MyFitnessPal and Runkeeper
Terrific Pylons gig last night at The Platform Bar at the Students Union. They were on first although in reality the covers band that came afterwards should have opened. We didn’t stay for the two main acts but went downstairs to find a seat and a somewhat (albeit only just) quieter environment where we could hear each other speak.
Anne cooked a lovely prawn chowder which we had before we went out so we didn’t join Nige and the others for a Thai meal at the Brayford. Joe came home later buzzing. He wasn’t too late as he had a taxi coming at 6.30 am to get him back to Newcastle.
Hurricane Henry is still blowing. Joe’s train home, which was considerably delayed yesterday when he came, is once more delayed. Not physically the same train afaik but just a reflection of the chaos the wind is causing to the overhead lines.
Went for a gym induction session with Luke at Yarborough Leisure Centre. Turns out Luke’s girlfriend is Miss Millard, an English teacher at William Farr fwiw. I think John has been taught by her though I struggle with teacher’s names. I only ended up doing 40 mins today, once “induced”, partly because I set the steps on too difficult a setting and knackered myself.
One tip I did pick up from Luke was to use the MyFitnessPal app. This allows you enter your goals – weight loss etc. You tap in your food consumption at each meal and add the amount of exercise done. The app tells you whether you are eating too much or not getting enough exercise. Once home and entering data I found this to be quite useful. Information is power. You can scan in what you’ve eaten (eg scan in the ryvita barcode and the app tells you how many calories per slice. Do this for everything and you can quickly build up a picture of how many calories you are taking on board.
It’s quite revealing. For example adding Branston Pickle to your cottage cheese and ryvita isn’t a sensible thing to do. Lots of sugar and calories. Next time I’ll replace it with onion or simlar.
The other handy feature is that MyFitnessPal integrates with Runkeeper which is really useful app to keep track of your exercise. I know I’m probably boring the pants of you but hey. I’m interested and I have an objective: the Wainwright Coast to Coast walk in May.
It’s a bright sunny day out but Henry still blows and the toothache remains…
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