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karis5583
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So I was thinking about buying one of the body media things from the biggest loser?? Just wondering if anyone has one or knows about them and if they are worth buying? Please if anyone has any info that would be great
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Not worth buying. Just work out. You handle your business and your calories will handle theirs0
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I have the Bodymedia Fit Link and it is totally worth the money for me. I'm a data addict so it is perfect for me and shows the same calorie burn pretty much as my HRM so it is most deft accurate. Its a matter of opinion if it's worth it or not, depends on what you are after.0
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Not worth buying. Just work out. You handle your business and your calories will handle theirs
Don't agree- sorry.
I am within my healthy weight range and just couldn't lose weight despite cutting calories and exercising. I then got the BMF and bought into a system which gave me analysis by phone call from a sports scientist. We tried a few different things but FINALLY I am losing weight. What I am doing is eating just above my BMR and then exersising more to give me a 1000 deficit. I'm 5ft 8 and weigh 146 pounds. I'm eating 1600 and burning 2600 throughout the day. I thought I'd never lose weight but its happening.0 -
Get the bodymedia Link its a newer version of the bodybugg and also integrates with MFP. Plus it tracks sleep and the Bodybugg doesn't0
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Not worth buying. Just work out. You handle your business and your calories will handle theirs
Don't agree- sorry.
I am within my healthy weight range and just couldn't lose weight despite cutting calories and exercising. I then got the BMF and bought into a system which gave me analysis by phone call from a sports scientist. We tried a few different things but FINALLY I am losing weight. What I am doing is eating just above my BMR and then exersising more to give me a 1000 deficit. I'm 5ft 8 and weigh 146 pounds. I'm eating 1600 and burning 2600 throughout the day. I thought I'd never lose weight but its happening.
No apology needed. It's a forum and we're supposed to present differing views. It's the only way to learn new things.
I'm glad you found something that worked for you. Would you have been able to start losing by just consulting with the analyst and trying the different methods? What role did the BMF play in this?0 -
Not worth buying. Just work out. You handle your business and your calories will handle theirs
Don't agree- sorry.
I am within my healthy weight range and just couldn't lose weight despite cutting calories and exercising. I then got the BMF and bought into a system which gave me analysis by phone call from a sports scientist. We tried a few different things but FINALLY I am losing weight. What I am doing is eating just above my BMR and then exersising more to give me a 1000 deficit. I'm 5ft 8 and weigh 146 pounds. I'm eating 1600 and burning 2600 throughout the day. I thought I'd never lose weight but its happening.
No apology needed. It's a forum and we're supposed to present differing views. It's the only way to learn new things.
I'm glad you found something that worked for you. Would you have been able to start losing by just consulting with the analyst and trying the different methods? What role did the BMF play in this?
Yes and no. Even the sports scientist probably didnt say anything different to what I'd read in here a million times- eat more and exercise more. I think I just needed to hear it from someone who i felt was qualified (no offence MFP people). What the BMF does is give me an accurate measurement of my TDEE. My daily routine varies so much from day to day that I never thought the TDEE calculators worked for me. It also acts as a motivation to move more during the day and still exercise when I can't be bothered so that I reach my daily burn goal of 2600 cals.
I suppose the main thing is for months and months I used MFP and a fitbit and logged everything religiously and kept below my targets but nothing happened. I have now used MFP along with professional,advice from the kifit team who run it in the UK, and I'm starting to lose.0 -
I have the Body Media Link and I love it. I like to see if I'm being as inactive as I think I am and that helps motivate me to get moving. I did have to work out the kink of it not reading the cardio from a stationary bike, but that was easily fixed by just moving the monitor from my arm to my ankle.0
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Hmmm. Obviously not directed to me, but here's something of an analogy.Would you have been able to start losing by just consulting with the analyst and trying the different methods? What role did the BMF play in this?
About five years ago, I sprained my ankle pretty badly at the bottom of a set of stairs. I can't remember if I thought there was another step and there wasn't or vice versa, but the point is: I hurt myself on the stairs. Now, I know how to walk down stairs. It's just a thing you do, step step step until you're at the bottom. But since then, I always hold on to the hand rail and when I get to the bottom, I double check to make sure there is or isn't a step.
For me, the BMF is like the handrail. Yes, I can lose weight at a calorie deficit and some exercise, knowing that I'm going in the right direction without actually seeing something showing me little numbers, but at this point in my life, I just want to be sure. I just want to look at something and say, 'Ok, yes, not only does the scale say this is working, but it these numbers over here are showing me why.'
Totally worth it to me.0 -
Not worth buying. Just work out. You handle your business and your calories will handle theirs
I've noticed that you jump in very early on nearly every single post of this subject matter, and discourage the original poster from buying a device. You say 'Just workout... blah, blah, blah'
I have a few questions:
1) Have you ever owned or used a BodyMedia or a FitBit?
2) Do you believe that what works for you psychologically works as well for all other people?
3) Do you think different people might be motivated in different ways?
Personally, I've had great success with my BodyMedia Fit. I believe the numbers to be accurate because I have successfully maintained my goal weight based on those numbers for almost a year now. If the numbers were not correct, my weight would not be tracking so reliably and accurately.
I also like seeing my steps for the day. I find averaging close to 12,000 steps to be extremely motivating.
I like the sleep tracker.
And I like the extra data the device provides in general.
I'm so happy that 'just working out and handling your business' is enough to help you along the way to your eventual goal. Me... I've chosen to use a device. It has not been a waste of money. And I think many other people would benefit from having one.0 -
Up early, none of your questions matter. I'm giving my opinion and my opinion remains my opinion no matter how I answer your questions. I think many people would be better served if they found their motivation from within. I think the calorie burn recorded by those devices isn't as accurate as you believe. I think there are many people that have those devices and still haven't found success. I think way too many people on this site try to solve their device before solving their calories and exercise when those are fairly simple equations.
I think Jaz told an excellent success story, but is trying to give credit to the device when all credit is due to her. Sure, she bought the device. Sure she consulted a specialist. But she did that as part of the trial and error process of finding what would work. If a person is willing to follow simple trial and error steps, they will succeed at getting in shape. Since she did them, I have no doubt that with or without a device or consultant, she would have read enough and tried enough to succeed.
I hope that properly addresses your questions.0 -
I bought a Body Bugg used off ebay for about $50 and the monthly subscription fee is $7. I really like it. It motivates me to move more. And in my opinion it works, if I consistently eat under what my Body Bugg tells me I burned, I lose. But controlling my calorie intake is the hard part
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I have a bodymedia fit link and I wouldn't change it for anything! I had no idea how much I was working out (because I do about 2 hours a day) and it helped me know how much exactly I needed to eat.
My husband watched me log my data everyday and it inspired him and he bought one for himself and LOVES it.
So worth the money.0 -
Get the BodyMedia. I love mine. I find it to be very accurate and helpful in my pursuits.0
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Up early, none of your questions matter. I'm giving my opinion and my opinion remains my opinion no matter how I answer your questions. I think many people would be better served if they found their motivation from within. I think the calorie burn recorded by those devices isn't as accurate as you believe. I think there are many people that have those devices and still haven't found success. I think way too many people on this site try to solve their device before solving their calories and exercise when those are fairly simple equations.
I think Jaz told an excellent success story, but is trying to give credit to the device when all credit is due to her. Sure, she bought the device. Sure she consulted a specialist. But she did that as part of the trial and error process of finding what would work. If a person is willing to follow simple trial and error steps, they will succeed at getting in shape. Since she did them, I have no doubt that with or without a device or consultant, she would have read enough and tried enough to succeed.
I hope that properly addresses your questions.
I wrote a real response, but never mind - I edited it away. I don't feel like bickering with you about a topic you've clearly chosen as part of your personal list of pet peeves.
Carry on... I know you will!0 -
I have the bodybugg.
I love using it. The information it gives me is GREAT.
However, it is a tool. One that I am using to help me lose weight, but I am the one who chooses to do it. Part of it is duplicated by the food diary here, however I love the fact it tells me in real time how many calories I have burnt for the day and how many more I would get if I just do nothing all day. If I am not going to reach my burn I get up and do something, and other days I know I can take a night and just have a bubble bath with a book and not working about being active because I have reached my goal.
For example: Currently I try and burn 2800 calories every day. While MFP tells me how many calories I could/should/maybe burnt doing 30 mins of Elliptical this morning, my bodybugg can tell me exactly. (They say that it's the closest/most accurate one on the market, and I have nothing to show that it's not.) When I am completely accurate with the software/wearing it, I have only been off 0.1 lbs from what it said I was going to be at the end of the week.
The bodybugg, (or any other calorie measuring device) is not going to make you lose weight, but it can be a VERY useful tool. New the bodybugg is like $99 and comes with a 6 month subscription, (a year if you can find it at costco.com), after that you have to pay a monthly subscription fee. FYI Only.
What I LIKE/LOVE about it: How accurate it is, it counts my steps, it tells me how many minutes I have been active each day, shows me in graph form how many calories per minute I was spending during the day. (I found out I can burn almost 15 calories per minute on the Elliptical, That I burn 1.3 calories per minute doing NOTHING (sleeping/reading/TV/whatever)- however on the days that I do strength training, I bun 1.6 calories the WHOLE DAY because my muscles are repairing themselves (I assume) and so while I Burn more per session on the Elliptical, I actually burn an addition 400+ calories bonus on weight day.
What I don't like: You are not supposed to get it wet, so I don't know how much I burn swimming. It can be a bit crazy if you have OCD and want to see every detail.. because it shows it. I spend less time on MFP than I do on the bodybugg because I want to see all sorts of details.
If you have any questions, please let me know.
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I have the BodyMedia Link and I'm really happy with it. One of the cool things for me is to see what I'm really burning from day to day. I don't have a 'typical' day so my calories burned vary greatly from day to day. And I'm not talking about exercise here. Just day to day living. Then throw in that I don't exercise everyday. It is really helpful in following when I could be eating much more or when I should be eating less.
I like it. I think it is cool.0 -
I've been using the BodyMedia Link for about a month. It gives me similar results to just entering my exercises manually into MFP and it hasn't really changed my rate of weight loss, but it does give me some interesting extra info and makes me much more aware of how much of my exercise counts as vigorous.
Positives:
* It gives me better estimates of hard-to-estimate activities like walking uphill, rope skipping and step-ups.
* It gives me interesting information about my sleep, though doesn't tell me what to do with that info (I'm really sleeping for only about 80% of the time that I would previously have said, but is that a problem, or is it normal? When they say you need 8 hours sleep, do they mean 8 hours of good, solid sleep, or 8 hours in bed, more or less sleeping?)
* It shows me that, despite what I've read many times elsewhere, working at a standing desk (though good for other reasons) isn't really increasing my calorie burn.
* It gives me personalised feedback on a range of indicators of how well I am going.
Negatives:
* It has several hairline cracks already in the plastic casing.
* It isn't very accurate for bicycling.
* The iPhone app is slow and flaky, though workable.
* It is quite noticable on my arm, and several people have asked about it.0 -
I've got a Bodymedia Fit Link and I am very happy with it. It provides a consistent reading for consistent activities and also give me calorie burn on things I would never know how to measure like shoveling snow, fixing a leaking sink or doing housework. I was rebuilding my son's computer today in the basement and running back and forth between that and my office on the first floor on and off all day today. I would never mentally think of that as exercise but I'm 600 calories over what I expected today and now when I see that reading from the BML I just realize now that I was on my feet almost the entire day.
I look at it as paying them to keep track of my calories burned while I handle keep of track of how many calories I'm eating. It's been keeping me on track at about 2 pounds a week so it's working so far.0 -
Up early, none of your questions matter. I'm giving my opinion and my opinion remains my opinion no matter how I answer your questions. I think many people would be better served if they found their motivation from within. I think the calorie burn recorded by those devices isn't as accurate as you believe. I think there are many people that have those devices and still haven't found success. I think way too many people on this site try to solve their device before solving their calories and exercise when those are fairly simple equations.
I think Jaz told an excellent success story, but is trying to give credit to the device when all credit is due to her. Sure, she bought the device. Sure she consulted a specialist. But she did that as part of the trial and error process of finding what would work. If a person is willing to follow simple trial and error steps, they will succeed at getting in shape. Since she did them, I have no doubt that with or without a device or consultant, she would have read enough and tried enough to succeed.
I hope that properly addresses your questions.
I wrote a real response, but never mind - I edited it away. I don't feel like bickering with you about a topic you've clearly chosen as part of your personal list of pet peeves.
Carry on... I know you will!
That's the spirit!0 -
Up early, none of your questions matter. I'm giving my opinion and my opinion remains my opinion no matter how I answer your questions. I think many people would be better served if they found their motivation from within. I think the calorie burn recorded by those devices isn't as accurate as you believe. I think there are many people that have those devices and still haven't found success. I think way too many people on this site try to solve their device before solving their calories and exercise when those are fairly simple equations.
I think Jaz told an excellent success story, but is trying to give credit to the device when all credit is due to her. Sure, she bought the device. Sure she consulted a specialist. But she did that as part of the trial and error process of finding what would work. If a person is willing to follow simple trial and error steps, they will succeed at getting in shape. Since she did them, I have no doubt that with or without a device or consultant, she would have read enough and tried enough to succeed.
I hope that properly addresses your questions.
I wrote a real response, but never mind - I edited it away. I don't feel like bickering with you about a topic you've clearly chosen as part of your personal list of pet peeves.
Carry on... I know you will!
I think DavPul is making some interesting comments and I suppose a lot of people do think that the more money I spend on gadgets the more weight I will lose. I still say though that the BMF is particularly useful for those of us who can't slot themselves neatly into the categories of activity level as our activity varies so much. Yes I did experiment but in the past I'd experimented but was never sure if I should be eating more or less- factor that in with varied daily burn and you could experiment for ever without getting the correct combination of what to eat/ deficit.0
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