The Cheap Man's Weight Loss Plan

Now that the Fitbit Ionic has been in the marketplace for the better part of a year, I figured it was a good time for the cheapo to go ahead and review it. The Fitbit Ionic debuted late last year with an MSRP of $299, and the Fitbit store is still charging this inflated price. Amazon has it discounted down to $280, but this is still way too much. $200 seems like a pretty fair price for a new Ionic, but since they just released their Versa model watch at that price point, I guess they feel like they needed to keep the Ionic as their premium/GPS model. El Cheapo picked up his Ionic for $150 used on Craigslist. My impression of the watch falls somewhere between meh and good. I'm going to compare it to the Fenix 5X because that seems to be the best basis of comparison even though most people in the market for the Ionic are probably deciding between it and the Apple Watch 3. I haven't tried an Apple Watch and will never buy one. I've tried an Android LG Sport Watch for ...

I'm closing in on a year since I started this plan, sort of on lark. I finally feel like the person I always was and not who I allowed myself to become, getting pissed off in the moment seeing photos of my fat self and then resigning myself to the idea that changing would be next to impossible as I got older. I have no regrets. I miss nothing because I deprive myself of nothing. I've scaled back from the more austere weight shedding calorie budget and phased in some additional light workouts in exchange for turning off the calorie meter for big weekends and big events. I still count calories as best I can during the week and weigh myself every day that I have access to a scale. That's really the key: the knowledge feedback loop prevents you from gaining weight because you know exactly when you're over-indulging and need to start making adjustments before you snowball back into relaxed fit jeans. I bought a tux for the couple of family weddings I have this summer (chea...