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Are you healthier?

thefredelement

thefredelement

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Apr 10, 2012
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I thought my FueldBand was it and I loved it but now I find myself going out for walks or trying to do really anything to push myself towards the goal on the watch on my off days. I've even been shopping for a bicycle.

I really like the stand remind wrist vibration, I think if the fuel band had that it would have been better overall, but alas the fuel band is no more.

This watch is pretty cool.
 
I have found myself pushing harder when I exercise to get my heartbeat higher now that its right there for me.
 
It is a great motivator and hope it helps a lot of people. However for me the answer is NO.:D

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Definitely. Apart from setting your height/weight/age right at the start, there's nothing more to do - unless you want to do some more serious activity tracking. The three rings are a really simple way to visualise your activity, and there is some nice gentle 'nagging' through the day as required.

As a tool for serious athletes? Dunno - but 'normal' people that don't see (or are too 'busy' to see) the inside of a gym from one month to the next could easily extend their lives by years just through getting into the habit of being more active, day by day... so I think it's brilliant.
 
As I spend a majority of my day at a desk, I can say that the nagging reminders to stand up have actually significantly changed my activity throughout my work day.
 
I've almost lost a full notch in my band size in the past two weeks. From 170mm to ?????

Thank you apple watch
 
In such a short time I wouldn't say I'm healthier, but I've been way more active and I'm psyched about that. Today, for the first time, I completed all 3 rings and never would have anticipated how happy that would make me :cool:
 
Sometimes the watch tells me to stand up for a minute but I'm already standing up loll wierd
 
I've been cyclical about my fitness for years, and most "tracking" options I've done over the years have lasted about 4-6 months. I never owned any kind of fitness band prior to the Apple Watch (I had considered a Fitbit, but never ended up with one), but I figured if I got one I'd just stop wearing it eventually. This is where I believe that the Apple Watch will exceed my expectations of other fitness bands. I find the other features to be so useful, that I don't expect I will just stop using it. I suppose it's possible I may stop paying attention to the Activity app, but that seems unlikely. It makes itself fairly well known.
 
DirtySocks85 said:
I've been cyclical about my fitness for years, and most "tracking" options I've done over the years have lasted about 4-6 months. I never owned any kind of fitness band prior to the Apple Watch (I had considered a Fitbit, but never ended up with one), but I figured if I got one I'd just stop wearing it eventually. This is where I believe that the Apple Watch will exceed my expectations of other fitness bands. I find the other features to be so useful, that I don't expect I will just stop using it. I suppose it's possible I may stop paying attention to the Activity app, but that seems unlikely. It makes itself fairly well known.
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I agree. It's a bit too much of a commitment for me to use a dedicated fitness device, but the watch is so useful in other ways (and also so expensive) that I'm unlikely to stop using it. So I'll have the fitness stuff right there all the time, making it more likely that I'll use it.
 
It has definitely made me more active. I was already working out multiple times a week before but now I've been doing some form of exercise every day just so that I can feel the satisfaction of completing my activity rings. Even if some days it's just a walk, it's something I wasn't doing before.

It's too soon to know if it's improving my health but I'm going to try to stick with it.
 
No way.
Because I don't have a ****ig watch!
The blood boils. The pressure rises. The brain explodes.

How is this suppose to make you healthier?

:mad:
 
nasa25 said:
I've almost lost a full notch in my band size in the past two weeks. From 170mm to ?????

Thank you apple watch
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I'm there too

I get three rings every day. I've eaten healthier. I put on a lb but my body is changing (the weight is muscle - I expect the drop soon as long as I keep the diet up). It really is changing my life. I know I am doing the work, but this is getting me there.
 
I've completed the three rings everyday since getting it two weeks ago. Going for the perfect month award! So yeah, it's really motivating me to exercise more. That alone is worth the $400 IMHO.
 
Robert M. said:
I've completed the three rings everyday since getting it two weeks ago. Going for the perfect month award! So yeah, it's really motivating me to exercise more. That alone is worth the $400 IMHO.
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Too bad I was on vacation after I got my watch so I did not complete three things for 3 days since 4/24/15. You are better than me!
 
I don't have my watch yet, but I have lost about 1 stone (14lbs) in the last year or so....does that count? :D:p
 
The watch itself has not really done much persay, but before this I had a jawbone, and fitbit fitness tracker at different times, and health technology in general has been huge for me.

I got into the fitness tracking about 2 years ago. It took several months for it to really sink in, but after I started really making an effort I lost a lot of weight.

There is simply something special (for me) about having data points about how your doing with your personal health and fitness. Metrics such as steps, distance, active calories and minutes wherever they come from, have made a huge impact in my life.

At first it was really surprising many times to be visually explained to that I have not moved much or gotten enough exercise in a day.

I recall in the first week I had my fitbit, it sent me an email that said I had barely moved at all today, and I was shocked.

Fast forward many months, now if I get that email, I probably knew I would get it and have been lazy. The times though that I get that sort of message are less and less, and fitness and keeping in shape has become a much more natural part of my life. I guess for me all I needed was some data points to illustrate its importance and progress.

This next chapter of personal health technology is very exciting in my opinion.
 
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