Fossil Q Hybrid Watch

I've been wanting one for awhile, and there happened to be a 40% off sale at the same time a little cash was burning a hole in my pocket, and pixels were dying on my VivoFit 3, so now I have a Fossil Q Grant.  It's just as bulky and heavy as a full blown touchscreen smartwatch, having 3 stepper motors rather than a touchscreen, but has the classy look of a traditional watch and a one year battery life.  Since my primary purpose in having a smart watch is to track my steps and sleep, not having to take it off for a charge cycle is valuable to me.

I've been wearing it for a couple days now.  As a watch, I like it.  It's comfortable on my wrist, and although a bit large is otherwise a classy watch.  It has the analog display of my goal % at all times.  I don't have to plug it in, I don't take it off, so I don't forget to wear it.

As a smartwatch, the jury is still out.  I'm not fond of being overly notified, I want my phone to serve me, not the other way around.  It didn't take long before I turned off notifications for my messaging app, but I do appreciate vibrating alarms.  (My Garmin VivoFit 3 had a vibrating alarm, but didn't have weekday variable settings, so I didn't use it.)

There are not a ton of options for configuring the buttons on the watch.  I set one button to the "find my phone" feature, one to mode switching, and one to stopwatch mode.  Mode toggle is useful for reviewing the last notification or checking the date (note it will indicate day of month, not the full date, like most of the analog watches it is emulating.)

The most disappointing thing so far is the data display in the Fossil Q app.  I primarily wanted this for steps and sleep tracking, and all I have to show for it is a bar graph.  Maybe some more options will pop up when I have more than a week's worth of data, but I'm not impressed.  It is compatible with Google Fit, so I can see more of my step details there, but it doesn't display the sleep data, and the FAQ clearly states there's no way to export that data.

Fossil Q App Steps

Google Fit App Steps

Fossil Q Sleep Tracking

I'm still happy with my decision, I have a more comfortable and stylish watch, and given the sale I only paid a little more than the current VivoFit option.  (And given that my last VivoFit screen started dying before it's second battery change, I probably would have switched brands anyway.)  I'm not sure though that I would have paid full price for another model not on sale.  $70->$95 is a bump I can easily stomach for style and comfort.  $70->$155 is harder to swallow, might as well go for the $255 for the full smartwatch (which I would do if I had any faith in wrist based HR devices) which can run a fitness app with better display options and do many other things.

More Nuts

I'm missing working right next door to a grocery store.  We do have a pretty well stocked self-serve store at work, and I do have a few options for nuts there.

Product	Servings	Fat grams per serving	Protein grams per serving	Carb grams per serving	Fiber grams per serving	Fat grams	Protien grams	Digestable Carb grams	Calories	% fat calories	Ketogenic Ratio
Peanut Almond Cashew Mix	1.0	26	12	9	4	26	12	5.00	302.00	77.48%	198.63%
Wholesome Medley	5.0	9	4	14	2	45.00	20.00	60.00	725.00	55.86%	65.31%
Cran-Blueberry Nut Clusters	2.0	9	3	13	1	18.00	6.00	24.00	282.00	57.45%	64.75%

I knew the nut clusters were full of sugar, I didn't realize that the medley had almost the same amount.  The medley has cranberries, rasins, and dark chocolate bits in it as well as nuts.

Again, not "paleo" by the omega 6 standard, but that nut mix came out pretty well on the calories from fat scale, even reaching the ketogenic ratio used for therapeutic treatment.