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I Hate My BodyBugg!!!!!!!!!!!
When I first received my BodyBugg I thought it was just going to be another weight loss gizmo that would be easy to review, because it would merely be a slam dunk waste of money. I thought I would get it, put it on, give it a lousy review, complain, and then throw it into my desk drawer as another testament to another weight loss waste of money. I have tried so many diet pills and diet plans and diet this and diet that over the years 
If it were not for having to report into BodyBugg each and everyday I would still be able to cruise in and out of all the drive thru’s and ignore that the burger, fries and soda have well over 2,000 calories. No longer can I eat more calories in one meal that I should eat during an entire day. It is because of my using BodyBugg that I now have to enter all of the foods I eat and then look at the results of those decisions I had made. It is because of those decisions that weight loss has become more of a challenge than a chore. No longer can I look in the mirror and ignore the belly that is hanging out. No longer can I ignore the fact that my food selections were sending me to the insulin supply store. Because of BodyBugg I now worry about protein and carbs and sodium and exercise and….my health. It is because of BodyBugg that I now have the ability to hold myself accountable and are making better choices day in and day out.
It is because of BodyBugg that one of my coworkers has gone out and hired her own personal “Jillian Michaels“. She has become so motivated to lose weight now that it is all I ever hear coming out of her lips. I hear about how she is 53 years old and has not been able to get below 200 pounds for the last 30 years and now she has done just that. I now have to listen to her day in and day out speak about smaller dress sizes and how her jeans zip up without having her back on the bed. It is because of BodyBugg that I no longer can stand to see the poor selections of foods other people choose.
Even in the grocery store I walk and look into the shopping carts of the obese shoppers. I see what food they are purchasing and I think to myself about the poor selection of calories and how those choices will keep them in their little motorized fat person wheelchair. No longer am I able to ignore the fact that ice cream has tons of junk in it that is not that great. Now I want to eat the Popsicles instead, because they are a better selection. This desire to be healthy has even cut into my night life because I now know that I will have to record all those calories that are in a beer or a rum shot.
I really hate my BodyBugg because I no longer have any self defeating weight loss excuses. In just 5 weeks my BodyBugg has changed me from a lazy fat couch potato into a person that just has to get out and let my BodyBugg record more calories being burned. No longer do I make poor food choices. No longer do I allow my self to just keep getting fatter. No longer do I just pile the food on my plate and gain weight. No longer do I have the excuses, but the one thing I REALLY DO LIKE about my BodyBugg is that I am really losing weight and am not as fat as I was just five weeks ago. BodyBugg is one heck of a calorie management tool that really does what it is supposed to do.
Maybe it is a love hate relationship more than just a hate relationship.
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What Do Biggest Losers Wear On Their Arms?
You have just watched the season premier of The Biggest Loser and you have noticed the thing on the arm of The Biggest Loser players. You may have even heard Jillian Michaels or Bob Harper give a commercial plug to the BodyBugg and now you wonder what that BodyBug thing is all about? We are here to tell you today that BodyBugg is the most advanced calorie management system in the world today, outside of being in a clinical study. What you see on the arms of all the players is an elastic band that is holding the BodyBugg in place, on their arm. In the photograph above you can see a what you caught glimpses of on The Biggest Loser. As you study the photograph you are seeing what is the correct position of wearing the unit. There is a strap (internal link that explains the strap / armband) that is visible and the BodyBugg itself is out of view from the camera. The “brain” of BodyBugg is actually a set of sensors that monitor the level of physical activity that the wearer is engeged in during any given moment. (Internal link that explains how the sensors work) BodyBugg is actually an ever vigilant calorie counting device that keeps a running total of how many calories you burn during the moment by moment course of your life. Whether you are exercising or whether you are sleeping, BodyBugg is there keeping track on how many calories you burned doing anything at any particular time of any day. It is always there and it never rests and it is extremely accurate. (Internal link that discusses how accurate BodyBugg is, or can be.) The important information is that it helps a person make real time diet and/or exercise decisions. It has the ability to track, record and advise you during the day how well you are doing when it comes to not only calories consumed, but also calories burned.
We could go into very great detail about BodyBugg but we just provided you some links above, so as to not have to explain it all again. We just wanted to answer the question you asked…”What do The Biggest Losers wear on their arms?” The answer to that is simple….it is BodyBug by 24Hour Fitness.
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BodyBugg Wireless Digital Readout Review
I have had my BodyBugg for about one year now and I think I am about as good a source as anyone to review and spout forth an opinion about how well it works and what I think is good and what I think is bad about the way it works. I have written this brief article in tandem with a video that I have placed on YouTube. Please feel free to watch the video and read this as the two go well together for the purpose of reviewing what I think about how well BodyBugg performs overall and what the wireless wristband has to offer when using BodyBugg.
Overall BodyBugg has performed as well as could be expected with only a few very minor issues. First off lets set a few things straight for owning and using BodyBugg.
- You need a personal computer with the ability to upload and download
- You will need to buy a BodyBugg to make the whole thing “work”
- With your purchase price you receive a 6 month subscription to your own personal BodyBugg website.
- Yes, there is a cost to subscribe to the website after the 6 months, but that cost is very, very minimal. For a review of all subscription costs: Click Here
- BodyBugg provides the user with information only and does not cause weight loss in and of itself merely by using the device
- You do not NEED the wristband wireless digital display to be able to effectively use BodyBugg
- Yes, the digital display is a simple time keeping device also. (Yes, it is also a watch that can tell you what time it is)
- Yes, there is a button on the face so you can read it in the dark. The face can light up at night
Once you have your BodyBugg awhile you will soon learn that it is a pretty cool thing to have, simply because it works. The sad part for many BodyBugg users is that it works too well and they soon realize that in order to lose weight there will need to be a lifestyle change. Once the reality sets in that in order to lose 40 or 50 or 100+ pounds a person is going to have to commit themselves to a lifetime of changes. Whether or not those changes are made will be reflected into the results that flash across your BodyBugg website and now also will have the ability to flash across your wrist band wireless digital display.
I had my BodyBugg for awhile and I have been impressed with it since day one. I must admit that during the times that I made the poor choices I shied away from even wanting to see the results BodyBugg holds for my review, at my request. If I chose to spend the day active I eagerly would plug into the USB port and relish the fact that I sweat-ed and shed some weight. Then there were the days that I did not eat well or did not exercise and I would wait a day or two to upload the results. Despite anything I did or did not do….BodyBugg was there recording the results as the ever vigilant spectator that it has become. It records my footsteps (pedometer) and also how long I have been active and it provides the most important number of the day…how many calories I have burned.
The wristband is removable and can be worn on a clip, which is really the way most people use the device. The actual wristband portion is more than durable and yes the wireless digital device is water resistant. The plastic wrist strap is so durable it could last the user forever and for that reason I rarely use it. It is big, bulky and causes my wrist to accumulate sweat, which I hate. (Imagine in the world today the wristband is a product that is TOO durable) I always keep the wristband in the desk drawer and just attach the wireless digital readout unit to the BodyBugg strap. It is very safe and comfortable there.
What I must tell you is that the digital readout or “wristband” as most call it provides a very essential bit of information that is vital to not only beong able to lose weight, but also being able to gain weight or simply maintain a certain weight. Everyone associate BodyBugg with weight loss but if you are just trying to maintain a certain weight and not have the pounds creep up on you, BodyBugg is for you also. If you want to gain weight because you are too skinny it will work great for that purpose also.
What you need to know about BodyBugg is that it works, if you are willing to use the information it receives in a positive way. If you are accurate in the information you key in about the foods you eat and you pay attention to the information that is on your computer monitor, you will be able to achieve your weight goals.
What you can see on the chart, which is a sample from a page I had stored away, (from last year) is the progress being made. The BodyBugg is like an ever present and vigilant sentry that is always paying attention to what you are doing and how much of it you are doing. It counts your steps and it counts the amount of time you have been active and it also counts how many calories you have burned today, yesterday or any period of time you wish to single out. The BodyBugg wireless digital display merely takes the technology out into the world where you need it most.
Now when I am out living my life and I get the urge to venture off the path of trying to make a lifestyle change I just glance down and my calorie burn for the day is visible. Now that I know I burn about 4,000 calories on a good day, I find it hard (literally) to swallow my once typical Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese (740 calories) witha soda (310 calories, but quickly becomes 620 calories with the free refill) and the fries (500 calories) continued with the ketchup to add another 60 calories. Now that I have BodyBugg wireless digital readout staring me right in the face I choose to avoid the unbelievable 1,920 calorie meal. (Click here for McDonald’s USA Nutrition Facts for Popular Menu Items)
I have really learned to appreciate the calorie content of food at Subway where I can now eat a large Ham sub sandwich with water and only eat 580 calories. (Click here for Subway’s Nutrition Chart) Sure I had water but now I am aware of what I place in my mouth because of BodyBugg. What has occurred in my life is that eating is about more than just filling up the old belly. Eating has become an experience that is wrapped up into my fitness because I now UNDERSTAND the benefits of healthy food choices and exercise. If you are thinking…”no duh, of course losing weight is about that”, I want you to appreciate that it is the BodyBugg experience that kept me on the right path? I have struggled for years and those struggles never made me the accountable one to lose weight. It used to always be about this diet pill or that diet plan and those days are over. BodyBugg has taught my wife and I that we can live in the real world and eat at real places and make real choices. In all fairness, the other day I DID eat at McDonald’s. I ordered two burgers and a bottle of water. It was delicious and it was only 500 calories. BodyBugg has opened my eyes to what it takes to not only lose weight, but learn what it will take once all the weight has been lost.
What I have learned from BodyBugg is that weight loss is all about calories in and calories out. Sure that sounds simple enough to understand but if it really was that simple there would be no overweight people in the world. Since there are overweight people and the sad fact that there is an obesity epidemic happening right now, wearing BodyBugg with the digital readout gives me a tool that allows me to see right then and there what impact I can expect from the food choices I make throughout my day.
BodyBugg has become an integral part of my weight loss experience. I have lost the first 48 pounds and the digital display has once again renewed my desire to lose the rest of my weight. With the addition of the BodyBugg Digital Wristband Wireless Display I have no doubt that I can drop the next 50 pounds to end up below 200 pounds for the first time in over half my life.
BodyBugg has always been what I called “in your face weight loss” because you could upload all the information to your computer and see the results of your weight loss efforts. Now with the BodyBugg wireless digital wristband display the “in your face weight loss” is now always in my face. I just need to look down and see where I am with regards to calories burned, steps taken and how many hours I have been active.
The wireless digital display gets a double thumbs up and it is more than worth the cost. If you are serious about weight loss and money is tight, BodyBugg will work without the wireless display. Do not wait to get BodyBugg is you can’t afford the digital display because you really just need to get started. If you have to order it later, like I did, but do not delay ion at least getting started. If you can afford the digital display when you order the main unit, then go for it, you will not be sorry. It is also suggested that you order at least ne extra strap also as they get kind of funky when you start to sweat alot.
BodyBugg works well for my wife and I and it can work well for you also. Good Luck in all that you choose to do!
BodyBugg Replacement Straps
When we first ordered our BodyBugg units about a year ago we did not have the option for c0lored replacement straps. Today there is quite a selection of colored BodyBugg straps that a person can order from 24 Hour Fitness. No longer does a person need to just settle for the original black and black color because today the selection has improved greatly because of popular outcry from BodyBugg users world-wide.
What a person must realize when ordering a replacement strap for their BodyBugg and are looking to get a different color, the color they get will only be on the plastic ring that holds the BodyBugg in place on your arm. When speaking about colored replacement straps most people make the assumption that the entire strap will be chrome or blue or hot pink or camouflageor even the zebra black and white color. That is not the case! When you order a colored replacement strap you will still be able to make a selection from a list of colors, but those colors will only be contained in the plastic that holds the BodyBugg unit in place on your arm.
If you take a glance at the photographs we have included from our own personal BodyBugg collection you will see the traditional BodyBugg strap that comes with the unit when it is purchased. The photograph to the far left shows the entire BodyBugg with the sensor in place in the strap. There are no colors other than black in the original unit that you receive and as you can see it is just black and…..well, black. There really is nothing wrong with that because for the most part the unit is not visible when it is worn. The photograph to the far right is my lovely wife wearing her BodyBugg with a tee shirt being worn. Yes, there is a BodyBugg beneath that sleeve and you can’t see it can you?
The photograph second from the left shows a BodyBugg armband without the main sensor and it is obviously hot pink colored. The photograph second from the right is the more masculine camouflaged colored replacement band. There are other colors that you can order from 24 Hour Fitness that are available, but the ones pictured are the only colors we have purchased so far. The next time we need to get a replacement armband we will choose a different color just for the heck of why not?
We have realized that there is not much need to have a different color strap because they all do the same function and they are all the same price when ordering. The funny thing about it is that despite the fact that the unit is seldom visible my wife says she still loves her hot pink BodyBugg Replacement armband and will never go back to just having the basic black color. We hope that one day soon the entire strap will have a color choice also. We will keep you posted if it ever happens.
To see what color BodyBugg replacement straps are available today just click on any 24 Hour Fitness or BodyBugg link.
When you land on the BodyBugg site after clicking the banner below:
- Type “Bodybugg strap” in the search field at top right of page.
- then on the left hand side of the page, about 25% down, click on “Products” to see ALL the straps available.
What’s That Thing On The Arms of The Biggest Loser?
This blog has grown in popularity quite a bit. We have no official connection with The Biggest Loser at all, other than the fact that we think it is an awesome show. We love to watch Bob Harper and Jillian Michaels do their thing and watch the weight fall off the contestants. We have been getting a lot of questions about what are the things that are on the arms of the people on The Biggest Loser. We get asked the question at least 50 times a day. The question may be different, but the theme of the questions are the same.
People ask what is the thing on their arms? What do they wear under the sleeves? Where do we get the device they wear? We are overwhelmed with the question so we have decided to get make an entry for all to see and read. We have tried the product and we actually use it every day. That product is called BodyBugg and it is a state of the art weight loss product that will help your weight loss attempt enter the 21st century. BodyBugg records how many calories your body burns in the course of a day. The system is simple and so easy to use with your home computer.
We are not here to tell you how much we love to use it and how it helps us keep track of our calories or how it interfaces with our home computer. We are not here to pitch it to you, we are only here to tell you that what they are wearing on their arms in The Biggest Loser is a device called BodyBugg, which Bob and Jillian use to help their teams lose weight. If you want all the techno info. and all that just click on the box below to take you to the official 24Hour Fitness and learn about BodyBugg.
(An update/addition to this BodyBugg article can be found at this link.)