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By: Bodybugg Blogs | Girl Heroes

Bodybugg Blogs | Girl Heroes — Wed, 12 May 2010 04:46:36 +0000

[…] be told, I’ve been wanting a Bodybugg V3 for a long time because I secretly hoped I wasn’t eating enough despiteÂ eatingÂ my body weight in nut butter […]

By: Chessi

Chessi — Wed, 05 May 2010 01:55:46 +0000

I have been obsessing about the same thing, do I want to spend the money do I not? Reading the comments, I also am think I think I do – Mother’s Day is this weekend, maybe that is my gift? Let us know if you do get one or not

By: Joni Mercer

Joni Mercer — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 19:39:57 +0000

wondering what you ended up doing!!! hoping you WENT for it and just got ONE of these amazing devices!!!

By: jennincat

jennincat — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:25:50 +0000

Joni – WOW!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH for taking the time to write this EXTREMELY information, thoughtful and telling post. Your experience sounds incredible!!!! Ahhhhh…now I really want one! 😀 So interested that you needed to eat more to lose weight and that eating less was actually hurting your progress. LUCKY DUCK!!!!!

Congratulations to you and (your sister in law)!!!

I’m off to check out the fitbit right now!!!

THANK YOU again!!!!!

Hugs!

By: Joni Mercer

Joni Mercer — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 06:50:55 +0000

I am an owner of the bodybugg- and I have to say- I paid full price – 350$ (including the display) and I have NO regrets! What turned me on to it to begin with was my sister in law lost over 300 lbs- and has kept it off for 3 years now! Her transformation was enough for me! I also was following many diet fads- cutting cals to 1200 and working out like crazy and NOTHING- I’d get frustrated and binge because I felt like I was getting no where fast!

so I get the bugg- and I put it on- and it tells me I burn like 2600-3000 cals a day! I am 5’3 and at the time I weighed 150 lbs! HMMM… I wore it for a month and sent it back- there MUST be something wrong with it! there is NO way I am burning that many cals! (My sister in law burns 1800 on a rest day- while I burn 2400 on a rest day??) so I get a new bugg- and guess what ?? same burn!!!??? (I have burned over 3000 cals 7 times so far! amazing!!!)

the bugg takes out all the guess work- I wasnt able to lose weight cutting my cals back – in fact one year later I am eating 1800-2100 cals (depending on my burn) and I am losing weight! weird!

is it accurate? I dont know- but try this on for size: when I follow the bugg’s plan – I LOSE WEIGHT… when I decide to try what “suzy q” down the street is doing (ie: cutting cals and working out like crazy – YES I have actually STOPPED following the bugg’s plan and tried this SO many times- dont ask me why I do this over and over again!) when I eat more- I burn more cals easier too!!! when I cut back I have a harder time burning cals at rest!!

more then anything I like the bugg- it gives me something to obsess about! its FUN! I wear it to church even- with a dress- with a tank top- whatever- I love it! I dont care what people think either! I love my bugg and I tell everyone I meet I have one and how it works for me!

I heard about another gadget called the “fitbit” – you should check that out. A couple of ladies from sp who have the bodybugg got a fitbit and BOTH ended up returning the bodybugg- its only 99$ and they read pretty much the same amount of cals- !! I also there is NO monthly fee!!!

(by the way- 80$ broken up into 12 months is like NOTHING!! and I love the site- I love the food log- I love the graphs! I enjoy it!! I think you would too!!)

ONE LAST THING: there is a lady on SP who rents out bb’s!! her name is Bodybugger- check her out- maybe you could rent one for 2-3 weeks and get an idea of what your burning????

Looking forward to seeing what you end up doing!!! either way- your doing GREAT and I love your blogs!!

Joni

By: jennincat

jennincat — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:57:27 +0000

Hi Jazzy! Great I thought I was over this obsession and now I want one again! 😉 Just teasing, yeah the subscription fee has been holding me back. I just think it would be really fun/interesting to know how many calories I was burning through out the day. Maybe it would motivated me to quit daydreaming and get off the couch! Ha!!! Thanks for stopping by. If I decide I’m in the market for a used Bodybugg I’ll letcha know!

Thanks for commenting. Hugs or hive five. Whichever you prefer!

By: Jazzy

Jazzy — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:32:40 +0000

I currently own (but do not use) a bodybugg. i found the subscription fee to be a little ‘much’ to tack on to the overall cost of the entire unit: watch/band. i used it while preparing for a figure competition last year and was very interested in knowing how many cals i was burning throughout the day. it works well in my opinion… i just didn’t want to pay that fee every month!

p.s. – i’d sell you mine if you were really interested. it’s just collecting dust! LOL

By: jennincat

jennincat — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:10:34 +0000

Hi Josh. Thanks for commenting. I see you work for Bodybugg. That doens’t annoy me at all! I admire companies who recognize bloggers and social networking as a big part of their potential business and then use their resources to interact with those on the internet. Wise marketing strategy indeed. I’m still thinking about getting a bodybugg…it’s just the matter of having the cash to pay for one. But if Bodybugg wants to give me one I promise to mention it regularly in my blog. 😉

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:43:04 +0000

The Bodybugg does detect motion using the sensors and calculates it against the gravity and motion to measure the true level of physical exertion. It also checks the amount of heat dissipated by the body with the Heat Flux sensor, the GSR sensor measures the conductivity of the skin to see how much current can pass between 2 points. Then of course there is the skin temperature.

The difference between 10 and 200 pounds is detected in all of these sensors because the heat/conductivity and motion is different. Even the HIIT sessions are affected by this. When you get the bodybugg and upload the data to the website, you get all kinds of graphs and images to see how much and when you burned calories. So you can see during 1 minute you may have burned 12 calories and then the very next minute 8 calories. The other day I helped a guy push his car into a gas station, I wasn’t active before that sitting idle at about 2.3 calories a minute, but then I see this spike for about 4 minutes where I went up to 10 calories while I was helping the guy. But when I’m pushing the grocery cart it’s not doing anything. So yes it can tell the difference, pushing a cart my muscles are not getting hot, i’m not sweating, I’m not radiating heat.

I would also suggest you buy a bodybugg new. There are different models and you always want the latest. Another issue is the bodybugg program is $80, so if you buy a used one on ebay for $120 then you still have to pay $80 to use the program and actually view your results. So a used $120 bodybugg from ebay will cost you the same as just buying a new one for $199. You can walk into a 24 hour fitness today and get it and be going by tomorrow.

By: Lola

Lola — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:15:00 +0000

Found my way here from Sparkpeople:)
I have a Bodybugg but I stopped using it. I loved seeing the numbers but I didn’t love how big and visible it was. I didn’t wanna walk around work in a t-shirt and have that thing stuck on my arm and having people asking me a million times what it was. Now, I use only my Polar F6 when I work out.
The Bodybugg is a really cool took, but mine just lies there and gathers dust these days;)