General Diet Plans and Questions - Bodybugg/Go Fit users, lets keep on track together 2!

Ok, we hit 500 on the lst thread, so let post our sucess, troubles and keep track together!

OK first complaint~I took the summer off frem wearing my BB and now I can't log in! it is asking me my security question and no matter what i put in, I CAN'T GET In!

not happy, I sent an email but I will have to call tomorrow and see what I can do to fix this problem!

Hi all! I am brand spanking new to 3FC and I found that other thread so helpful that I thought I'd join and start posting. I should have my BB on Friday and I can't wait! I lost a bit of weight (118 pounds), but I gained 40 back. I want that 40 gone by February and no matter what I do (or have been doing for the past 6 months), it seems like I can't shake any of it!! I am hoping the BB will give me the accountability that I need to kick that weight by the time my wedding comes around!

~Megan

Megan,
:welcome: to 3FC, been here a long time and there is a tone of great info available here.
118 gone is amazing, you should be really proud. the BB will for sure help you see the numbers and the 40 will be gone by February.

back online and I managed to lose the 5lbs this summer, without my BB, i hope it means I am on the right track and I can tweek it enough to start losing again...how is everyone else doing?

Hi all! I am brand spanking new to 3FC and I found that other thread so helpful that I thought I'd join and start posting. I should have my BB on Friday and I can't wait! I lost a bit of weight (118 pounds), but I gained 40 back. I want that 40 gone by February and no matter what I do (or have been doing for the past 6 months), it seems like I can't shake any of it!! I am hoping the BB will give me the accountability that I need to kick that weight by the time my wedding comes around!

~Megan

Megan Wow that's so similar to my story. 116 down. Gained 55 back. Lost 40 of that gain so far and want to lose about 40-50 more by Feb (because that's when my Ironman training program begins) BB has been great - It allowed me to get that 40 off fairly quickly (Just under 4 months) so hopefully it will work for you too.

L- Aw man hope they get back to you quickly.

Hi everyone. I just ordered a GWF with digital display a few days ago, it's supposed to be in for Friday! I won't be able to start using it until Monday because i'll be out of town, but I can't wait! I've been wanting one for a long time and after reading the comments on the previous thread I finally decided it was worth the investment.

I've enjoyed and have been using mine for a while now. I really slacked off of logging food over the summer, but now have commited to get back on track. Even if I don't log food for a day I like seeing how much exercise I've gotten for the day so I still where it all the time. LOVE IT! It really does motivate you.

~Suzie

:cheer3: :goodluck: everyone! :cheer3:

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I've been thinking about getting one but right now money is my issue.I'm trying to save so hopefully soon I will invest in one.I'm just going to lurk awhile to get an idea of what it has to offer.

I am brand new to 3FC too, and this is really the first I have heard of the Body Bugg. Do you have to do the online stuff, or is seeing calories burned, etc. enough? Is it more the accountability factor, or the progress/seeing what you have done that makes this effective for people? I am just curious, it is an intriguing product, but it is rather expensive, especially when I saw the monthly fee, etc. for monitoring.

Hi all!

Bebe: You don't *have to* enter your stuff online, but get more (and more useful) info if you do. One could just look at the burn data if one wanted to (and some people use other sites to keep track of the food part).

I love my BB but you should also look into GoWearFit as they are less $ for essentially the same thing (I'd get a GW if I were buying such a device now). I find it is seeing the progress, knowing where I stand per day or week/part of the week etc AND the food logging (esp. comparing what I have logged to based on measurements, over time). OTOH it is just a tool like any other, kwim?

There are other ways to measure burn, I like measuring ALL the burning I do, not just real workouts, but some people prefer hrms (just for when they wo).

I have been using BB alone since Feb 09, BB and WW online Nov 08-Jan 09, and WW online Sept 08-Nov 08).

Good luck!

ps
I know I am a lot shorter with a heavier goal so I do not know how much MY experience will help YOU but fwiw I like having all the 411 so I can see where to change things if I stall.

Thanks Gretchen for the info.I have thought about WW.I'm going to look into the online.

I have had mine for 6 weeks now and love it. I did not wear it last week as I hurt my back and was not doing any exercise and did not want to get depressed looking at my totals. I started back with it yesterday.

My only complaint is that it does not count all my steps in the grocery store. I guess because I am pushing the cart and my arm is not swinging back and forth.

Hi girls - Just thought you'd be interested I ordered the medium sized arm band and it's definately quite a bit smaller. Wish they had an inbetween size. The large one only had an inch or so room play on it and the medium one just about closes on me but leaves the rougher velcro size exposed. If you decide to size down I'd wait until the large one is at the very end for that reason.

I bought one (GWF) Saturday at Dick's ($119). :carrot: Relatively smoothly I was able to get on, activate my subscription (including the 3 free months), download the software, launch and set up the activity manager and tell the computer what to tell my armband about me. According to the computer it told the armband, the armband was registered and set up, and as soon as it charged I'd be good to go.

But now the computer doesn't like me. :mad: Whenever I go log in (gowearfit.com in case I am being an idiot and missed where I should be going please tell me) I don't get the "launch activity manager" button any more. I get a "You don't own a GWF yet" prompt. If I click get started and tell the computer I bought one elsewhere I just get prompted to buy a subscription (and one subscription will do thank you). :shrug: Fortunately, I actually saved my confirmation number for the subscription, so I emailed customer service last night. I haven't heard back from them yet.

However, since the computer told me the arm band was set up, I have faith and am wearing it hoping it is collecting data. I'l also wearing my Yamax Digiwalker just in case. LOL Lord help me if I try to walk through a metal detector.:o

I'm sure customer service will get back with me tomorrow, :goodvibes just clue me in if I've made some obvious mistake, like not written down a web address like a dork.

As a side note, if you are quite obese, like me, and have large arms, like me, when you do buy or order one, you may want to order the larger armband at the same time. My arms are at the upper limit of what they said the medium would accommodate and it is uncomfortably tight. I can deal, but it's like having a rubber band wrapped around. And I also keep fidgeting with it because of that. I've ordered the larger armband. Just saying in case anyone is on the fence about whether or not to order the larger arm band. If you have obese fatty arms -- I would.


Reading these threads really helped me make a decision. Thank you all.

TX, welcome to 3FC!
keep calling or they may not get back to you!
You may have to reset/reregister the program, which is what happened to me last week, in which case the info on the armband will be lost but there should be a way to manually upload information for the GFW.

Good luck with the program. the numbers make it easy to follow.

I have had mine for about a week now and feel that the accountability really helps me. For a while I was wondering why I was not losing weight and assumed it was due to my PCOS which makes losing weight more difficult. Well, after about three days of wearing it, I realized I was eating as much as I was burning. So no wonder my weight stayed the same. Seeing the numbers makes me face reality more. If I dont exercise, the numbers stay low. If I do exercise, I see the numbers go up. I found that I can burn approx 950 cals in one hour of eliptical and end up doing about 5 miles. It definately makes me work out harder seeing the numbers go up:)
I have a GWF and am so glad I went with it and not BB. The price is lower and in my opinion the sleep analyzer and the moderate/vigorous exercise identifying option is really cool.
So after wearing it a week, I have lost 6.5 lbs and 2 inches off my waist. I think its worth the $220 I spent...Keeps me honest

I posted a rather lengthy post in the introduction section explaining my frustrating inability to stick to anything long enough to see results. That being said, I just got a bodybugg from my gym and am really excited about it! I have my "Free 45 minute consult and set-up" this Thursday, so I assume they will explain everything I need to know to be successfull then, but I am eager and curious as to how it works exactly? Do you wear it while sleeping? How accurate is the website for calorie counting when entering food? I have used other free sites for calorie counting and I always run into trouble when I'm eating food I either haven't made myself or doesn't have nutrition labels. How exactly do the numbers on the display tell you what you are burning as opposed to what you are consuming?

Thank you! :carrot:

I have the Gowear Fit which has the sleep analysis feature. The bodybugg does not have that. I have heard some wear their bodybuggs to bed though. As for calorie counting, I find that the gowear fit website is adequate for that however the food list is not very extensive and I have found myself putting in the information for some of the foods I eat. The good thing is that it saves it for future use. I used sparkpeople for my calorie tracking and love the fact that you can search other memebers lists to see if they have added the food you are searching for. I have also known some people to track their food on a separate site and use the bb/gwf site for calculating calories burned.
As for the display, it tells you calories you have burned from midnight to current time, what you burned yesterday, what your daily target is, and how much you have burned on a single "trip"..I use the trip option to see how many calories I burn in a workout. it will tell you how many calories you burn and your average cals per minute. the display also tells you number of steps for the day, yesterday, your target steps a day, and steps in a "trip". It will also tell you how many minutes of "activity" you have done...mine is a gowear fit so it tells you how many minutes of light, moderate, and vigorous activity . I know that the BB does not distinguish between those levels but it does tell you how much activity or exercise you have done.
I hope this helps:) I am sure you will love you BB when you get it :)

well, if you are getting it free from the gym, you can decide if the freatures of the BB are good for you.I do wear my BB to bed.I also don't care about the moderate /vigorous issue but some do..
the food feature is only as good as your logging. you will have to take time to add your favorites and If i don't have a lable I will make a best guess OR log onto calorie king and get the info and then enter it into my BB site.

Good Luck and again welcome to 3FC

L -- Thanks for the advice! I did have to finally call and the "guy" said, I was just now looking at your case. Um yeah, just now cause I called. ;) On top of that YOU were perfectly right. For some reason my subscription didn't process, so basically all I had to do was resubscribe. Which I had considered doing but didn't want to get billed twice 3 months from now (You know straightening out that is always a nightmare no matter what anyone claims!) Because the armband had been registered or synched or whatever the right word is it actually preserved that information and uploaded it. So that was nice.

For years I've been saying, "Some nights it feels like I just lay there and hardly sleep at all." It appears that wasn't just a feeling.

The day before yesterday it didn't seem to pick up the stationary bike (recumbent) but I am going to try it a few more times and see what happens. Or move it to my calf like L and JaJa suggest here. Does it overread doing that? It did awesome on my walk yesterday!

Thank you ALL!

Try it on your calf and try not wearing it and do a manual input and compare to see how the results compare.

LAG -- I used Spark to log my food. I'd pretty much perfected it. So I have been logging there, then getting the nutritional totals for the day and logging that as one lump item in GWF (I just call the food 09/30 transfer from spark). That way food logging hasn't taken me any longer than it used to outside of about 1 minute.

I created JAB (just a bite) got the idea from someone here. It is 25 calories and if I have a bite of someting i I use it, bt if i am logging on my ipod I will do a transfer of total at the end of the day too so I don't have to do it again....

Thanks to all the info I read in these threads, I decided to go ahead and purchase the GFW today! Another thanks to everanderson for giving me an extra 10% off at the website as Dick's is all sold out. I do have one question and didn't see it asked anywhere (but I could have missed it)...how easy is it to have someone else use this product? Say that I use it for 6 mos and get to my goal and want to let my hubby use it (would have got him one too if it weren't for the price), anyone know if that's possible? I really wanted this product for the accuracy of my calorie burning to see why it is I have plateaued for so long. After awhile I think I'd like someone else to benefit from this product as well.

not a problem, you just change the information and goals to set it up for another user, you just can't flip back and forth.

Perfect, thanks =)

Hey everybody, I just got my Gowear today.. thanks to the post a few days ago I was lucky enough to find one reduced at Dick's! I'll probably have a lot of questions but for now just wanted to HI!!!:carrot:

So here it goes, how often do you update your stats? Do you log your food in before you consume or after? How does it know what exercise I am doing eleptical opposed to aerobics, walking, pilates, etc...... Thanks and feel free to offer me any advice i'll take it all :dizzy:

I had adapted to my armband, or so I thought. I mean, hey it wasn't the most comfortable thing, and I have a small bruise, but it was worth it, LOL. I was actually thinking I shouldn't have "wasted" the money on a large armband that I could suck it up.

But my large armband came yesterday! LIFE CHANGING FOLKS! I hardly notice the thing now. I put it on and forget about it. IT ROCKS!

So, if like me you have um, generous, arms, and the band that comes with GWF fits your technically and your arms are technically in the circumference it says it fits but you find it a wee bit annoying, I'd really consider the $20ish (after shipping) larger armband. Did I say it's LIFE CHANGING? It has completely changed my relationship to the band. I don't think about it any more than I do my wedding ring now.

Someone way back asked about if people say anything/ask what it is, etc. Most of my short sleeves shirts it is just barely visible under. When I wore a tank top the other day nobody asked. But I also had on my universal do not disturb sign (the MP3 headphones).

GoFitMama -- I log all my food at once at the end of the day. That said, I log maybe twice a day on SparkPeople, depending on my computer access, and then at the end of the day just transfer the lump sum totals to GWF. I've been uploading my arm band twice a day. LOL TOTAL overkill. but the data just AMAZES me. Heck, I just now uploaded it real quick (third time today) to see what a trip to the mall and laundry washing looks like. I'm sure eventually I'll upload it MUCH less often.

As far as I understand it can't tell if you are doing Pilates versus yoga versus laundry. It just can tell that you are exerting yourself and at what level. An activity monitor so to speak. That's actually how I explained the whole thing to my son, I said it tells mmmy if she is moving enough.

Good morning TXmommy929,

Thank you for your info... I can see I am going to be an uploading junkie until I get my display! I went to bed around 1 am and just finished uploading my GWF! I have to say it seems pretty accurate, it showed I wasn't sleeping during times I do find myself restless. I am going to enjoy playing with GWG I feel it coming on ... :cool: I am assuming you don't have a display, do you think you will purchase one. one more question where did you purchase your extra armband... :):):)

I have a question, where can I purchase more bands?

I know that BB and GWF use the same ones and can be found at 24h fitness's online store and apex (probably through GWF too, I bet).

In Feb 24h was the cheapest, not sure currently.

It is great to have at least 2 so one can be washed while the other is being worn. (Esp after workouts cause: ewwwww)!

Surprisingly enough you can't purchase them through the GWF website, unless I am missing something I will check the other sites thank you!!!

Never mind, I must have been blind GWF site sells accessories... :o:o:o

Hello everyone!

I ebayed a gowear fit back in August and LOVE it. I have been logging my calories on fitday PC for years (even with their crappy database) and many days their calorie burn matches the gowear fit - but not always! It is a shame the GWF food logging is lacking so many inputs (no minerals/vitamins but calcium, no fat tracking but saturated, no potassium) although I like that it does include sugar grams, unlike fit day. But I don't really count sugar grams that hardcore. My diet is based on good fats and fiber (...and protein). So GWF not tracking anything but sat. fat is annoying for me.

I've been sick the past couple days and I'm at too great of a calorie deficit and I know I'm eating muscle. : ( :( : ( Even yesterday, sitting around most of the day, doing homework (post-bac teaching certification, yay!) and watching Hulu my deficit was over 1000 and thank goodness I have the weekend to veg because during the work week I was deficiting around 1400. The scale doesn't go down as fast but I feel great and have a better body comp at a smaller deficit. ... Rather, the deficit doesn't matter as much if it is only coming from activity and not lack of food. Feed the muscle, burn the fat and all that.

Anyhoo, I love it and I didn't think I would but I actually want the display. Just not enough to pay 70 dollars for it. heheh. Some day.

Also I love inputing my daily smoothie/sludge since it looks like I'm eating 1000 calories in one sitting. Hah!

I started out with my GWF with like.... 15 inch biceps and I agree that I wish they would give you a choice on the armband because I would have for sure picked a large (you know, assuming I didn't purchase it from ebay). Good news is that in only a couple a weeks it went from biting into me to just hugging me. The bruise I had the first week is gone (yikes!) lol. I first lose weight in my limbs though, so I thought that might happen.

I'm glad you found it GoFitMama! I'm serious, it's changed my relationship with the band. LOL I don't even think about it being on my arm now. I don't have the display and I don't think I'll get one. It's not a particularly attractive "watch" and I don't tend to wear a watch. And I think if I clipped the display on me I'd be checking it constantly. It's realtively expensive, and by teh time I decide to shell out the money I'll have not had it long enough that it won't make sense. :) I've set my goals at levels I hope to, over time, be able to naturally perform. If that makes sense. In fact, I didn't upload it yesterday and did phenomenal.

Yesterday it did pick up moderate activity (while on my arm) while I was on the stationary bike, too. So, I'll keep seeing what makes the difference.

I've found the whole sleep thing to be fascinating. I can see where I woke up last night during storms. when I sat up to look at the clock. When I got up and went to the couch because my husband was snoring like a freight train....

I have the Sensewear and did get the display with it. At first I used it all the time but the novelty wore off and now I rarely put it on. I didn't like the watch as I felt it was cheap looking. Instead I wore it on my bra strap which worked great! I have had my Sensewear for 6 months now and I really think it is one of the best investments that I have made. It sounds like GWF and SW use the same food logs and could use a serious overhaul. Still, I would recommend these products to anyone!

I started at 177 and set a goal of 152. part way through, I changed it to goal of 147 which seemed better at my 5'6".
today i weighed in at 142.6, so i am officially THERE.
It took 22 weeks on 1200 cal (which is closer to 1500 when you count all the veggies).

Six weeks ago, I added the body bugg (counts calories you expend each day and gives you a place to log your food). That got me through the last 12 pounds. I love the accountability and the reminder to get up and move in addition to formal exercise.

I think I am ready for maintenance or may decide to see if I can go a few pounds lower.

Adding the body bugg has made a big difference.
It provides an accountability on a daily basis to say "get up and move" and "do you really want to eat that?"
my plan is to burn average of 2200 cal per day and try to keep calories at 1500-1900 and see what happens.

would appreciate any words of wisdom.

I was on the old thread but wanted to jump on this one early.

I've been working on losing since June 5th and got my GWF probably a week or so after that. I'm staring 40 pounds gone right in the face right now and I really believe that having the GWF has really helped me! I love it! I wear it all the time and never even notice it.

I do have one question and didn't see it asked anywhere (but I could have missed it)...how easy is it to have someone else use this product? Say that I use it for 6 mos and get to my goal and want to let my hubby use it (would have got him one too if it weren't for the price), anyone know if that's possible? I really wanted this product for the accuracy of my calorie burning to see why it is I have plateaued for so long. After awhile I think I'd like someone else to benefit from this product as well.

I have twice loaned my GWF to active friends for 24 hours. They were curious about it and wanted to see what they were burning during certain workouts. One of them is planning on getting one now.

Since it doesn't use your weight in its algorithm, it's still very accurate. It's just measuring heat expended, essentially, and heat = calories. The only thing that gets LESS accurate is when you "edit off-body time." When you do that it is more accurate the longer you wear it.

But if you just want to let someone use it for a day to show them how much they burn when working, or running, or sleeping, or doing the dishes, it's fine to just let them wear it for a day and you don't have to change anything in your own software. You just won't have data for yourself for that day. (I gave my friends screenshots of their days.)

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Ok so I thought I would answer a few questions that seem to pop up over and over...
this is what I do...

Eliptical/bike: i put the BB on my calf. the reading is lower than the machine and it is off on step count but calorie wise I am ok if it is low. the calorie calculators online are about 4x higher and i would rather not go there, if I believed that I would never be in WL mode.

Sleeping:
I wear my BB to sleep but I move it to my right arm to give my left arm a break and when it needs to be charged I do it over night. my balckberry charger works just fine for charging.

food: I log all of my food, if I am out and using an app (iphone/Blacknerry) I will keep track on the road and move my calories over as 1 lump sum in a made up food, just a bite (JAB)(this was a suggestion i got from someone here about the little nibbles of things we try) which is 25 calories . it won't be accurate in food break down but I am ok with that because it keeps my intake/ouput accurate.

I have been back to wearing my BB since the cooler weather is upon us and happy to be back on track...

I have about 20lbs left to go and was invited by high school friends to join them for alumni weekend...motivation? and my son's bar mitzvah in april...more motivation, then summer and bathing suits around the corner form there...even more motivation...so I am looking long term!

You guys! I was such an idiot last week. XD My gowear fit kept sliding off, either completely or needed to be hitched up and I was getting really annoyed! Especially since sometimes the shirt I'm wearing is too form fitting and long-sleeved to get it back on without taking my arm out of the sleeve.

It took me FOUR DAYS of this sliding off before it even occurred to me that I needed to tighten the strap! I had been wearing it all the way to the buckle and it (the medium strap) had been really tight when I first put it near the end of August and you can tell I'm not used to thinking anything might need to be SMALLER. I easily pulled it over an inch tighter and it stopped falling off. :carrot: Yay! Non-scale victory! (Or the elastic stretched rather quickly, you know, whatever XD)

Ok so I thought I would answer a few questions that seem to pop up over and over...
this is what I do...

Eliptical/bike: i put the BB on my calf. the reading is lower than the machine and it is off on step count but calorie wise I am ok if it is low. the calorie calculators online are about 4x higher and i would rather not go there, if I believed that I would never be in WL mode.

Sleeping:
I wear my BB to sleep but I move it to my right arm to give my left arm a break and when it needs to be charged I do it over night. my balckberry charger works just fine for charging.

food: I log all of my food, if I am out and using an app (iphone/Blacknerry) I will keep track on the road and move my calories over as 1 lump sum in a made up food, just a bite (JAB)(this was a suggestion i got from someone here about the little nibbles of things we try) which is 25 calories . it won't be accurate in food break down but I am ok with that because it keeps my intake/ouput accurate.

I have been back to wearing my BB since the cooler weather is upon us and happy to be back on track...

I have about 20lbs left to go and was invited by high school friends to join them for alumni weekend...motivation? and my son's bar mitzvah in april...more motivation, then summer and bathing suits around the corner form there...even more motivation...so I am looking long term!




thanks for answering some questions that I had. I also have 20 lbs to lose and I am hoping I will have it off by my birthday ( in June)

I have been on track all week with more than 1000 cal deficite each day (we are doing some manual labor around the house) but had a few salty meals (sushi and some smoke house almonds) so my weight is the same this week so homefully it will go down...I was pleased to go try on jeans yesterday and be down another size...now I have to find them in a "short" on Zappos for free shipping :)

I have been using my GoFit for a few days now and I am finding great information from it. The sleep eval was quite interesting but not enough for me to wear it to bed, especially since I have 1000 calorie deficit without measuring while I am sleeping. I just can't believe I burned 230 calories cleaning the house!! I would have never guessed ;) I am very happy with my purchase and if I can continue at the rate I am going, they calculated a target date for my goal weight the day before my birthday in June. That would just rock to turn 40 and hit my goal weight!!!

I have been using my GoFit for a few days now and I am finding great information from it. The sleep eval was quite interesting but not enough for me to wear it to bed, especially since I have 1000 calorie deficit without measuring while I am sleeping. I just can't believe I burned 230 calories cleaning the house!! I would have never guessed ;) I am very happy with my purchase and if I can continue at the rate I am going, they calculated a target date for my goal weight the day before my birthday in June. That would just rock to turn 40 and hit my goal weight!!!

Remember that unless you edit your "off body time," it's still assuming you're burning the 1-2 calories a minute that you do when you are being inactive. So it IS still counting something for when you're sleeping. So that 1000 calorie deficit is probably pretty accurate -- but what I'm saying is that it's probably not MORE than that.

My apologies if you already realized that -- I couldn't tell from your wording so I thought I would pipe up :)

Just checking in.

Still losing, but much more slowly now.

Looking for work, it is tough esp as I cannot work overnights/early mornings as dh does that and someone needs to be with dd and take her to school...

Ok, you've inspired me to pull mine back out of the box. I had problems keeping mine synced up (Gowear) and I just set it aside until I had time to look in to it, and forgot about it!

Does anybody else ever have problems with it not wanting to sync up?

I have BB but cell phones and other wireless signals can interfere (if you mean the Display)...

Sorry if that wasn't very helpful though!

I'm currently saving up to get a gowear fit from amazon {with gift certificates} and have two questions:

1. Is it waterproof - i.e. can i wear it while doing pool exercises?

2. Has anyone ever used either the BB or GoWear Fit when using a wheelchair? I use a power chair much of the time due to back issues.

no neither the BB and GFW are waterproof so don't swim with it!
as for the wheelchair, I am sure it will work. You can enter your swimming when you plug in your device and add swimming durring the "off body time"

neither are waterproof.
no swimming.

but it will stand up to a lot of sweat, so I'd call it water resistant as opposed to waterproof.

great tool. don't know how it will work with a wheelchair.

throughout this forum, lots of people speculate about putting it on your thigh for cycling etc.

I'd contact the company to see if they have addressed the wheelchair scenario.

ceebee

It will record your calories fine as you are sitting in a power wheel chair. To the BB/GWF it'll be like you're sitting in a car or something. You won't be burning extra calories in a power wheel chair so I would imagine it'll read whatever you baseline is for being stationary -- i.e. watching TV or sitting at a desk.

Thanks Gretchen, that could be the problem as I'm trying to sync up in a room full of electronics!

I just got the GWF this morning and it's amazing! The only issue I've had is I can only log three days of food on the website and it averages to get my average calorie intake. I thought you could keep a daily journal. Bummer. I guess I'll just have to use something else then (which I kind of expected from the posts here and in a previous thread).

Other than that, this is awesome :) :) :)

I've had my bodybugg since June and am wondering something. Does anyone notice that they lose MORE when their deficit is no more than 1000 cals per day? I kind of went off plan for about a week with no exercise and was eating pretty crappy :( But since Monday I'm burning 3400 calories per day and only eating about 1700 creating a 1700 calorie deficit. Realistically, I should have lost at least a pound in 3 days, but the scale has only moved -.2 (?) I'm assuming it's because I've increased my workouts & I'm holding onto some water weight from muscle repair. Plus, it's only been 2 days :o

Don't worry, I'm not freaking out. :) I know it takes awhile for my body to catch up to the changes. And I'm eating well, and clearly burning plenty. So I'm going to continue like this for the next week or 2 and see how it goes. But I was just curious to see about anyone else's results. Thanks everyone!

I've had my bodybugg since June and am wondering something. Does anyone notice that they lose MORE when their deficit is no more than 1000 cals per day? I kind of went off plan for about a week with no exercise and was eating pretty crappy :( But since Monday I'm burning 3400 calories per day and only eating about 1700 creating a 1700 calorie deficit. Realistically, I should have lost at least a pound in 3 days, but the scale has only moved -.2 (?) I'm assuming it's because I've increased my workouts & I'm holding onto some water weight from muscle repair. Plus, it's only been 2 days :o

Don't worry, I'm not freaking out. :) I know it takes awhile for my body to catch up to the changes. And I'm eating well, and clearly burning plenty. So I'm going to continue like this for the next week or 2 and see how it goes. But I was just curious to see about anyone else's results. Thanks everyone!

I have about 120 days of data -- both my calorie counts and my GWF numbers. If I use them as I have them written I calculate a weight loss of 52 pounds in those 120 days. My actual weight loss over that time was 35 pounds. Now, at first glance maybe that doesn't look so accurate, but if we assume that I (like most people) am not 100% accurate on my calorie counts, it becomes pretty close to reality.

If I assume I am underestimating my calories by 15% (the average of the 10% and the 20% numbers that I often see) it calculates that I've lost 43 pounds.

Assume I'm wrong by 20% -- and I think that due to the way I count calories (I don't count any veggies except starchy veggies, I don't count all the Crystal Light I drink, I am definitely NOT as good about tasting things while I cook as I should be) -- and it calculates a 40 pound loss.

Now I think that already pretty damn close! I think being within 5 pounds is pretty impressive. But we haven't even considered any inaccuracy in the GWF.

If I throw in an additional 5% inaccuracy in the GWF and a 15% calorie underestimation and we're down to 38 pounds lost.

Keep the 5% in the GWF and bump my calorie underestimation up to 20% and we get exactly 35 pounds lost.

I think those numbers are pretty impressively close no matter how you tweak them. And it makes me think that if I want to be REALLY accurate I need to count my veggies! But since it's working for me as it is, I'll just assume a 20% calorie underestimation due to my calorie counting method and keep doing what I'm doing. When I stop losing weight I'll start weighing lettuce!!

Thanks so much for the detailed response, Rebound. I really appreciate your data and imput. I'll assume I'm underestimating my calorie counts and see what the next few weeks bring. I'm just happy that I keep that calorie burn over 3000 almost every day.

To enter more than 3 days of food on the GoWearFit. Log into your activity manager and click on the resources tab. Then click on preferences and change to daily food logging. It will be the first option.

I'm currently saving up to get a gowear fit from amazon {with gift certificates} and have two questions:

1. Is it waterproof - i.e. can i wear it while doing pool exercises?

2. Has anyone ever used either the BB or GoWear Fit when using a wheelchair? I use a power chair much of the time due to back issues.

It's not waterproof, but I've found it's been fairly forgiving. I've jumped in the pool TWICE forgetting I still had it on and both times swam 25yards before realizing and pulling it off. I'd still keep it away from water as much as possible you can add in the swimming when you upload your info for the day. Just a tip though if you store it in a moist environment (I've put it in a baggie or a shoe) sometimes it won't register as "Off Body" while you swim, so keep it dry as you can if you want to enter then info later.

Things are going well for me. -45 since using the bodybugg since late May. I should be slightly farther on, but I've had a few bad weeks here and there but in general still losing well. Only -45 more to go!

Wow! Your success is really inspiring.

I have had a GoWearFit for a few weeks now. I haven't been too focused on losing weight, but instead on keeping honest and accountable about what I eat. I tend to go thru phases of "I have no idea why I am gaining weight," when I know on paper my weight = calories in-calories out!

Great job, Idealmuse.

To enter more than 3 days of food on the GoWearFit. Log into your activity manager and click on the resources tab. Then click on preferences and change to daily food logging. It will be the first option.

thanks! that totally helped :)

just a few more questions while I wait on funds for my gowear fit from amazon.

I do WW - do I need to track calories in addition to points for this to work well, or can I just times the number of points I eat daily by 50 to get an approximate number for calories?

just a few more questions while I wait on funds for my gowear fit from amazon.

I do WW - do I need to track calories in addition to points for this to work well, or can I just times the number of points I eat daily by 50 to get an approximate number for calories?

It will work the same no matter how you determine your calories. If you want to be super accurate about your deficit, then you would have to do your exact calories. If you are already doing points and not calories, though, I would probably just multiply by 50 and go with that number.

If you look at my previous post, you'll see that even though I feel that I track my calories accurately, there is still some amount of difference in the calculation of pounds lost to the actual pounds lost.

So if you want to feel like you are "accurate" to every single calorie, you'd need to count calories as well as do WW points. But you'd have the same problem I do as far as "free" veggies. Things that were free on WW I tend to now count even though I'm doing calories now.

If I were you I'd multiply my points by 50, and then by another 10% to 20% and use this number as your "calories in." I don't use the GWF food tracking stuff because I already had a system I liked. I just take the number my GWF gives me for calories OUT, the number from my calorie tracker for my calories IN, and subtract them in an excel spreadsheet. Thats where I got all my data for my other post.

I've had my bodybugg since June and am wondering something. Does anyone notice that they lose MORE when their deficit is no more than 1000 cals per day? I kind of went off plan for about a week with no exercise and was eating pretty crappy :( But since Monday I'm burning 3400 calories per day and only eating about 1700 creating a 1700 calorie deficit. Realistically, I should have lost at least a pound in 3 days, but the scale has only moved -.2 (?) I'm assuming it's because I've increased my workouts & I'm holding onto some water weight from muscle repair. Plus, it's only been 2 days :o

Don't worry, I'm not freaking out. :) I know it takes awhile for my body to catch up to the changes. And I'm eating well, and clearly burning plenty. So I'm going to continue like this for the next week or 2 and see how it goes. But I was just curious to see about anyone else's results. Thanks everyone!

I feel better and get better scale and pant fit results if I don't go over 1000 deficit. And, if the deficit is mainly from food vs added activity I start to feel icky and scale and pants don't go down as fast. If most of my deficit is from activity and I've taken it enough nutrition (amino acids, fiber, good fats, colorful array of fruits and veggies and enough carbs for my brain and muscles to have glycogen to eat) ad then just boost my burn rate I feel FANTASTIC. This way doesn't cause huge weekly pounds lost but I do feel better and hit an average deficit of 890-1200. The scale shows I've lost 15 pounds but I'm down _almost_ two pant sizes (still too tight to be flattering but they button!)

However, I would never eat more food if I wasn't hungry or feeling drained in some nutrition or brain chemical, just to decrease my deficit.

In the clinical trials the sensewear was off my about 10% compared to O2 consumption tests. Often it underestimated, though. And unless you weigh every morsel of food on an accurate gram scale your food intake numbers are never going to be 100%. I weigh a lot of my food but not everything. I do try and be realistic though (but we all know we tend to underestimate calories and overestimate activity).

And, if the deficit is mainly from food vs added activity I start to feel icky and scale and pants don't go down as fast.

I had a bad calorie weekend and tried to make up for it with 2 lighter days of calories. My normal Target was 1500 and I did maybe 1200ish. Yesterday when I went to run I had an especially bad run day and I believe it's because of the lower calories mostly. I aim for most of my deficit via exercise as well normally it seems to work out best. I think my BMR rate is about 1700.

I have to say though I have aimed for a 1500 deficit some weeks and I didn't have any issues losing that extra pound, but I was over 200lbs and they say you can lose about 1lb per 100 fairly safely. In general most weeks I keep to the 1000 deficit as I'm trying to lose the bulk of my weight before I start training with a group in Feb for my Ironman.

With WW... Honestly I'd rather use calories to get as accurate as you can. The weight watchers calories can be vastly different depending on how much fiber is in your diet and how much veggies you include, but if you don't care about how close it is then estimaging the 50/per point would work in general. Your just going to have more variation in the predictability of your numbers, but in general you'll be on the right track and still be able to see how your activity impacts your deficit which honestly I think is the most benefical part of the BB/GWF program.

Jennifer: is it working now or did you have to email/call Tech Support?

I *used to* be able to lose with larger deficit but now the weight is coming off much more slowly and some weeks I maintain even with a 500-750 def (but am averaging about 1#/week loss, soon to go down as it is becoming lower, but I used to hit 2# each week with about 1k def until I got lighter/smaller/more fit).

At least I am still losing despite some $ stress and some changes (new job with oddly restrictive eating opportunity etc). Here's to before and ater work mini meals keeping the ol metabolism humming though!

Hey guys!
I just finished reading that giant 500 post bb/gwf thread. My gwf came in the mail today. I was so so excited!!!
As soon as it charged I put it on, and then I went on a walk with it and my husband and dog. :carrot:
I couldn't stop talking about how excited I was! This is the coolest tool I've had yet, for weight loss.
I will probably go make an introduction thread for myself next...
I just finished 6 weeks of p90x and GAINED over 10 lbs. I am going bananas.

I hope that this tool will really help me with my caloric intake. I have a food scale that I plan to use religiously in order to make sure of my intake. That is where I think I mess up a lot. In how I measure my food.

bethany, Glad you like it!

In case anyone wanted to see my Progress Pics here they are (it is a link to my flickr account, I hope it is permissible cause that is where they are).

http://www.flickr.com/photos/salmonstreetstudio/sets/72157616354098030/

Losing is still happening, but much more slowly. However I can actually see changes due to weight lifting so that is cool!

ps
I used WW online from Sept 08 to Jan 09.
Added v2 BB in Nov 08
Got v3 BB in Feb 09 and dropped WW online at that time
Still going...

Hi Y'all!

Waving wildly! After reading about it here :), I wanted a GoWear Fit so badly, I started calling around. Found *the last one* at a quasi local Dick's and I'm picking it up tomorrow! I can't wait. :)

I'm on WW online but plan on dropping it once I get set up with the GWF.

I was just at my local Dick's Sporting Goods and it seems they were officially out of GoWear Fits (there was not even a floor model with the other fitness gadget display). They did have a display model of the... display XD but no other stock and though I tried to politely wheedle a discounted price on the floor model of the display the sales lady told me they do not sell display/floor models even on discontinued merchandise (and she wasn't entirely sure the GoWear Fits were discontinued).

I was just at my local Dick's Sporting Goods and it seems they were officially out of GoWear Fits (there was not even a floor model with the other fitness gadget display). They did have a display model of the... display XD but no other stock and though I tried to politely wheedle a discounted price on the floor model of the display the sales lady told me they do not sell display/floor models even on discontinued merchandise (and she wasn't entirely sure the GoWear Fits were discontinued).

The Dick's I went to sold me their last Go Wear Fit. It was the display, but they gave me an additional 10% off. Yeah!

I love it so far. I feel like it is overestimating my calories burned, though - that it overestimated my BMR. The only other thing is that the arm band starts to annoy me at times. This is only day 3, so I am hoping I'll get more used to it.

I was just at my local Dick's Sporting Goods and it seems they were officially out of GoWear Fits (there was not even a floor model with the other fitness gadget display). They did have a display model of the... display XD but no other stock and though I tried to politely wheedle a discounted price on the floor model of the display the sales lady told me they do not sell display/floor models even on discontinued merchandise (and she wasn't entirely sure the GoWear Fits were discontinued).

So does that mean Amazon is likely to quit carrying it soon?

Trying to decide if I have enough time to buy it with gift cards or if I need to somehow come up with the money for it now.

So does that mean Amazon is likely to quit carrying it soon?

Trying to decide if I have enough time to buy it with gift cards or if I need to somehow come up with the money for it now.
Nope. Dick's used to carry them in stores and online but the online store doesn't even turn up a hit and most physical stores were clearancing out the arm bands for really nice prices (some physical store may even still have the clearance bands). Amazon and drugstore.com appear to be in no danger of discontinuing their own sales.

I bought my arm band on ebay and am on the lookout for a fabulous deal on the display but am not willing to spend any real amount of money on it, hah.

The Dick's I went to sold me their last Go Wear Fit. It was the display, but they gave me an additional 10% off. Yeah!

I love it so far. I feel like it is overestimating my calories burned, though - that it overestimated my BMR. The only other thing is that the arm band starts to annoy me at times. This is only day 3, so I am hoping I'll get more used to it.

Man! I want that display display! But it wasn't even on sale let alone the issue of the lady telling me they don't sell floor models.

It clinical trials the sensewear (which I have to assume still runs on the same inner workings of the Bugg and GoWear Fit) tended to underestimate calories burned when compared to the Gold Standard of oxygen consumption tests. That may only be true during vigorous exercise though. The report I read said about 10% under O2 monitoring. Body Media says expect the product to be about 10% off (both +/-) which still makes it at the top of accuracy game when compared to almost anything in its price range.

If someone here also wears one of the more accurate "calories burned" features on a high end Polar or Suunto HRM we could get an approximate, to compare. I know people who use a _good_ HRM with one of the better calorie counters say that the numbers during their workouts are very close to their Bugg/GWF. Of course, I've seen a lot of good HRM with pretty poor calorie trackers. I'm much more trusting of the GWF algorithms than any HRM since that isn't their primary function. Just like I trust the Garmin Forerunner's GPS a lot more than some of the Polar HRM with GPS (but know Polar is better at heart rate than the Forerunner).

Another thing that can affect your BMR is your body composition. The more muscle you add the higher you BMR so sometimes the scale doesn't move much but our body is busy burning fat and building muscle - which changes our numbers and it seems to me that the GWF does pick up on that (I think the heat radiated sensor would probably be influenced by changing body comp, out of all the raw data).

Gretchenpdx you looks fabulous. I might have to get that hoodie.

I get a lot of my shirts from Etsy too. Usually spending most of my Etsy Proceeds. :)

bethany, Glad you like it!

In case anyone wanted to see my Progress Pics here they are (it is a link to my flickr account, I hope it is permissible cause that is where they are).



Wow, you look amazing!

Just finishing up Day 5 with my GoWear Fit!! One thing I have discovered is that no matter how long I try to sleep, I tend to only sleep 5:20 - 6:00 hours a night. Is this normal? Anyone else find they only sleep this? I tried to sleep 10 hours last night and still... only slept 6. The night I tried to sleep 7, I slept 5:24. It seems silly to make myself lie down for longer than 7 or 8 hours if I am not going to sleep anyway.

So far I love love love this thing!! Besides the cool information about my sleeping patterns, I also feel this awesome sense of control over my weight loss. Within the first few days of lowering my intake, I dropped like 4 lbs of water weight (even though my time of the month came then, too) and this thing motivates me to take a walk or move more to get a few more calories burned in every night.

One night I ate just to maintenance. I normally would have considered my diet screwed at that point, but since I KNEW I was at maintenance I stopped eating... normally I'd just say "screw it" and probably eat more. Which is why I weigh what I do lol. Now, I just realize that it is OK. I can have days where I eat enough, but I know I am not undoing my hard work from the days prior.

I am weighing everything I eat on a scale, too, so that helps. I feel like I am not lying to myself about portion size, cuz I can't.

Anyway, I love my GWF so far! If I have a deficit of around 650 for the next two days, I should lose 1 lb this week. That makes me happy. If I only lose 1 lb a week, I will be at my goal weight when my husband comes home from his deployment. woo-hoo!

[quote=Gretchenpdx;2985292]bethany, Glad you like it!

In case anyone wanted to see my Progress Pics here they are (it is a link to my flickr account, I hope it is permissible cause that is where they are).

http://www.flickr.com/photos/salmonstreetstudio/sets/72157616354098030/

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Gretchen! AWSOME!!!!!

I got my BB a couple of days ago - still pretty excited about it - and have actually been logging my calories - which I usually don't want to do - but it is pretty easy!

also now I realize how many calories I am drinking (from alky!) - argh!!! Guess I will have to work out more on days I drink :)

can't wait to see if I finally lose some weight (since I have gained about 30 easily in the last year or 2)

Is there going to be a forum for this great tool?

Hello all,
I am hoping someone here might be able to shed a little light on why my GWF numbers are different from display to upload to activity manager. My display says I've burned 2363 calories and the upload says 2060. 300 calorie variance is significant. The steps are more slightly off 10392 vs. 10351, but I don't understand why. Has anyone here had that problem? I plan on calling support but I'll have to wait until Monday.
Any input is appreciated.
Thanks,
Lindy

My display and activity manager numbers usually don't match - but not by that much.

But, I'm a newbie, too!

Hello all,
I am hoping someone here might be able to shed a little light on why my GWF numbers are different from display to upload to activity manager. My display says I've burned 2363 calories and the upload says 2060. 300 calorie variance is significant. The steps are more slightly off 10392 vs. 10351, but I don't understand why. Has anyone here had that problem? I plan on calling support but I'll have to wait until Monday.
Any input is appreciated.
Thanks,
Lindy

Sometimes I find mine is off by that much if I have had any off body time, maybe keep it off for the night and see if you get a reset in the moring.

Also, I am not sure if gofit has a message board, but BB does at apex.com and you may find the answer to that on the message board there...

Hello all,
I am hoping someone here might be able to shed a little light on why my GWF numbers are different from display to upload to activity manager. My display says I've burned 2363 calories and the upload says 2060. 300 calorie variance is significant. The steps are more slightly off 10392 vs. 10351, but I don't understand why. Has anyone here had that problem? I plan on calling support but I'll have to wait until Monday.
Any input is appreciated.
Thanks,
Lindy

The display uses a different, simpler version of the algorithm that the full program uses. It says SOMEWHERE in their material that the display and the upload values may be different from each other for this reason.

The uploaded version is supposed to be more robust and therefore more accurate.

Can anyone just jump in? I finally got my software updated and able to upload. :)

Can anyone just jump in? I finally got my software updated and able to upload. :)

Yes, jump in! :carrot: Glad your upload is working now!

Thanks everyone for your help; you've been very helpful. I've been learning more and more and I will call support about the variance on Monday. I do have another question for anyone who might be able to help. I cannot find the "edit" function that enables me to enter "off body" time and activity. I've seen instuction that states to edit under calories burned drop down but I don't see anywhere to edit. Can someone point me in the right direction, please?
Thanks!

Go to My Calories Burned in the Activity Manger. Click it to expand the section. If you've had off body time, you'll see the edit button just below - and above the graph.

I'm not sure how much "off body time" you have to have for this to show up. it doesn't when I shower. It did today when I had it off for 4 hours.

30 min.of off body time i think

Oh? I guess I haven't had anymore off body time than it takes to shower. I've always put it back on just as soon as I was out. I have it off right now, so I'll wait about an hour and see if the edit shows up. How odd that it doesn't show if you've not had any significant off body time. You peeps are a God-send. There is no lierature that tells me this info that I can find so were it not for 3FC, I'd be so lost...
With uber graditude -
Lindy

Awesome thanks for letting jump in. It says I am on a downward trend however, I don't believe so with the amount of food I am eating. I guess I will see at the end of the week. I need more control over what I eat. :(

I LOVE this thing. :) And, it seems to be pretty well calibrated/etc. I've lost the amount of weight that it says I should have lost, so that's a good thing. :)

Hi. Just got my gofitwrear and just found this site. So far, I love it. But its not something I'm going to want to wear forever.. my idea was that I'd use it for a couple of weeks, figure out my baseline and patterns, then pass it on to a friend to do the same thing. Has anyone tried this? I know the FAQ says it's for use by one person 'cause the results will be skewed, but I'm thinking of one person at a time, for at least several days each. Would that work?

N chris :welocome: to 3fc!
yes, I gave mine up for the summer and I am back into wearing it. i do find it a little adicting (had to not wear it this am because I was dressed up and it showed) but it relly has made WL easy because all I have to do is follow my plan and if I don't it is just 1 day AND if i have a cookie, I know it is not the end of the world nor do I have to throw it all away. I will guess like most of us, you will wear it well past the few weeks. so advice is to keep it honest about the food (easy to lie but it is only a lie to yourself) and enjoy it. It really is a cool tool.

Hi NJChris - I'm a new user but already hooked! One thing to keep in mind is that as you lose weight and become more fit, the calories you burn will change - your BMR will change as well as your burn for doing specific activities/exercises.

I LOVE this thing. :) And, it seems to be pretty well calibrated/etc. I've lost the amount of weight that it says I should have lost, so that's a good thing. :)

I agree. I love this thing. I finally gives me info on Calories OUT.
it is too easy to think you have burned more than you have, to give yourself a "day off". but with the bugg, i feel much more accountable.
occasionally i cant get in my 2200 cal per day, but with diligence, i have been able to hold that to one day or so a month.

I agree. I love this thing. I finally gives me info on Calories OUT.
it is too easy to think you have burned more than you have, to give yourself a "day off". but with the bugg, i feel much more accountable.
occasionally i cant get in my 2200 cal per day, but with diligence, i have been able to hold that to one day or so a month.

It's way useful for the calories out. I think too many both over estimate how much they burn, and under estimate how much exercise CAN impact your loss if your doing enough of it.

It's way useful for the calories out. I think too many both over estimate how much they burn, and under estimate how much exercise CAN impact your loss if your doing enough of it.

wow
you have done great.
to what do you attribute your success??

wow
you have done great.
to what do you attribute your success??

Thanks Cee... Just balancing my deficit really. I did the first 60 before I had a bodybugg, but bodybugg makes it a lot easier and less of a guessing game. Also, a big thing for me training for fitness goals (triathlon etc.) has been key in keeping me active daily, which makes it easier to maintain a deficit even on my less then stellar calorie days.

You look like you've done great too! How long have you been past goal?

Yesterday I was completely inactive.. I hurt my back somehow and was either sitting still or lying still all day. I still burned 1800 calories. This gives me a great feel for my "baseline" metabolism. I can't wait until my back is better and I can see what a really "active" day looks like.
Getting back to my last question, has anyone either gotten theirs from someone else and used their subscription, or shared with someone else? Can the parameters on the subscription (height weight, goals) be changed? I know I'll use this for awhile, and then will want to use it again periodically, but I'd like to pass it on after a month or so. Has anyone done this?

Thanks Cee... Just balancing my deficit really. I did the first 60 before I had a bodybugg, but bodybugg makes it a lot easier and less of a guessing game. Also, a big thing for me training for fitness goals (triathlon etc.) has been key in keeping me active daily, which makes it easier to maintain a deficit even on my less then stellar calorie days.

You look like you've done great too! How long have you been past goal?

I hit my goal of 146 about 8 weeks ago.
Then just stayed with 2200 cal per day burn goal and 1700ish calories for eating.
so 8 weeks later, i am at 138. cant see a reason to change anything as it is quite comfortable.
but wonder what the right weight is??????

Just checking in. *waves*

For the first time ever I started being annoyed by the armband. I've been wearing it 23.4 hours a day, on average, for a 2 months and I guess it just finally got to me (I wear it on my right arm at night and on my left during the day). So I took it off Saturday and today and I'm ready to start again tonight. :carrot:

Yesterday I was completely inactive.. I hurt my back somehow and was either sitting still or lying still all day. I still burned 1800 calories. This gives me a great feel for my "baseline" metabolism. I can't wait until my back is better and I can see what a really "active" day looks like.
Getting back to my last question, has anyone either gotten theirs from someone else and used their subscription, or shared with someone else? Can the parameters on the subscription (height weight, goals) be changed? I know I'll use this for awhile, and then will want to use it again periodically, but I'd like to pass it on after a month or so. Has anyone done this?

You can change height/weight/goals by clicking on the profile tab. Although so far I've only ever seen people let someone borrow their GWF to check out their daily burn, without changing the owner's software setting.

Just checking in. *waves*

For the first time ever I started being annoyed by the armband. I've been wearing it 23.4 hours a day, on average, for a 2 months and I guess it just finally got to me (I wear it on my right arm at night and on my left during the day). So I took it off Saturday and today and I'm ready to start again tonight. :carrot:
I will even move it around my arm, to the side, to the back and twards the front, high and low I don't like it on the inside of my arm, or sometimes I wear it on my calf high up, below the bend behind the knee.

On a side note, I have been having trouble getting my eliptical and BB to give me similar readings so I have been playing with the weigh settings on the eliptcal. I dropped the weight down to 60 and the reading was close...

I hit my goal of 146 about 8 weeks ago.
Then just stayed with 2200 cal per day burn goal and 1700ish calories for eating.
so 8 weeks later, i am at 138. cant see a reason to change anything as it is quite comfortable.
but wonder what the right weight is??????
The right weight is such a tricky question once you get out of the obviously overweight. If you're healthy and comfortable, I think that is the most important. I know I plan on getting some sort of accurate body fat measurement as I get closer to goal (DEXA scan or water displacement) because ultimately I don't care about the scale number so much as how much of that scale number is fat.

So, we all know height/weight charts aren't a gold standard but it looks like at 5'6" (and without knowing your build or age) you are not considered underweight until 116 pounds (which... seems pretty skinny for anyone over the age of 20)

Ultimately, if you are in a routine that you can follow for life and are healthy and happy... let the weight fall where it will?

The right weight is such a tricky question once you get out of the obviously overweight. If you're healthy and comfortable, I think that is the most important. I know I plan on getting some sort of accurate body fat measurement as I get closer to goal (DEXA scan or water displacement) because ultimately I don't care about the scale number so much as how much of that scale number is fat.

So, we all know height/weight charts aren't a gold standard but it looks like at 5'6" (and without knowing your build or age) you are not considered underweight until 116 pounds (which... seems pretty skinny for anyone over the age of 20)

Ultimately, if you are in a routine that you can follow for life and are healthy and happy... let the weight fall where it will?

"let if fall where it will" -- i like that phrase.
dont think there is much danger that i'll go below 116 (though I read that Jennifer Anniston at 5'6" weighs 115).

136 this morning feels pretty good, but just cant see a reason to change what is working. so i guess i'll take your advice ad see where it falls. thanks

I LOVE this thing. I am down 6 pounds since I started wearing it 2.5 weeks ago, which is very good for me. One of the things that it has really helped me pin down is that there are some days in my life/job when I am very sedentary - and others when I am very active (without any sort of formal exercise). There is actually fairly big difference - about 1000 calories a day burn. Wearing this gives me a nudge to get some sort of activity in in the evening - I rode the elliptical while watching TBL last night! And lets me know that it's OK to eat a tad more on some days and still maintain my desired calorie deficit - even if I didn't formally "exercise."

I have been thinking abut getting a GWF or BodyBugg. Which one would be easier for someone like me who is not savvy about computer things? I need SIMPLE.

They are made by the same company the software is slightly different. the GFW is cheeper on the start, but the membership is slighly more expencive, I would not be suprised on the next major upgrade if these 2 become one with an itergaration of both software peices.
Check out the websites, chose which has the best features for you becuse they both will plug in and upload the same.

Thanks for answering so quickly. In reading here it looks like you can wear the GWF at night but don't have to wear it whereas the BB is not worn at night. Is that right? I am buying one of these today and telling my husband he got me an early Christmas present. :-)

I have the GWF and I wear it at night. I worried if it would bother me, but it doesn't. I actually really love this part of it because it's helped me focus on getting a good night's sleep on a regular basis. The goal is 8 hours - and I never actually hit it - but if I get around 7:30 I usually feel great. If I only get 7 hours, I can feel it the next day. (Last night I got 3:20. I can certainly feel it today!)

Anyway, if you don't wear it at night - or every night, you'll have the option of filling in that off body time.

Awww, dude. I'm so happy. Got an email yesterday from Body Media (as I'm sure you all did) that on Tuesday at 2pm they will be launching updated software. And they're calling it "Body Media FIT 3.0". Uhh, okay. Whatever you want to call it, I just hope the database got an upgrade and this isn't just a facelift.

Did Body Bugg people also get this email or is it just the GWF/sensewear people.

I did not get one from BB. I hope you get some good updates. Tell us what they are!

I hope BB does some too. Mostly food selection and journaling.

I bought my GWF and got that email later that day. At first I thought it was for a new version of the device and was kicking myself for not getting the new one but upon closer reading it looks like it is just a site upgrade.
I can't wait to get this. The funny thing is that just knowing I am getting it has gotten me counting calories again and aware of time spent not moving. I even created an account at an online calorie counting site.

Yes! I'm SO excited to see the changes that they are going to make to the software! It looks like a lot of wishes will be granted :D

Can anyone log on to the new bodymedia/gwf website yet? I can't. :(

It's up now! Yeah!

I was prompted to download new software - and now my armband won't sync. :(

I think it is very interesting that bodymedia seems to have decided to throw the majority of their interests behind the gowear fit vs the body bugg or sensewear. Changing gowearfit.com to bodymedia.com instead of bodymedia.com being the splash page for all three of their product lines.

Aaaaand, hhichick now I'm too scared to download the new software. XD Right now I'm just trying to log food... which is not working out so well (error on page, error on page, blah blah). The download said it was for syncing but maybe food logging doesn't work without it.

Huh. I never could get gowearfit.com to work in firefox but bodymedia.com (food logging, anyway) now it works in FF but not in IE.

....And MAN, food logging goes sooooo much faster. Thumbs up! Adding custom foods is faster, too! Things are so much faster I'm only slightly miffed they still only allow you to track calcium as the only mineral (still no vitamins or the food label required A, C, or iron).

You can also create custom foods without being forced to add them to your food log right that moment.

I'll poke around more (and eventually download the new sync software) but right now I'm just impressed that it wasn't just some crappy bulky facelift with no actual improvements (been using microsoft and adobe too long -- hahah!)

I was able to log dinner at home on the mac (where I've never been able to sync). I did sync this morning - so hopefully it's fixed tomorrow. There error I've been getting makes me think it's on their end - it errors midway through the upload and says it's a database issue.

Well, I tried to upload without the new software, just to see what would happen and I got a database error. I agree they'll probably fix that by tomorrow and it isn't a new software thing.

Dude. I just stumbled across another body media site. dotfit (.com) which is selling a GWF-clone (silver instead of grey) called the "exerSPY". Right now it is on sale (armband, 1 coaching session, and 12 month commitment) for 99.95 but regularly they want 400 dollars! And the website subscription to "dotFIT Me" is $19.95/month! TWENTY BUCKS A MONTH!

They also sell supplements (meh) and exercise and nutrition coaching/support (looks like the coaching may be included in that 20 bucks)... or, rather, the software comes with the $20 since you can join the service without an exerSPY. Guess dotfit is like ediets but with the option of a body media armband.

I just can't get over the price difference.

Hi guys,
been following this thread as well as the previous one for quite awhile now as a lurker but after bodymedia`s recent software update i decided to post because i was wondering if after last tuesday`s update any of the GWF users noticed a lower calorie burn in comparison with their usual calorie burn in similar days/previous week? I`m just asking because i actually got differences in the 200 to 300 calorie range and found that they were weird considering that my weeks are usually quite identical when it comes to calorie consumptions given that my daily and weekly routines don`t change much.

thanks in advance

That's an interesting observation! I only used the new desktop sync once because I can't figure out why I would let that junk run in the background for the one time of evening I upload my data. The burn was a little lower but my evening walk was also cut short so I didn't think anything of it. Because the software just reads the raw data calculated by the firmware in the devices I'm not sure why either the new desktop software or the new site would cause a change in data. Unless we downloaded a firmware update with the software (which I don't remember) or... the desktop software has some code to reduce the total burn by X.

I would look at days you have the same routine and see if uploading via the website vs the desktop have any differences. Unless you are seeing changes on the new site regardless of how you upload. For me, I can't say I've noticed any difference with the new site.

I'm confused. There is more than one way to upload your armband data? I always just use the sync armband button.

I did update the software after the website update, but I still upload the same way that I did even before the update.

I'm confused. There is more than one way to upload your armband data? I always just use the sync armband button.

I did update the software after the website update, but I still upload the same way that I did even before the update.

The new software we were prompted to download has nothing to do with the actual site (as far as I can tell), it is a desktop app for uploading your data. "BodyMedia Sync" runs in the background (you can see it in your systray, using around 8,356K of memory) and when you plug in your armband it opens with "armband connected. Syncing data, please wait" and then "armband syncing completed. Would you like to view your data?" if you click "yes" it opens bodymedia.com in your default browser. It also tells you exactly how much battery you have left instead of the browser sync that just has an approximate graphic.

So three ways to upload:
1)via bodymedia.com usb
2)via bodymedia.com wireless
3)bodymedia Sync desktop app (maybe it doesn't work on your mac?)

Now I'm even more confused. I upload on the PC at work (because I couldn't get it to work on the Mac at home) and have NEVER had the desktop app ask open and syn. I've even plugged in the armband before opening bodymedia because I'd read it was supposed to do that - nothing happens. I figured they were still getting the bugs worked out. :) I did download (and thought I installed) the new software after the update. It never prompts me to do anything else now.

So, I always upload via bodymedia.cm via USB, the same way I have since day 1.

I wrote to support asking about the wireless upload and was told it wasn't available yet. Do some of y'all have it?

hh, to see if you have "BodyMedia Sync" check your programs under the start menu, it should be in a folder called "BodyMedia". If it isn't there you probably didn't download it.

For the wireless, I don't have it but I remember it being confirmed in the old thread that the body bugg wireless uploader works on the GWF.

I'll be in the office tomorrow so I'll check then.

I'd love to be able to upload wirelessly - I figured that there had to be hardware out there for it, because the software is there. I guess they are going to rebrand it for the new site? It explains why the GWF were clearanced out at Dick's - I suspect they are repackaging it all as Bodymedia.

I am charging my GWF right now and looking forward to using it. Does anyone know if my heart rate monitor will interfere with the GWF? I like using a heart rate monitor when I exercise.

Too many signals flying can't interfere with each other but I know several users that also use HRM and/or Garmin Forerunners and it seems to work out. I think the biggest issue is syncing wireless items like body media armbands with their displays and HRM watches and chest straps. If you don't have the display to the GWF and just need your chest strap and HRM to sync you may need to take-off the GWF and put on your chest strap and HRM, first and then put the GWF back on. Or it may not be an issue, you'll just have to experiment. ^^
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