Guys I can really recommend these activity type bracelets, I bought and started using a Polar Loop just over 3 weeks ago and have to say that I am very impressed. It counts the number of steps you take in a 24 hour period, also tells you how many calories you have been burning and how much sleep you have had. You can link it to a free smartphone app for getting more detailed information and it also works along with the Polar heart rate monitors for getting even more accurate information during your exercise routines which is helpful if you do something like cycling which obviously wont record your steps as the bracelet relies on your arm swinging to count the steps. There are many other types of bracelet such as the Fitbit but I went for the Polar because I already had the Polar H7 HRM.

I have been recording the data every day and it now makes more sense to me why I have been losing the weight as much as I have, according to the figures I am actually burning on average about 3,300 calories a day which is about 500 more than I previously thought I was. The figures also seem to match up quite closely to my losses over the past 3 weeks when I correlate them with my calories consumed;

Week 1
Total calories burned = 22,630
Total calories consumed = 12,436
Deficit = 10.194
Theoretical loss (assuming that 3,500 cals = 1lb) = 2.9lbs
Actual loss = 2lbs

Week 2
Total calories burned = 24,132
Total calories consumed = 14,428
Deficit = 9,704
Theoretical loss = 2.8lbs
Actual loss = 2lbs

Week 3
Total calories burned = 23,267
Total calories consumed = 12,361
Deficit = 10,906
Theoretical loss = 3.1lbs
Actual loss = 3lbs

Whilst I realise there are many other factors that can be taken in to account when it comes to weighing yourself such as fluid retention, I do find the science of this encouraging and I will continue to monitor this closely especially when I do hit my target weight and move in to the maintaining stage.