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Synicalchick
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Posted: 20 February 2010 02:47 am |
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My name is Tracy Willoughby. I am 40 years old and weigh approx 260 lbs. I am the proud 'carrier' of the lap band which has helped me slowly lose 110 lbs.
I hate to exercise and calculate calories. I've been hearing about the body bugg through the Biggest Loser for a couple of years now and have been wanting one. Finally this year, for my 40th birthday I decided it was the perfect birthday gift to help get me over the weight hump.
I got my bugg in the mail today. I am a tech tard so I was kind of concerned that I would have trouble setting it up. So far the only thing I had trouble with was figuring out where the USB port thing was located. Took me about 30 minutes to find it but I prevailed (YUP... like a monkey playing with a greased football.. )
I will start using my band/watch tomorrow. I want to be at 199 by 1/31/2011 and according to my bugg, that means 1.25 lbs lost per week. That equals a 650 calorie deficit per day. (I must burn 650 MORE calories than I consume)
I am also the new owner of the Health Master and I LOVE LOVE LOVE it. It's an easy way to get in my allotment of fruits & veggies.
Basic info on the Bugg and what it does:
The revolutionary new bodybugg makes it easy to manage the calories you consume and burn so you always stay in control of your weight. Get started with a personal phone coach. Then manage your results daily on our user-friendly web based program.
The bodybugg armband achieved average accuracy rates of 90% in studies comparing calorie expenditure measurements from the bodybugg device to calorie expenditure measurements in a metabolic chamber (the "gold standard" of calorie expenditure measurement)*.
motion/steps: The armband contains an accelerometer. The accelerometer measures motion. It measures how you move from multiple perspectives to give a fuller ungderstanding of movement. Steps are counted using the accelerometer to measure the distinct patterns created by running or walking.
galvanic skin response: When you sweat, your skin becomes more electrically conductive. This measurement helps the device understand how active you are.
skin temperature: There's an electronic thermometer inside your armband that helps you know how hot you are.
heat flux: When you move, your muscles produce heat. You measure the heat that's flowing from your body into the environment.
it's easy - monitor how much you exercise, manage how many calories you eat, then track if you are burning more calories that you are consuming
it's flexible - eat what you want, when you want, workout on your own terms
it's customized - your program is based on your age, weight, height and personal goals
start with a 45 minute session with your personal phone coach
view your progress with a 6 month subscription to the web based nutrition program, included with the initial purchase of the new bodybugg.
I also have a journal on here under Weight Loss Surgery but I don't remember what I called it specifically... (Synicalchicks lap band something something uh... sorry. I'll look it up and reply here) if you are interested in reading about that journey.
later.. Tracy aka Synicalchick
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Synicalchick
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Posted: 20 February 2010 02:50 am |
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The name of my other journal on here is
Lap Band Surgery: Before, After and In Between by Synicalchick
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Synicalchick
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Posted: 20 February 2010 01:32 pm |
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GAH Day 1 with bugg on arm.
I am so stinking frustrated right now. I cannot get the dingin' digital watch to sync with the bleepin' arm band and I'm following the instructions to a tee.
I wonder if you burn extra calories for being extremely irritated???
WHOHOOHOOOO! I am sync'd! It would seem the magic tric for syncing requires doing while on the toilet.....
Last edited on 20 February 2010 01:38 pm by Synicalchick
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Synicalchick
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Posted: 21 February 2010 01:42 pm |
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so there's def. a learning curve with this thing. I sync'd up no problem this a.m. last night what was frustrating was on the website where you enter your food, it won't let you edit anything once you've put it in. The took the website down for a few hours last night for maintenance so i"m hoping that's part of it.
For instance.. I don't like to take vitimins or eat a lot of fruit and veggies. I don't have a lot of room so I'm supposed to reserve that space for protein/fiber. I use my healthmaster to get in my daily allotments of fruits and veggies.
Yesterday I made my drink (which makes to large shaker things full so it takes me all day to get through it and sometimes I only get through one). I didn't drink the entire thing.. only half, however, I couldn't go in and edit what I had put in so it showed me over in calories there.
THEN I was entering in my "lupper" We took my hubby's granny out to lunch so I had a small salad and evil serving of mac n cheese and a serving a mashed potato's (BAD BAD BAD I know) so I come home to enter them and from what I could tell it wasn't taking because my calorie intake wasn't changing so I entered it THREE seperate times. It took alright.. ALL THREE times and it wouldn't let me go back and edit anything. Grrr.
I'm supposed to get a 45 minute coaching session over the phone and I hope I'll be able to ask about this.
I took over 5,100 steps and was logged as moderatly active. I burned over 2,000 calories but I don't recall the exact number. This is going to be a really useful tool if/when I can figure out how to use it correctly.
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Synicalchick
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Posted: 25 February 2010 03:08 pm |
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My steps have gradually increased everyday. my goal day before was 6K and I did over 8K. My goal yesterday was 8K and I did 10,010. My goal today is 9K.
I love having the digital display for my bugg. I jogged in place last night before uploading my bugg to the computer so I would make 10K.
My 45 minute coaching session for my bugg is tomorrow a.m. I'm REALLY enjoying my bugg. It makes me a lot more aware of what I'm doing during the day.
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Synicalchick
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Posted: 26 February 2010 02:54 pm |
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| so my phone coaching session was VERY helpful. The things about the website that were frustrating me are now clear and I can use my bugg to it's fullest potential. YAY!
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Synicalchick
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Posted: 1 March 2010 01:16 am |
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so this is pretty cool. Your bugg makes you very aware of the steps you take each as as a pedometer is part of it's program, but it also measures physical activity based on body heat and other technical stuff.
I only walked 5,522 steps today. I just went about my normal Sunday without walking or exercising extra, HOWEVER, my day today was spent working and cleaning up the house and doing some Tie Dye stuff which is not a sit on your arse project. I've been burning on average, according to the bugg, about 2,600 calories per day. Today without reaching 10K steps I still burned 2,334 calories. Neato.
I have yet to meet my deficit goal of 650 per day but I'm getting close. I need a calorie deficit to lose my goal of 1.25 pounds per week.
This bugg thing is a really cool/useful tool. LOVE IT
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Synicalchick
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Posted: 15 March 2010 01:12 pm |
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| I've had my bugg for about 3 weeks now and I LOVE IT It really helps me during the day to up my activity knowing at a moments glance how many calories I've burned for the day or steps I've taken.
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zenobia
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Posted: 16 March 2010 05:02 am |
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would you say it's pretty accurate? would you recommend it? it seems pretty cool, but they are kind of expensive...
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Synicalchick
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Posted: 16 March 2010 02:16 pm |
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I think so. Money very well spent. I've been waiting to get one for about 2 years now and finally made the investment. This isn't just for weightloss it's for life. It's really cool knowing my activity level and calories burned daily. When you up load at night then enter your calories for the day it shows you your deficit (or lack of one) so you know what you need to work on.
I burn on average 2,400-2,800 calories per day. This is really cool to know and I can base my calorie intake per day knowing what I burn.
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Synicalchick
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Posted: 22 March 2010 06:25 pm |
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With my body bugg I hadn't been logging my calories because I was frustrated with the body bugg site (not their fault.. I just hadn't taken the time to play with it). The frustration was entering my food. I make a lot of my own stuff (like 2% yogurt for instance) and fruit drinks and of course I coudln't really find anything that was comparable. I knew there was a place to enter all the nutrition info for custom stuff but couldn't remember where. I also knew there was a place to edit each meal/snack but couldn't remember where. I was determined yesterday to play around and find them and I did so I'm back to logging what I eat. This time instead if logging at the end of the day I do it as I go (unless it's a fruit veggie thing) I do that at the end of the day. My calories burned daily averages about 2,300. Sometimes it goes up to 2,600 or more and a few times less so a good solid average is 2,300. I almost burned 3,000 the other day.. that was AWESOME but I wasn't logging what I ate so there's no telling how much I consumed. I eat more when I don't log it.
ANYwho. Now that I've figured this out maybe I can start reaching my calorie deficit goal of 650 per day. I need to burn 650 MORE calories than I eat in order to lose 1.5 lbs per week (I think.. I may be off on the pounds).
That is what is SO COOL about my bugg. I'm not neccessarialy married to a certain amount of calories per day. Throughout the day I KNOW where I am at for calories burned so If I eat more than I should I know I can make it up by walking more(or sometype of calorie burning exercise). It totally puts the remote in my hands.
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Synicalchick
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Posted: 1 April 2010 03:38 pm |
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I've been getting in almost 11 thousand steps per day. I am really getting a lot of good use out of my bug.
I have dedided I need to 'change' or implement 5 things
1. I will now walk to the mailbox instead of driving by it (unless it's raining)
2. I will do 15 minutes of some type of activity (walking, yoga etc) before 8 a.m. during the week
3. I will not eat 2 hours prior to going to bed. Should = out to around 6:30
4. 5 days per week I will walk 10K + steps per day
5. I will look at myself at least once a day and tell myself "I love you and you are worthy"
When I get these nailed down I'll add one more, then another, then another.
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