Originally Posted by eviemc:
Carly - did you order through 24hourfitness or apex?
I called 24 hr fitness and they said that the display shipped and the armband did not, which is what i told them to begin with. They gave me a different # and said to call it. This has been horrible. I tried calling it and the person i need to speak to is out and said they would call me back.
Hopefully I will get someone on the phone that can explain why my armband/monitor did not ship.

I ordered mine from Costco when they were having the sale on BB. Thats messed up if it is backordered and they took your money without telling you that you would have to wait a while. HOpefully you will be able to get a hold of someone soon to figure out how long its gonna take but if its backordered then it could take a while which would suck.

Carly-Thanks for letting me know. I hope to get this figured out soon. Let me know how your works for you!

Originally Posted by eviemc:
Carly-Thanks for letting me know. I hope to get this figured out soon. Let me know how your works for you!

Oh I will, Im still waiting though. It should be here around 4-5pm. UPS delivers to business's 1st and then it gets around to the residential neighborhoods. Im so impatient I need to work on that

Deana..Congrats on the loss..whoohoooo!! Thanks for the update!


I weighted in this morning for the challenge. It has been 2 weeks since I last weighed...I lost 6 pounds! I am happy with that :-) According to my average deficit I should have lost 7 pounds, and according to my exact deficit for the past 2 weeks I should have lost 8 pounds. (which I know isn't a "healthy" loss for 2 weeks) Now I can't remember for sure how I weighed 2 weeks ago clothed or not..LOL. So with all clothes on this morning I was down 6 pounds with my sweat pants off I was down 8, which is right on with my GWF! I plan on sticking with clothes on for my weigh ins here on out.

I also think I am going to try and up my calorie intake a bit...a few times my deficit was well over 2000 the past 2 weeks...I just don't want my body going into starvation mode...

Thanks to all of you that replied to my question yesterday about the deficit thing and calories that you eat. I think I am going to add a cheese stick, peanut butter, milk and some almonds here and there through the day on some days to make my deficit closer to 1000-1500.

Since starting with my GWF on Jan 11 I have lost 15 pounds :-)

Originally Posted by Sasil:
Deana..Congrats on the loss..whoohoooo!! Thanks for the update!


I weighted in this morning for the challenge. It has been 2 weeks since I last weighed...I lost 6 pounds! I am happy with that :-) According to my average deficit I should have lost 7 pounds, and according to my exact deficit for the past 2 weeks I should have lost 8 pounds. (which I know isn't a "healthy" loss for 2 weeks) Now I can't remember for sure how I weighed 2 weeks ago clothed or not..LOL. So with all clothes on this morning I was down 6 pounds with my sweat pants off I was down 8, which is right on with my GWF! I plan on sticking with clothes on for my weigh ins here on out.

I also think I am going to try and up my calorie intake a bit...a few times my deficit was well over 2000 the past 2 weeks...I just don't want my body going into starvation mode...

Thanks to all of you that replied to my question yesterday about the deficit thing and calories that you eat. I think I am going to add a cheese stick, peanut butter, milk and some almonds here and there through the day on some days to make my deficit closer to 1000-1500.

Since starting with my GWF on Jan 11 I have lost 15 pounds :-)

GREAT JOB!!!!

Just wanted to let you ladies know that my BB just arrived!!!!! Im charging it right now and I will probably wear it tonight when I go to bed. I still gotta register and everything and read all the instructions Im so excited. I gotta make dinner now

Originally Posted by carlyjordon2002:
Just wanted to let you ladies know that my BB just arrived!!!!! Im charging it right now and I will probably wear it tonight when I go to bed. I still gotta register and everything and read all the instructions Im so excited. I gotta make dinner now

Yay!!!! I remember that's how I felt exactly 2 Wednesdays ago!!! Haha! I had it charged and on my arm by 10pm (I work til 7 on Wednesday) and it's only been off for showers and uploading since then ;-)

Enjoy!!!

Originally Posted by carlyjordon2002:
Oh I will, Im still waiting though. It should be here around 4-5pm. UPS delivers to business's 1st and then it gets around to the residential neighborhoods. Im so impatient I need to work on that

It's ok to be impatient when you are waiting for your BB/GWF :carrot: lol

Originally Posted by carlyjordon2002:
Just wanted to let you ladies know that my BB just arrived!!!!! Im charging it right now and I will probably wear it tonight when I go to bed. I still gotta register and everything and read all the instructions Im so excited. I gotta make dinner now

Rock out! Waiting for it to charge for the first time is the second hardest part. The first being waiting for it to arrive in the mail of course!

Originally Posted by Sasil:
Deana..Congrats on the loss..whoohoooo!! Thanks for the update!


I weighted in this morning for the challenge. It has been 2 weeks since I last weighed...I lost 6 pounds! I am happy with that :-) According to my average deficit I should have lost 7 pounds, and according to my exact deficit for the past 2 weeks I should have lost 8 pounds. (which I know isn't a "healthy" loss for 2 weeks) Now I can't remember for sure how I weighed 2 weeks ago clothed or not..LOL. So with all clothes on this morning I was down 6 pounds with my sweat pants off I was down 8, which is right on with my GWF! I plan on sticking with clothes on for my weigh ins here on out.

I also think I am going to try and up my calorie intake a bit...a few times my deficit was well over 2000 the past 2 weeks...I just don't want my body going into starvation mode...

Thanks to all of you that replied to my question yesterday about the deficit thing and calories that you eat. I think I am going to add a cheese stick, peanut butter, milk and some almonds here and there through the day on some days to make my deficit closer to 1000-1500.

Since starting with my GWF on Jan 11 I have lost 15 pounds :-)

Sasil CONGRATULATIONS!!!! :bravo: How amazing is that as of today you are 15 pounds closer to your goal than you were not even a full month ago!!!

And thank you for giving me props on my weight loss. It was a tough week mentality adjusting to the higher calorie intake.

I just got my gowear fit yesterday! When I got home, the first thing I did was tear into the box and set everything up. It's a lot bigger than I thought it would be, but it's really thin so it's still not bulky. I'm wearing it right now and I'm really excited to get home and plug it in and see what it says about my day!

The only question I have is about the strap. I weigh 218 pounds, so it's not like I didn't know I had fat arms..but putting on the strap makes it super obvious. The strap that was included fits ok, but unless I have it on really tight (think the arm version of a muffin top) it feels like it's going to fall off. I have it loosened more than I did this morning because it was to the point where my arm felt choked.. but it's still tight enough to leave a little red stripe on my arm where the band has been. Am I wearing it correctly or should it be looser?

I guess I'm mostly just afraid it's gonna come off when I sleep. I really wanna see what my sleep efficiency is, so I hope it stays put!

Well I've been wearing my BB for about 3 hours now and Im still noticing that its there I guess my arm isn't used to it yet. I set it up and everything and figured out how to log my food in one lump sum on the BB site. I track calories using sparkpeople, Ive been doing that for months consistently so I plan on logging in my total amount of calories into the BB site. Its good because I would hate to have to log the same food on both sites. I set my deficit at 500 cals a day, I get to eat 2000 cals like I have been doing. I can't wait to see how many cals I burn in a 24 hour period

Originally Posted by Sasil:
I weighted in this morning for the challenge. It has been 2 weeks since I last weighed...I lost 6 pounds! I am happy with that :-) According to my average deficit I should have lost 7 pounds, and according to my exact deficit for the past 2 weeks I should have lost 8 pounds. (which I know isn't a "healthy" loss for 2 weeks) Now I can't remember for sure how I weighed 2 weeks ago clothed or not..LOL. So with all clothes on this morning I was down 6 pounds with my sweat pants off I was down 8, which is right on with my GWF! I plan on sticking with clothes on for my weigh ins here on out.

I also think I am going to try and up my calorie intake a bit...a few times my deficit was well over 2000 the past 2 weeks...I just don't want my body going into starvation mode...

Thanks to all of you that replied to my question yesterday about the deficit thing and calories that you eat. I think I am going to add a cheese stick, peanut butter, milk and some almonds here and there through the day on some days to make my deficit closer to 1000-1500.

Since starting with my GWF on Jan 11 I have lost 15 pounds :-)

Woo Hoo! :carrot: That's awesome Sasil!

Originally Posted by lychee:
I just got my gowear fit yesterday! When I got home, the first thing I did was tear into the box and set everything up. It's a lot bigger than I thought it would be, but it's really thin so it's still not bulky. I'm wearing it right now and I'm really excited to get home and plug it in and see what it says about my day!

The only question I have is about the strap. I weigh 218 pounds, so it's not like I didn't know I had fat arms..but putting on the strap makes it super obvious. The strap that was included fits ok, but unless I have it on really tight (think the arm version of a muffin top) it feels like it's going to fall off. I have it loosened more than I did this morning because it was to the point where my arm felt choked.. but it's still tight enough to leave a little red stripe on my arm where the band has been. Am I wearing it correctly or should it be looser?

I guess I'm mostly just afraid it's gonna come off when I sleep. I really wanna see what my sleep efficiency is, so I hope it stays put!

I looked that up before I bought it. It says you should be able to put in two fingers easily into the strap while it is on your arm.

Originally Posted by lychee:
I just got my gowear fit yesterday! When I got home, the first thing I did was tear into the box and set everything up. It's a lot bigger than I thought it would be, but it's really thin so it's still not bulky. I'm wearing it right now and I'm really excited to get home and plug it in and see what it says about my day!

The only question I have is about the strap. I weigh 218 pounds, so it's not like I didn't know I had fat arms..but putting on the strap makes it super obvious. The strap that was included fits ok, but unless I have it on really tight (think the arm version of a muffin top) it feels like it's going to fall off. I have it loosened more than I did this morning because it was to the point where my arm felt choked.. but it's still tight enough to leave a little red stripe on my arm where the band has been. Am I wearing it correctly or should it be looser?

I guess I'm mostly just afraid it's gonna come off when I sleep. I really wanna see what my sleep efficiency is, so I hope it stays put!

You'll see a small amount of compression but it should only be minor it sounds like you have it on too tight. Mine does not leave a mark on my arm when I take it off except for where the sensor has been. I've found the band stretches a little bit with wear. When I needed to get a second band I had to order the smaller sized one.