Not Fancy But Works
By Angie
@andriaperry (116860)
Anniston, Alabama
October 19, 2018 6:45pm CST
At times I do mention buying new gadgets but I always wait and after a while I see I don`t really need them and I put that money in the savings, to buy another house.
So, what do I use?
The fitbit. I am sorry but I think this is the biggest waste of money yet. I know many will disagree but that is how I feel. Today I counted my steps and each lap is 272 steps, I multiply that times 15 laps, what I walked this evening for exercise, and I got 4,080 steps just in laps walked. Next I did lunges although I did not count those as I picked greens for 15 minutes, add bend overs to that 15 minutes because I move and bend over, move and bend over, lunge an reach across.
As far as calories, just stop stuffing your pie hole and you`ll lose weight, I have been dropping a pound a week, some people will lose more because they eat a lot more than I do.
For the muscle work out, one way I do this is by lifting, I have no problem picking up a 5 gallon bucket of paint and putting into a cart at walmart. I tote buckets of water to the dogs, I lift 2 x 6`s and more.
That means I don`t have to have fancy equipment to get up and move my butt, its common sense and self control.
This is just my opinion, I am entitled to it.
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16 responses
@Plethos (13560)
• United States
20 Oct 18
@andriaperry - if you have to keep count of what you eat, steps taken and negative wieght gain- then youre more than likely doing it wrong.
then again, im not much of a math person.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
20 Oct 18
@Plethos This is my math, don`t pack the pie hole and get off your azz, that is what counts 
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
20 Oct 18
Right but my point is I dont have to buy a gadget to walk or work out.
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@DianneN (247191)
• United States
20 Oct 18
@andriaperry Way before cell phones came out.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
20 Oct 18
@DianneN Shhhh! you will tell our age because we remember phones with dials.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
20 Oct 18
I am glad you enjoy it and as I have said to each his own, BUT I bet you exercised before the fitbit.
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@wolfgirl569 (95676)
• Marion, Ohio
20 Oct 18
But I like eating WAHHHHH!!!!! That is where I keep most of my weight.
Our daughter has one of those and will pace around the house to get her steps in. But that is not truly giving her a workout. So it can be a false sense of accomplishment also.
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@wolfgirl569 (95676)
• Marion, Ohio
20 Oct 18
@andriaperry My chest is still sore from last week. I got a lot done in a few days time. I dont bounce back as fast as I used too anymore.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
20 Oct 18
@wolfgirl569 Me either and I feel my hamstrings, with all the bent picking greens this passed week.
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
20 Oct 18
That is right, you have to move it, get the heart rate up, sweat and feel those legs burn!
@sallypup (58094)
• Centralia, Washington
20 Oct 18
@andriaperry Your answer brings me back to when I make pie pastry. I use two bread knives and a fork to make it, no electrical machines except for the oven.
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
20 Oct 18
I agree, I don`t think you do either.
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@anya12adwi (6049)
• India
20 Oct 18
Yes, I agree.. Exercising without having balanced diet won't show any of expected results..!! So, proper diet is the prima facie and after then comes exercise.. If you are physically active, you even don't need exercising..
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
20 Oct 18
I think everyone does need some form of exercise.
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@anya12adwi (6049)
• India
24 Oct 18
@andriaperry Yes, or we can say physical activity.. There are domestic helpers that work here and they are the fittest of all..
@snowy22315 (170451)
• United States
20 Oct 18
With as much work as you do, I don't see why you need to walk. it is for those of us who are more sedentary.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
20 Oct 18
I have been walking just about everyday since 2007, my doctor told me to increase walking he wants me as fit as I can get so I do not have to be on medication for diabetes.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
20 Oct 18
Yes I do, so no need to buy a gadget to tell me I am. LOL
@RasmaSandra (73704)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
20 Oct 18
Yep, it is not too hard to keep track of yourself and how much you walk and what you eat. So you are right you don't need a gadget to tell you the same thing.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
20 Oct 18
As Eva said too, people will walk around the inside of the house for a minute to get steps in and not really exercising.
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@NJChicaa (116123)
• United States
20 Oct 18
I love my FitBit. I don’t really care about daily steps but I like seeing my resting heart rate each day, my calories burned, and my hours slept. I used to use it for calorie counting too but haven’t in years. It doesn’t motivate me to work out. I do that already. It does track what I do though.
I’m hoping to get the new 4th gen Apple Watch for Christmas so then I won’t need my FitBit any longer. I can give it away to someone else.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
20 Oct 18
To each his own, I just don`t` see a nee for need to exercise and eat right.
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@NJChicaa (116123)
• United States
20 Oct 18
@andriaperry Like I said, that's not what I use it for.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
20 Oct 18
And we all know what foods are NOT good for us.
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@Courage7 (19633)
• United States
20 Oct 18
@andriaperry Yes we do. I hope we do.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (82112)
• Rupert, Idaho
20 Oct 18
I like my Fitbit, but I also like to track things....so it works for me. but I get where you are coming from.
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@JESSY3236 (18953)
• United States
23 Oct 18
I was wanting a fitbit. My mother gave one to my uncle which I don't think he uses.
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
20 Oct 18
I find it a money maker for a person, who makes them.
