On June 1, I joined WeightWatchers Online.
I am a technology worker. I work entirely from home and sit at a desk for long hours. After which I like to sit and watch TV or play video games. I realized 2 years ago that this lifestyle and long term health do not go hand in hand. With this knowledge we purchased a Lifestyles Elliptical machine, and I began working out.
For 2 years I’ve used the elliptical machine 4 days a week. When I first started I could barely workout at 0 intensity for 20 minutes, not even making it to 2 miles in that time. After a year I was up to 40 minutes, intensity level 10 and over 4 miles, using the various pre-programmed routines. Shortly after Christmas 2008, I was up to 5 miles in 40 minutes, same intensity and same routines. However, in the 2 years my weight remained unchanged between 235 and 242.
My wife is a lifetime WeightWatchers member, and has been for 6 years. We do eat on the healthy side, but my lack of weight loss had me confused. I decided it was time for me to join. At the very least when I wasn’t losing weight they’d have nutritionists and trainers to tell me what I was doing wrong.
The first week I lost almost 6 pounds. It appears that portion control was the #1 problem.
Now almost 4 months later, I’ve lost 35 pounds. I am still losing, and feeling great.
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I’ve been using the elliptical machine in our basement for the last two years, 4 days a week pretty consistently.
When I first started I could barely last 20 minutes, and even then it was a low intensity and I didn’t travel too far. Before injuring my back, I was able to do 5 miles in 40 minutes with an intensity level of 10, or 6 miles in 45 minutes same intensity.
With my back feeling much better (once I’ve loosened up), I attempted another 5 miles in 40 minutes again. What was different this time is I set the elliptical for an interval workout. 1 minute no intensity where I’d travel at 10mph, and the next minute level 10, trying to stay around 5mph.
Wow what a workout! After 20 minutes I wasn’t able to maintain the 5mph at intensity level 10 and had to be satisfied with over 3.5mph.
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It started with
pTerm. About 5 minutes after purchasing
pTerm, I found out about
iSSH, which was delivering on everything that
pTerm was promising to have in 2 months.
Next came DataCase. Not having to carry a 2GB USB thumbdrive, which I tend to break in pockets, has appeal on its own, but being able to use the iPhone’s 16GB of storage had me hooked (I don’t have any video or music on my phone, I have an iPod Touch for that). Shortly after, AirSharing was released and for free. While they appear to have the same functionality, DataCase still wins as its sharing is done via AFP. The iPhone shows up automatically in Finder as a network resource. But free with a little work beats $7 with no work.
Recently, I purchased What’s On? With the promise that Canadian support would soon be added. It’s well known that application submissions to Apple can take a long time. I’ve been waiting 3 weeks now. Still no Canadian support, and a long comes i.TV with Canadian support for free.
I am using i.TV now, however I find it slow, and cumbersome to use, it needs web integration for easier configuration. I keep checking to see if What’s On? has finally been updated (it hasn’t), hoping it will be better. Today however I discovered TVStatus which appears to do everything I’m looking for, I need to know a new episode is on, not necessarily on which channel.
I’m now afraid to buy new applications, as what happens tomorrow when something better or free comes out to replace what I’d bought?
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