How to read MMA8452 and make green and red LED's light up depending on gforce

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I am attempting to use an MMA8452 accelerometer (SparkFun Triple Axis Accelerometer Breakout - MMA8452Q - SEN-12756 - SparkFun Electronics) to measure G-force experienced. I would like it to have a green light when the g force is below a certain value(in this case 0.8g) and read when it is at or above 0.8g.

I have wired up the breakout board with 2 330 Ohm resistors between the scl and sda lines. and the board is supplied with 3.3V from the uno.

I am an absolute nube when it comes to navigating this website's forums to find examples of how to do this.

So far i have pieced a couple of example codes together to get this:

#include <Wire.h>                 // Must include Wire library for I2C
#include "SparkFun_MMA8452Q.h"    // Click here to get the library: http://librarymanager/All#SparkFun_MMA8452Q

MMA8452Q accel;                   // create instance of the MMA8452 class
const int green=3;
const int red=5;
const string 
void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);
  Serial.println("MMA8452Q Basic Reading Code!");
  Wire.begin();
  accel.init(); // Default init: +/-2g and 800Hz ODR

  pinMode(green, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(red, OUTPUT);

  if (accel.begin() == false) {
    Serial.println("Not Connected. Please check connections and read the hookup guide.");
    while (1);
  }
}

void loop() {
  if (accel.available()) {      // Wait for new data from accelerometer
    // Acceleration of x, y, and z directions in g units
    accel.read();
    x = accel.cx;
    y = accel.cy;
    z = accel.cz;
    Serial.print(x);
    Serial.print(y);
    Serial.print(z);
    if ((accel.cx)>0.8){
      digitalWrite(red, HIGH);
      digitalWrite(green, LOW);
      }
    else if ((accel.cy)>0.8){
      digitalWrite(red, HIGH);
      digitalWrite(green, LOW);
       }
    else if ((accel.cz)>0.8){
      digitalWrite(red, HIGH);
      digitalWrite(green, LOW);
    }
    else {
     digitalWrite(green, HIGH);
      digitalWrite(red, LOW);
  }
    }
  }

I have been playing with this for a couple days now. Honestly just need some direction at this point. I dont really know what the hell im doing here.

Code for accelerometer to activate LED. - Programming Questions - Arduino Forum just found this thread, now I just need to adapt it to mma8452 and my G limits. I have a sd card shield so I am going to attempt to incorporate that.

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