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Originally Posted by Realist
Hi all,
I am so in love with my bodybugg. I feel like it keeps me accountable. And I appreciate that. As you can see from my ticker, I am "very" overweight. It suggests I burn 3300 calories and each about 2000 (for a 2.5 per week lose). I have found it is hard to hit the 3300 unless I work out. Now of course I should work out, and I have every day since getting this darn thing, BUT I would like to take a day off every now and then. And the guilt hits for not getting my steps and required burned calories in. Anyone else have this issue as well? Also, I am a little disappointed in my sleeping burn rate of about 1.6 to 1.7 calories per minute. DH got one as well and he burns 2.5 while sleeping. Poo stick!!
What are the numbers you are all working towards?
Angie
Angie,
Here are my stats for 1.5 a week:
Eat 1600
burn 2550
Steps 10000
activity 2 hours (I walk the dog everday for about an hour, longer on the weekend)
I am not as over weight at you are but I still need to lose. I never plan a day off, but they do happen. Last saturday for example I ended up out all day, nachos for lunch, a movie with popcorn and candy, and take out chineese for dinner and NO real activity. I ended up with 3000 cals for the day for 1500 over and no extra burn of 950. I took the next 5 days to make up for it. dropped my cals by 100 and upped my activity by 350 compansate, but not everyone will do that and it is OK. I look at each day as all I have to do is what is on my chart and I love at the end of the day when I have met my goal. I am back on track and I am good with that.
My answer to you is that if you can't meet your goal 6 out of 7 days, reset your goals. Don't set yourself up to fail. There is nothing wrong with a shorter amaller goal that you can obtain and live with and then reevaluating for another goal. Take it one day at a time and you will get there!
Last I would recomend listening to Jillian Micheals podcast, You can download it off the KFI Radio website (google it) and I found some back podcast of Matt McNuff's website. She is amazing, so together and really gives some sound advice to changing your life and making small changes, I find her incredably motivating and she is for sure keeping my head in the game.
I think ultimately we all want the same thing, a life and a body that we ca appriciate what it does for us rather than a body and a life we have to cope with.
You can do this, make your goals realistic and doable for your life style, once you see the scale moving and you start feeling better about reaching a daily goal your head will get in the game and you will be on the right track to keep moving on. If you cant meet that daily goal you will fail and you need to keep in mind that this BB is all about YOU! no one else, no one needs to see the numbers or anything like that, everyone has to pick a daily goal that they can achive with effort, but not unrealistic.
I am sure you have heard all of this before, but find some activity you like, walking for me, eliptical because I can tune out to the TV and do it to reach your daily goal. reaching your daily goal will lead you to the weight loss you want. We can do this together!
be well,
-L