Is it noticeable when wearing it? Or can you find a way to hide it under clothes?

It'll hide under a normal guys t-shirt (my husband borrowed mine for a day just to check it out). But shorter sleeved tees on women don't cover it - it has to be a normal tee. I sits on your upper arm.

Do you have to wear it 24/7 for it to be accurate? (meaning even when you aren't exercising and/or when you're sleeping etc?)

According to customer service, the general rule is that the more you wear it, the more accurate it is. However, if you just want to wear it during your workouts the numbers will still be close to 90% accurate.

Is this the right way?

This is interesting stuff, in particular about the higher than expected TDEE.

I have a Fitbit and it says I am burning about 2000-2200 each day (which is right in line with Scooby) and so I am eating @1,700 most days. I am always hungry though and wonder if perhaps my TDEE is higher? It is so hard to be sure, and I am losing weight at a good steady 3-4 lbs per month, so something is right.

Question for the BMF people; anyone see a TDEE less than expected? That is personally what I am most worried about (that I am overestimating it).'

Cheers all, Rachel

just went back and re-read the beginning of this thread and, YES, a lot of you had similar surprisingly high numbers. that makes me feel better. also makes me wonder why i saw such good results starting EMTWL and upping to just 1900. i guess the jump was what did it, and i just happened to stall around my goal weight. actually, i'm floating 3-4 pounds above my goal weight (6.5 this morning but i lifted yesterday), and i was starting to think that 2200 might be a little too much and that some weight was slowly creeping back on. hmmmm....might need to actually go up some more. ok, the previous jumps didn't scare me at all, but this one makes me nervous as hell!!! i'm gonna wait for a bit more info. i'm gonna wear my bmf through thursday. we leave for vacation at the beach on friday, and i'm just gonna leave it at home since it can't get wet anyway.

Hi Rebekah!
I checked your Bmf numbers on your diary...wow you have some great burns even on non workout days!! Wish mine looked like that! I'm also 5'5 and on Moderate activity with NROLFW and C25K/treadmill cardio on days in between. My Bmf is at an average of 2350 over the last 12 days. Hight burn days goes to 2500 when I'm more active. I think I can blame it on my deskjob, sitting on my butt on front of the computer mostly...grrrrr.

I'm getting a little bit frustrated with my weigh loss trend... I too moved up to 1900 (from 1600, then 1800, then 1900) Some days like weekends I'm over up to 2100 or 2200. And the scale is standing still, dammit. I see a loss, then a gain back again, then a loss, then a gain back again... Almost 7 weeks into eating more... How long did it take you from upping to 1900 to see your regular losses occur?
Would really appreciate your input. xx

Karin,
I saw results pretty quickly. I jumped from around 1300 cals straight to 1900. I started at 152ish and bloated up to 155.5, but 10 days into eating more that bloat was GONE. A couple days later I was breaking into the 140s. I made my goal of 145 after a month of eating more, and I've been hovering a bit above that number ever since. I've only actually seen 145 on the scale twice, but I'm not changing my ticker because I don't wanna, lol. Although I'm happy with my weight, I still have A LOT of work to do to get rid of jiggly parts. I can't say exactly why it worked so quickly for me. Just lucky, i guess? That's not helpful at all, I know, but I don't really have the answer. I'm just thankful.

I just figured my BMF average over the last 6 days to be 2553. Craziness!! Maybe I can attribute it to a couple of things....

1. I have a desk job too, but I am up and down a good bit and have a couple of decent hallways to walk to get where I'm going.
2. In the same vein, I tend to never remember to get everything I need the first time, so that doubles up my hall walking, lol.
3. I'm one of those annoying people that wiggles all the time. Thankfully, I don't share an office so my sometimes constant movement isn't annoying anyone.
4. My kids never let me sit down in the evenings. Feels like it's pretty much go go go until bed time some nights.
5. I have a habit of getting on the elliptical in our garage and goofing around on it while I'm chatting with my husband. The garage is his man cave. My minutes on that thing probably add up to a good bit some days, and my husband gets a good laugh out of my elliptical dancing/calisthetics.
6. It does seem like the BMF gets a good read on the NROLFW sessions. From the beginning of my gym time yesterday to when I left showed a calorie difference of 234. That ain't bad for 45 minutes including only about 7 minutes of cardio.

Just an observation, I had an unexplained high reading one day, but I noticed that it happened after 2 consecutive nights of getting 9 hours of sleep on the weekend. I think sleep may really impact the body's burning efficiency. I'm trying to work on getting more sleep during the week, but I'm lucky to squeeze in 6 hours in a night.

I thought you were supposed to wear it on your left arm? Or is it the arm you don't use the most? Now I am confused. Also to answer the question about being lower TDEE. I am lower than most everyone else but right on the money with Scooby site using moderate activity level. So I think it comes down to how activity each of us are.

you're right. i didn't notice that in the pics above.

I thought you were supposed to wear it on your left arm? Or is it the arm you don't use the most? Now I am confused. Also to answer the question about being lower TDEE. I am lower than most everyone else but right on the money with Scooby site using moderate activity level. So I think it comes down to how activity each of us are.

you're right. i didn't notice that in the pics above.

Since the picture was taken in a mirror, I'm assuming that IS the left arm, it's just 'flipped' because it's a mirror image. however, the device should be turned a bit more toward the back of the arm.

Thanks this is what I get for commenting before I have my morning coffee. Carry on people nothing to see here. :noway: :grumble:

Ok looking into either getting a fitbit or a BMF. Question is what does BMF do that Fitbit can't? Can you get BMF workouts to upload to MFP or do you just create your own workout and then manually put the numbers in. Just having a hard time deciding which one to get.

Thanks for the replies and compliments :P

And yes, it is on my left arm, just the mirror makes it looks reversed.
Now I THINK I got it on my tricept, I'll take a pic later to show you all

Ok hows this look? lol

Jip! Youve got it Jack! :bigsmile:

Yup, much better Jack! :happy: