Living the Fitbit life

Re:Living the Fitbit life by varelse on Monday June 23, 2014 @06:12PM (#7935064)

I've exercised regularly since the age of 22 when my ballerina girlfriend dumped me for someone effectively identical to me in every major way except that he was ripped and he could dance (and oh yeah, Atari ST versus Amiga). He and I have even indirectly intersected over the years. That event was both heartbreaking and catalytic for me. I have been a fitness freak ever since.

"Big things have small beginnings" to quote David from _Prometheus_.

Anyway, the Fitbit uncovered that I wasn't walking enough even though I had a pulse of 50 or so and all my vital signs were more or less awesome. My response was to address that immediately. But that does not seem to be the norm. The norm (at least in America) is to return to denial. A solution for that IMO is the killer wearable business model.

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Re:Living the Fitbit life by charlieflowers on Tuesday June 24, 2014 @03:12AM (#7936541)

Well, you probably had the Amiga 1000, as I did. We jumped in early and suffered for it. They shitcanned the 1000, and it cost you a ballerina.

Somehow you overcame the bitterness and turned it into a positive.

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Re:Living the Fitbit life by foobarqux on Monday June 23, 2014 @06:36PM (#7935179)

To be clear, you lost 35 lbs after getting and as a result of the fitbit?

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Re:Living the Fitbit life by varelse on Monday June 23, 2014 @10:13PM (#7935870)

In my case, 13 pounds, and yes 100% directly attributable to the mindful state induced by wearing the fitbit. But as I've said in my other two posts in this thread, my response to the information it provided does not seem to be the norm.

Or as the old joke goes: How many psychoanalysts does it take to change a light bulb? One, but the light bulb has to want to change. Devices like the fitbit offer you either the blue pill or the red pill. Which one you take is up to you.

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