Knowledge

Knowledge is Power.

You have heard it, right?

I love knowledge.

I would still be in college today if time and income permitted.

I just love to learn things.

I am friends with my dictionary.

I use google regularly.

I am thankful for knowledge.

I was so excited when one of my survey companies offered me a product trial.

I love free paper towls, free tp, free shampoo ...

but this was even better.

A fitness tracker.

For one week I got to wear the Metria IH1.

It was a patch worn on the back of my arm.

At the end of the week,

I mailed the device back.

About a month later, I got to read my results online.

I learned how many calories I burn on a normal day.

I learned which of my exercises gave me the best bang for my effort.

I learned how well or how poorly I slept nightly.

The knowledge has helped me immensely.

I have calculated my daily calorie needs many times using online BMR calculators.

The calculations usually equal 1400 calories.

When trying to lose weight, I would just cut from that each day.

My Metria results showed me that my BMR (I looked at my Sunday reading)

is more like 2200 calories.

When I cut calories from 1400 I was actually losing weight, 

but also slowing my metabolism by cutting too many calories.

I can now "diet" with knowledge.

I LOVE IT!

Do you have a fitness tracker?

Which one?  Fit Bit, Polar, Garmin?

Does it help you?