Logical Weight Loss

Weight Update

Last episode on October 19th I was 228.3. Today on November 5th I am at 226. 

How Do I See My Step Count on an Apple Watch?

Press the button on the side and scroll down until you see "all Apps" and choose the activity app and then scroll down.

Calibrating your Apple Watch

1. While wearing your Apple Watch, go to a flat, open outdoor area that offers good GPS reception and clear skies. 
2. If you have Apple Watch Series 2 or later, you just need your Apple Watch. If you have Apple Watch Series 1 or earlier, bring your iPhone for GPS. Hold your iPhone in your hand, or wear it on an armband or waistband.
3. Open the Workout app. To start, tap Outdoor Walk or Outdoor Run. To set a goal before starting, tap.
4. Walk or run at your normal pace for about 20 minutes.

If you don't have time to finish the workout, you can complete 20 minutes over multiple outdoor Workout sessions. If you work out at different speeds, you should also calibrate for 20 minutes at each of the speeds that you walk or run.

Whenever you walk or run outside using the above steps, your Apple Watch continues to calibrate the accelerometer by learning your stride length at different speeds. Calibration can also improve the accuracy of your calorie calculations in the Workout app, and the calorie, distance, Move, and Exercise calculations in the Activity app. 

Starting a New Habit Isn't Easy

I had a weird situation where I ended up getting very early. It wasn't fun, but it got me going in the right direction. It wasn't fun but I've kept doing it. 

New Healthy Wage Pays You To Lose Weight

Using a site I found called Healthywage, I started a group contest where you put in $20 total (roughly $7 a month for three months) and those that make their goal of 6% weight loss split the pot. For me, I currently weight 225. Six percent of that is 225X .06 = 13.5 lbs. Divide that by 12 weeks and you get 1.12lbs per week (doable, but you need to remain focused).

If you want to challenge yourself privately, you can put in a certain monthly amount that you pay each month. At the end of your challenge if you've met your goal you get your money back and then some. If I bet $50 a month for nine months I earn 521.52 (15.89% return). If I bet $40 a month for nine months I earn $417.22 ( again 15.89%). They pay you by check. 

If you don't make your goal, you lose your money. 

Cheaters Never Win

You download their app and the privately record yourself on video weighing in. 

Join our Challenge

November 29th through February 22nd (especially starting the day after Thanksgiving). It's only $20. See https://www.healthywage.com/join/logical-weight-loss/

 

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I've seen commercials for the Peloton bike and I was getting sucked in. I had some friends who were talking about how their apartment building has one, and they spoke about how these live classes were really addicting. I saw where you can get one for $59/month, but in digging around I found out that Peloton wasn't the only company providing this type of experience where you basically turn your home into a gym. 

The NordicTrack S22i has a ton of features and is in the same price range so I wanted to compare the Peloton Bike vs the NordicTrack S22i

NordicTrack S22i

Price: $1999 
Assembly $249

iFit Coach - Free for 1 Year ($15/month after year 1)

or 5 accounts for $33/month

Year One Expense: $2248

Year two subscription $180

"normal" pedals, heart rate monitor, weights included

350 lbs capacity

 

Peloton Bike

Price: $1999 
Assembly $250

Subscription $39/month

Year One Expense: $2713

Year two subscription $468

Changing pedals (or anything) on the Peloton voids your warranty

297 lb capacity

 

Similar Items

Both steel frames

Both silent flywheels

Both hold weights, and water bottles, interactive training

Peloton Bike Advantages

Half a foot shorter (takes up less room)

Blooth options for headphones

Can stream video to larger devices (streamcast)

 

NordicTrack S22i Advantages

Weights come with bike, you can use normal shoes, heart rate monitor included.

Toe cage or flat side pedal 

Changing pedals or seat does not void warranty

Digital Resistance (24 levels)

iFit coaches can automatically adjust

 

Warranty is Better on NordicTrack S22i

The Frame has a lifetime warranty on the Nordictrack S22iwhere the Peloton frame is only under warranty for five years. 

The parts on the Noridictrack is three years compared to one year on the Peloton

Both have labor for one year. (remember its super easy to void the Peloton review)

I Don't Understand Peloton's Subscription

If you DON'T have their equipment you can subscribe to their app for $19/month. If you are a customer (and have their equipment) they charge you MORE ($39/month) 

You CAN have UNLIMITED users. The Nordictrack (for families) is $33/month for five people. (or $15/month) for one person. Nordictrack is Google Maps Compatible. 

Peloton has referral codes for customers where you can get $100 off accessories. You can search on

A Cheaper Alternative is the Echelon Smart Connect Bike EX5

With The Echelon Smart Connect Bike EX5 the biggest difference here is you supply the screen (iPad), and your warranty is only 1 year, and like Peloton you need to add the heart rate, weights, etc. 

Start Where You Are With What You Have

So I dig out my exercise bike. It was buried (join the logical losers to get access to the pic) 

I dug it out, and I've been writing it this week ( down from 226.8 on 10/2 to 

225 today) and I have never finished riding and felt worse. I was sweaty, and feeling proud. I'm watching Netflix and Hulu on my TV while I ride. It may not be a young screaming person on a bike, but it inspires me and stops it from being boring...

So I didn't spend $2000+ dollars and it seems to be working. 

The Green Circle on the Apple Watch

The green ring on an Apple watch represents exercise (called the exercise ring) and it shows how many minutes of brisk activity you've completed so far

1. Open the Workout app. To start, tap Outdoor Walk or Outdoor Run. To set a goal before starting, tap.
2. Walk or run at your normal pace for about 20 minutes.

If you don't have time to finish the workout, you can complete 20 minutes over multiple outdoor Workout sessions. If you work out at different speeds, you should also calibrate for 20 minutes at each of the speeds that you walk or run.

Whenever you walk or run outside using the above steps, your Apple Watch continues to calibrate the accelerometer by learning your stride length at different speeds. Calibration can also improve the accuracy of your calorie calculations in the Workout app, and the calorie, distance, Move, and Exercise calculations in the Activity app. 

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I'm Back! at 226.8

After writing a book, I'm back and up in my weight. I could cry and beat myself up, but I just looked at the calendar and said: "October 1st the day I turn this thing around." I reset some data in my apps, starting getting up a little earlier, walking a little more, paying attention to my water intake. I've even cleaned off my exercise bike as its fall in Ohio, and only a matter of time until the snowfalls. 

Don't let yourself get complacent with your health. What used to scare the crap out of me is now slowly becoming the norm. That is something that can't happen. These happen in small increments, and we kind of let them fly under the radar as these bad habits and inches, um, inch their way into our lives. 

I did find an article on what famed Quarterback Tom Brady (he is a bit of a freak of Nature). See it at  https://tb12sports.com/blog/what-does-tom-brady-eat 

I'm glad to be back, and ready to get motivated.

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Today I am joined by who does the Big Fat Podcast

Description:

Having been overweight for most of his life, Daniel Rosado experiments with his diet and starts to lose weight. The struggles and successes are all documented here as well as interviews with health and fitness experts. If you are ready to take action and make changes to your health, the Big Fat Life Podcast is here to help.

Follow him on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/bigfatlifepodcast/

Today we hear:

• Daniel's "ENOUGH!" moment
• How he found a nutritionist
• What hasn't worked for him
• His advice for anyone feeling discouraged
• Dave's carb experiment

His show is Big Fat Life Podcast and is available in Apple and Google

 

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Weight Check-In

224.4

When I last recorded I was 224.4 and as of today, I'm at 224.3. Am I happy that I went down a tenth of a pound? Not really. If there was a silver lining, in my weight update its that I was traveling for a week where I was stuck eating hotel food. I did take one step in planning and took some Advocare Meal Replacements with me and drank those for breakfast and skipped my lunch (attempting to do a slight version of Intermittent Fasting). With the news I received in this episode, I have new motivation.

Withings BPM Connect Review

Recently I added an Apple Watch to my tools of tracking my health along with My Fitness Pal, Sleep Cycle, and Streaks apps. As I started to investigate the Apple Health app and what tools worked primarily an Apple Watch (but also a Fitbit in case that is you). I really like my Withings Scale, and on their website, I see where they have a wireless blood pressure device called the Withings BPM Connect. It's around $95 and it's cordless and wireless. This is great for people who travel or want to store it in their desk (which is what I do).

I take it out, and put my arm in the sleeve and press one button, and it takes my pressure and displays it on the unit (along with a hint if I have an issue or note) and automatically sends it to their app which then shares it with Apple health. It was so easy to use.

High Blood Numbers

When your doctor takes your blood pressure, the results are two numbers, with one number on top (systolic) and one on the bottom (diastolic), like a fraction. For example, 120/80 mm Hg.

The top number refers to the amount of pressure in your arteries during the contraction of your heart muscle. This is called systolic pressure.

The bottom number refers to your blood pressure when your heart muscle is between beats. This is called diastolic pressure.

Both numbers are important in determining the state of your heart health.

Numbers greater than the ideal range indicate that your heart is working too hard to pump blood to the rest of your body.

Check out the New Challenges

We have a daily step goal streaks, and "total steps" challenges starting in September.

Check out the challenges.

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Today on the show I talk about

Fitbit lost my account. As in a decade of information went up in smoke (thankfully most of the weight tracking is in my fitness pal. Tomorrow will be one week without so I ended up going and getting an Apple Watch Series 4 after hearing some friends say how cool they are.

Apple Watch Features

Really customizable screen

Apple health seems to integrate with everything

It does NOT grade how you sleep but there are apps that integrate with Apple health that do.

I can't really tell as I can't login into my Fitbit account, but my Apple Watch shows that my resting energy was 2157 after one day. This would explain why if I eat 1900 calories or less I would lose weight.

While Fitbit's are geared toward measuring calories in, activity and showing you the deficit, Apple Health is more overall health. My Withings scale integrates with myfitness pal and you can use my fitness pal to integrate with Apple health.

Nonhealth things I love. I love that I can listen to my podcasts and have my phone in my pocket and skip and fast forward etc on my watch. I love that I don't have to sync with my phone. It operates on its own. I realize the Fitbit Charge is $150 and the Apple Watch is close to $500 so its not a fair comparison. It would be better to compare it to the Fitbit Ionic which is $250.

In the end, I'm happy with my Apple watch. My wallet is lighter which makes it easy to walk.

Built-in Accountability Partner

In the Apple Activity App where you can set goals for calories burned, exercise minutes, and how many times you stand a day, you can share that with contacts on your phone.

What About Fitbit Challenges? - Enter Stridekick

I found a great app that is free (as long as your group is under 10 people) called Stridekick  that allows you to make challenges where the person with the most steps wins after a certain number of days. Here are the types of challenges:

Streak: Track the number of consecutive days you've successfully hit your step goals, and motivate your fellow steppers in streak mode.

Target: Aim for a total step goal for the challenge and track your pace and make sure you will your target before the end.

Journey: Challenge yourself in a virtual long-distance race. Participants can track in real-time where they are along the journey's path.

Leaderboard: Leaderboard allows competitive steps to achieve the ultimate glory by making it to the top of the leaderboard for best steps

Stridekick Let's Everyone Participate No Matter the Platform

According to their website:

Stridekick offers cross-device compatibility making it the perfect place for everyone to play. We support most major fitness trackers, including:

Android Phones - Android 4.2 or above through the Google Fit app.
Apple Watch
Fitbit - Zip, One, Flex, Charge, Charge HR, Surge, Alta, Blaze, MobileTracker app
Garmin - vívofit, vívofit 2, vívosmart, vivosmart HR, vívoactive, vivokí, **
Google Fit (Android, Pebble, Xiaomi)
IPhone 5s and above - Apple Health App (Polar, Pebble, Xiaomi, and more)
Misfit - Flash Cyclist, Flash, Link, Ray, Shine, Shine2, Speedo Shine, Swarovski Activity Crystal
Withings - Pulse, Pulse O2, Activité Pop, Activité, Activité Steel
Note: We are always looking to expand our list of supported devices. If you don't see your device in the list above, let us hear about it!

**Stridekick can usually connect with the Garmin Forerunner and Fenix devices, however, we can only pull from devices that report steps. If your device doesn't report steps, it will not sync with Stridekick.

Freshly Food - Good, Quick Food

There are so many food delivery services, and I've tried some but being a finicky eater (no mushrooms, no peppers, nothing too spicy) it's hard to find one that works for me. 

I was very impressed with the food from Freshly. I loved the Tukey meatballs with Zoodles, and other dishes. The peppercorn steak was really good for coming out of a microwave. 

Unlike other delivery services where there is some food prep, this is like someone delivering gourmet TV dinners. You pop 'em in the microwave and three minutes later you're eating good food. 

I will say there were some inconsistencies. The first time I ordered the Turkey meatballs they were amazing. The second time, they were great. This week I felt like the chef drop some pepper in the mix as it made my eyes water it was so spicey. I even checked on the website and this dish is not supposed to be spicy so I don't know what happened. 

Time or Money

I mentioned in a previous episode I threw together some things into a bowl with a nod towards chipotle. It was 

one cup of brown rice

3-5 oz of cubed chicken

Grape tomatoes

a sprinkling of mozzarella cheese.

Shredded iceberg lettuces

A dash of salad dressing. 

When I did the math it costs me $4.72 per serving and takes me three minutes to make (and that includes cubing the chicken and slicing the tomatoes in half). 

The price of a freshly meal is $12.50 a meal. The time you are saving is shopping and putting away the groceries. 

They make it really easy to start and cancel (although they really try to get you to stay). They have gluten-free, and vegetarian meals as well.

Most of their meals are between 450-700 calories. The meals I purchased were pretty heavy with salt. They were shipped well, and nothing was ever in danger. They pack them well to stay cold. 

Check them out at www.logicallos.com/freshly

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Kayla Cox is the author of the book, "The Laid Back Guide To Intermittent Fasting: How I Lost Over 80 Pounds and Kept It Off Eating Whatever I Wanted" she has 30 thousand subscribers but the reason I'm excited to have her there is she has lost 80 lbs AND KEPT IT OFF. 

She is married and has three kids, and currently is on the road in her RV and today she shares

• What inspired her to "do something" 
• How she finds the time to exercise
• How she selected six miles as the goal for each day
• Why you can not be perfect and still get results
• She doesn't count calories, carbs, and has a cheat day
• How she worked her way up to eating one meal a day
• What she does in maintenance mode

More From Kayla Cox

Her website is www.sixmilestosupper.com

Check out her book The Laid Back Guide To Intermittent Fasting

Her website has courses, her blog, resources, YouTube and more

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I'm looking into the 131 Method by Challenge Johnson. A member of the Logical Losers pointing it out and said it looked interesting. I took a peak on my kindle, and then purchases the Audio Book on Audible. You can get any book on audible for free by going to www.logicalloss.com/freebook

This lead to me taking the 131 Method Course

I liked that she points out her own struggles as she ages. I liked that she points out how awful parts of the fitness industry is. She talks about a time when she was getting ready to do an exercise video and the producer/director (I can't remember which) asked her to drop a few pounds.

I love that she mentions that bad advice that is out there and how many people were spouting advice based on data that may have been funded by people who swayed the results. This did make me wonder what she was basing her exercise videos on, but none the less I admired her honesty.

I liked that she mentions in the 131 Method that you don't have to give up one food type.

How to Spot a Bad Diet Plan

In doing this podcast over the years I've noticed that almost all diet plans use the same verbiage or have similar characteristics. Here are some examples:

1. DIETS DON'T WORK - and here is how we are different
2. PHASE ONE WILL HAVE YOUR DROPPING POUNDS QUICKLY - so you tell all your friends
3. TASY RECIPES THAT LEAVE YOU FEELING FULL - that for me include avocado and green pepper (two things I'm not a fan of ) in everything.
4. HAVE ADDITIONAL PRODUCTS TIED TO THE DIET - a course, a recipe book, etc. The diet is the bait to hook you into other products.

So it's too soon to tell if the 131 Method is legit or a Fluke

To Be Something You Have to DO SOMETHING

Why am I taking the 131 Method course? Because what I'm doing now isn't working. I consider it an investment in myself (and its a LOT cheaper than the days I went to Slimgenics). 

What If Your Body Was a Kid

I was listening to the book Backstage Pass by Paul Stanley (the lead singer of Kiss) and he makes a great statement about divorce and not talking bad about your spouse. Do you hate your ex more than you love your child?  Which is more the love and desire to protect your child or your ill feelings for your ex? 

I think everyone would scream "My Child is the most important thing in my life!" Then maybe we should treat our body like it was one of our kids. We wouldn't feed our kids things that are horrible (but we do to ourselves). 

Where Did All This New Inspiration Come From?

I have been passive about my weight loss efforts for the last few months and my results have shown this as I've gained weight. So what did I do to get reignited? 

I joined the 131 Method course and I thought, "If I'm going to do this, I'm GOING TO DO THIS." Step one to take a selfie of yourself. This will be a "before picture." There is something about the word "Before" that caught me. It had me picturing myself in the future. It had me planting my flag saying "NO MORE - THIS IS IT." 

I took a picture of myself from the front and a profile picture which showed my gut. 

I'm Turning Into a Walrus

When I saw the picture of the back I almost gasped. My posture is horrible, and I have lost almost all definition in my back. As a paperboy, I had strong legs and a strong back. As a grocery bagger, I had strong legs and a strong back. I was never "ripped" but I had a "V" and now my back looked like I was turning into a Walrus. 

That's all I needed. So today instead of coming home and getting on the computer I went to a local park (maybe 10 minutes away) and hiked in the woods (and got super close to a deer). 

I have always said "the heaviest I've ever been was 225, and now I was up to 227. If I want to BE something I have to DO something. 

Mentioned In This Show

131 Method Course

131 Book

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Fun in the Utah Sun

I have a pretty bad fear of heights, and I have sun poisoning. However with a little planning, and some help from a friend I was able to go hiking in Utah. It was a lot of fun, and the scenery was beautiful.  

I had some great conversation with my guide Elikgiute from the Travel Gluten Free Podcast. I asked the question, 

"If someone was making a movie of your life, what would this time in your life be called? for me I had a childhood, Jr High was awful. Then I had the 20's and alcohol. I had the 30s being a musician, and being married. My forties were marriage #2. Now that I'm in my fifites I've had some great experiences, but when I looked around some of my actions seem to indicate that I may be roping myself off from life and support. 

If I don't clean my apartment than people can't come over. If people don't come over I'm more likely to feel alone. 

If I take on more and more projects, then I don't have time for family and any kind of support (or in my case exercise and eating right). 

So taking a step back and not looking at YOU as a person, but instead trying to take a logical look at your actions you might say "those are not the steps that will lead to me achieving my goal." 

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A quick bonus episode to invite you to come on the show, and to let you know (for the Summer) I'm going to an "every other week" schedule as I spend about four hours putting together an episode, and it doesn't make much sense to do a weight loss show where I'm not losing weight. 

So temporarily I'll be publishing every other week and taking some of those four hours and exercising. 

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