Swervinator

Thanks everybody, that's a lot of helpful information! I personally think that I just have a high heart rate, and that it will improve with better conditioning. As long as my endurance continues to improve, I won't worry too much about the heart rate. Of course I will still ask my doctor. I planned on speeding up after a…

I've been quite sedentary for a few years, so I know it has a LOT to do with my poor fitness level. When I asked a trainer she said "listen to your body, it knows best," then when I told her the number she said "wow, that's really high, ask your doctor." Of course I'm not going to assume that it's fine, but I'm glad to…

msmil, I know what you mean, if the device using physical, measurable data, you would think that wouldn't much matter if you were male or female and such. Makes you wonder if it's just using estimation tables to give you a number. I'm sure there's much more science about it than I understand, but it just makes me a little…

Yeah that's exactly what I weigh. I asked Bodymedia if I could reset my armband as a new user to see if it would give me the same resting calorie burn, because it seems really high to me compared to others' info that I've read with similar body specs. They said I can't reset it, and they don't recommend setting up a new…

Thanks. I contacted Bodymedia with 2 other questions and they weren't a whole lot of help Anyone else out there with an opinion?