pretty damned sweet. It tracks and displays a lot of different things on the unit itself, from steps to total mileage to heart rate. (I'm not sure how accurate the last part is, considering I have to wear the unit on the opposite side of my wrist bone from where they recommend; in addition to being overweight, I've been playing piano and typing on keyboards since I was a kid, so I have pretty large forearms.) Looking at the app on my phone or the dashboard on my computer shows me even more stats. One feature I'm really impressed with is the food tracking; I can search for an entry in their database or directly scan the bar code of what I'm eating with my phone. I should probably be concerned about my data being stored and analyzed somewhere, but the tech geek in me is too delighted to take a picture of a package code and have it show up in the app. Living in the future can be so freaking cool. :)
This all came to a head recently when I realized that I weigh more now than I did when I was nine months pregnant with the Emperor. My body shape feels wrong to me, and I'm discouraged by the fact that the handful of corsets I bought recently only just barely fit. I'm hoping the Fitbit and the potential of showing off a new-to-me pair of leather pants in a few months help me get into an exercising frame of mind.
Onwards!
heresluck last month, she showed me her Fitbit Charge HR. I liked the options it offered, and the app seemed to cover everything I wanted and more, so I pondered it a bit and finally picked one up this weekend.I have to say, having used it for less than 24 hours, it's pretty damned sweet. It tracks and displays a lot of different things on the unit itself, from steps to total mileage to heart rate. (I'm not sure how accurate the last part is, considering I have to wear the unit on the opposite side of my wrist bone from where they recommend; in addition to being overweight, I've been playing piano and typing on keyboards since I was a kid, so I have pretty large forearms.) Looking at the app on my phone or the dashboard on my computer shows me even more stats. One feature I'm really impressed with is the food tracking; I can search for an entry in their database or directly scan the bar code of what I'm eating with my phone. I should probably be concerned about my data being stored and analyzed somewhere, but the tech geek in me is too delighted to take a picture of a package code and have it show up in the app. Living in the future can be so freaking cool. :)
This all came to a head recently when I realized that I weigh more now than I did when I was nine months pregnant with the Emperor. My body shape feels wrong to me, and I'm discouraged by the fact that the handful of corsets I bought recently only just barely fit. I'm hoping the Fitbit and the potential of showing off a new-to-me pair of leather pants in a few months help me get into an exercising frame of mind.
Onwards!
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