When I first wrote my review of [Apple Watch](https://loopinsight.com/2015/06/16/apple-watch-my-most-personal-review-ever/) and [follow-up](https://loopinsight.com/2015/06/18/follow-up-to-how-i-lost-over-40-pounds-using-healthkit-and-apple-watch/) in June, I had lost 40 pounds. I noted that I still had a little way to go to reach a goal I had set about 11 months ago—today, I made it.
As of this morning I lost 47.1 pounds. It was a ridiculous goal that I never thought I’d get to, but here I am. The only reason I set a goal was because the apps I was using wanted a number—any number—so I chose a nice even number and kept using it.
I thought I may lose a few pounds using HealthKit and Apple Watch, but with almost 50 pounds shed from my body, I’m still going. Doctors say my ideal weight is 10 pounds less than I am now. That is my new goal, but I’m going to tackle that the same way I lost the initial weight—slow and steady.
I’m still walking, lifting weights, and watching what I eat. I still drink beer and enjoy food, but thanks to Apple Watch and HealthKit, I’m more aware of what’s happening with my body.
Apple Watch and HealthKit have truly changed my life.
Wow!
How did the health kit help you? I’d love to get advice on how to use it to help me lose weight and be healthier.
Awesome, well done!
Congratulations! That kind of weight loss is a real accomplishment! Hopefully I’ll reach my weight loss goals, too.
Sure beats having to hire a guy at a gym to nag you out loud.
Congratulations!!!
I’m sure your family is so damn proud of you for what you’ve accomplished. As I said in an earlier article you wrote about this, you & Peter Cohen have been a great inspiration for many of us struggling with weight & health issues.
Well done Jim!
Congrats!!
Congrats! It’s a tremendous accomplishment!
Congrats, Jim. Here’s to your good health.
This is truly excellent. Congratulations.
What’s next?
Thanks for being open about this goal and the progress. Inspiring!
Congrats! Stay on track! Here’s a silly qusetion – when you lose so much weight, how often do you have to buy new pants?
Great one! Inspiring!
congrats indeed!
I guess i am too lazy, then.
What does Apple Watch have to do with it? Anybody can lose weight without purchasing an Apple Watch.
Fantastic! The larger challenge, however, is keeping it off. About 20% of people who have lost more than 10% of their body weight have regained most of all of it within a few years. What will be impressive is if the watch leads to a lifestyle that allows you to maintain your lower weight.
He said before it reminds him on what is good for him and to get up at certain times and reach goals.
I have had essentially the same experience, but I’m only at 30 pounds so far. Great work! I’m going for 20 more. Workout and Health are practical and useful. Way to go, Apple!
What apps did you use?
Congrats Jim.. That’s astonishing…. and wonderful..
So, is your new goal to loose that extra 10 lbs., say by the end of the year?? That would be slow and easy and hopefully, your doc would approve the time frame…
I admire your work because MANY years ago, I did almost the same thing – 64 pounds – but I did it in about 6-7 WEEKS.. The result was good – the effects it had on my health for YEARS was marginally awful… I whole-heartedly support YOUR way…
Again, Congrats….. VR
Really glad to hear you’ve stayed committed. Long-term success is a lifestyle change, not a “diet” you do for a while or a visit to the gym for a month and think it will stick. Set impossible goals and fail. Set realistic ones (like still occasionally enjoying your beer and comfort food) and it will last a lifetime. Well done!
Still can’t get to really love my Apple Watch but this definitively shows it’s a great device. Thank you for a very inspiring sharing and big up for that awesome achievement!
get a fucking clue. really.
Well done, Jim. For all the assistance and incentive the Watch and HealthKit have given you, it’s still fundamentally your willpower at work. It’s a great achievement.
Well done. Although you’re probably spending a small fortune on a new wardrobe – not a bad “problem” to have…
Here’s what you need to do. First find a run tracking app. Runtastic and Strava work the best. Then use a calorie tracking app like MyFitnessPal or Lifesum. Connect all of them to HealthKit, and use lark as your personal coach. Also use Pedometer++ to track your non workout walking. All of the apps I mentioned are free or freemium
I don’t have an Apple Watch yet, but ever since getting an iPhone 6 and the FitPort app which allows me to visualize and track my steps and set step goals, I’ve felt better and looked better and am WAY more attentive to my exercise level (or lack thereof) throughout the day. I can’t wait to see how the watch takes my activity to the next week.
Congrats on the weight loss and health gains Jim. Well done.