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Started 'Couch to 5k today' Anyone keen?

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That is awesome! You are such an inspiration!

LOL!

Edit: sorry, responded to wrong post of your above. I was laughing at your bacon comment. :)

I read that as "bacon of hope"! :)

OMG so did I!! That is so funny after I thought what the what Laura? So glad I'm not the only one :P

You guys definitely have food on the brain. :)

I know this is a little off topic but has anyone tried a fit bit?

I just got a Fitbit Flex a few weeks ago and I love it. It has motivated me to add extra steps every day.

I just got a Fitbit Flex a few weeks ago and I love it. It has motivated me to add extra steps every day.

That's cool. That's the one I was looking at but I haven't bought yet. Do you think it is pretty accurate?

I have the Fitbit One and love it too. It is much more accurate than a standard pedometer and gives you a lot more info than just steps.

That's cool. That's the one I was looking at but I haven't bought yet. Do you think it is pretty accurate?

It's really accurate for my running/walking route that I take, but not sure how accurate for normal activity. I use it more as a motivation tool to try to hit 10000 every day. I don't really care how far Im going as long as I'm moving more than I ever have during the day. If you need more accuracy, go with a Garmin or something like that.

How does the fit bit flex sync up with MFP?

I assume its the same as the One. It uses low-energy Bluetooth. It can sync via your phone or tablet, or a tiny USB dongle for your computer. Pretty seamless. It syncs to the Fitbit site and you give MFP permission to see the data from there, via an API. Then MFP compares what Fitbit thinks you burned with your activity in MFP and adjusts it, so there is no double counting. So if you ran while wearing the Fitbit but counted it in MFP separately, MFP would reduce your Fitbit calories so it all works out.

I just received the fit bit one for my birthday on Thursday. I've really liked it. It syncs right with mfp, also it is a clip instead of a bracelet so I'm the only one that knows I'm wearing it. It comes with a sleep band and it tracks your sleep patterns, it is interesting. Oh and tracks floors, level changes, I never realized how many times I went up and down my stairs. I agree that it really makes me Strive to reach those 10000 steps and my goal for active minutes/calories burned. The app for fitbit is free, which many others are not. You can link it right to Mfp and it keeps track of calories in/out... Can you tell I am enjoying it?

Just to get back on track, I started c25k again, on w2d2, but in afraid I'm catching the stomach flu... So might be a few days before day 3, I've gotten to a 13 minute mile, which given last year I weighed 347..Not to shabby...

Back on track after taking about a week off for knee pain. Felt pretty good today doing W6D1. Took it really slow and wore my knee brace. No pain afterward. Also wore my new Adidas Springblades and felt like I was a lot less fatigued after running.

Official results came in on my 10K race Saturday. Men's 40/over bracket....... I took first. Never in my life did I think that would happen.

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