Withings Health Mate
by Volker Weber
I have completely switched over from UP to Health Mate after Jawbone introduced their Smart-ass Coach. Today I earned my 1000 km badge. That means I have now accumulated roughly 1250000 steps on Health Mate without any additional hardware to the iPhone 6 Plus. I had clocked around 2750000 steps on UP when I started using Health Mate to record my weight with the Smart Body Analyzer and later my blood pressure. Now it's all in one place.
Since my desk is only a few dozen steps away from my bed I have no morning or evening commute that I could walk. Instead I walk 12 km at noon, mostly skipping lunch and a nap that I was used to. In the evening I add another 4 km walk before bed time. That's about 10 miles a day. Without a fitness tracker I am missing most of the other steps around the house, but they make up only about 10% of my exercise anyway.
Last week I spent a little more time than usual and went 34% higher than my 100 km goal. Friday through Tursday was even higher at 180000 steps and almost 150 km. I am holding up longer than I thought. Temperatures are still above freezing and we have not seen any snow so far. Depending on the type of winter we have this year, I will have to dial down a bit. But then I can add snow shoveling. ;-)
Comments
16km every day!? RESPECT!
Thank you. Last Saturday was only about 9 km, but more than 20 km on all other days.
I see traces of obsession here. :-) Im Ernst: Respekt!
Indeed. What a pitty we could not meet this year :-/ Would have loved to :)
Martin, Nachbarin sagt, ich sehe jede Woche jünger aus. ;-)
In terms of snow and ice I can recommend shoes from IceBug. At least you get a good grip; though, of course, they don't solve the freezing problem. ;-) Congratulaions, Volker.
Frag doch mal Deine Nachbarin, ob die nicht umziehen möchte? Bei uns imHaus ist noch was frei ;)
@Volker: Das mit der Nachbarin verbuche ich unter "Gamification". :-)
Frage: Welchen Schrittzähler kaufe ich nun meiner Frau (iPhone 5C)?
Frag sie. Er muss ihr gefallen. Und sie muss ihn wollen.
Bestellt! Sie hat den pulseoximetrischen von Withings genommen...
Gute Wahl. Und heute auch günstig.
Wow! Gratulation! Wir sollten uns mal wieder treffen. Wahrscheinlich siehst Du zwischenzeitlich jünger aus als ich. ;)
Soviel Du gerade arbeitest, kann das vorübergehend so aussehen. Aber ich habe ja doch gehörigen Vorsprung.
