An astonishing number of firsts, as I'm opening up my WiThings scale, in an attempt to liven up and continue the progress 23 lbs less of me initiative. (let's be honest -- weight loss and dieting is a real snoooooooooooooooooooooooooooze).
So I bought this little number, and to be honest, it was a little bit of a stretch, spending $150 on a scale, but let's talk about the firsts, first.
First 1st -- Twitter-sourced purchase. @Dens was tweeting about giving this to his sister for Christmas and said that @Jack gave him the idea.
Second 1st -- This, at the time of purchase, almost felt like a purchase for technology's sake. (Never a good move, but I've been accused of that before).
Right out of the box, its presentation is Apple-esque and very beautiful (quite shocking for a scale. Fired it up, and what I loved about it immediately was it was an electronic scale that gave you an immediate reading.
We've had two other scales in our house since Aug 4th. The 1st was an electronic scale that worked great, but I hated waiting, waiting, waiting only to get an 'Errrr' in the morning. Weighing yourself in the AM is rough enough without having to deal with that.
That scale was replaced by the old school 'normal' scale, but while that gave an immediate reading, I was never convinced that it was giving good readings and since little curious fingers could adjust the zeroing out -- didn't feel confident in it and sometimes went to check in on the old electronic scale.
If you do stick around on this new scale, it tries to calculate your BMI.
All of this (and here's the ringer on why I got this thing) is uploaded directly over your wireless network to your own personal tracking website. The scale is quick enough to recognize different people and all of that.
My only disappointment is that I didn't have this on Aug 4th, when I started this whole weight loss insanity stuff.
Here's to a healthy waist line in all of 2010. If I get real brave, maybe I'll even let you all take a peek.
