Ok, I waited over two weeks since I got mine to post about it as I wanted to be sure it worked. This thing is great!

It measures my calorie burn, steps, moderate activity and then you enter your food and it give you a deficit, nutrition info etc. You enter goals, it is awesome

You can get it online or at 24 hour fitness (I am not a paid spokesperson) LOL

Reduced food intake is great but only half of it, maintaining muscle during the loss and exercise get you to the goal quicker, more healthy and make it easier to sustain once you reach your goal.

It senses your body temp and when you sweat. There's no need to input your activity unless you want to keep track of what exercises you were doing at whatever times. I don't. I just keep track of my food on the website. It tells you (if you have the digital display) how many calories you're burning per minute. That's my favorite part of the whole deal :smile2: I like to push myself and see that number jump up.

I knew i must be missing something! Thank you. That sounds really useful.

So, how does it measure activity? do you have to input that also? It seems like far too much work when you can just write stuff down for free. Or am I missing something? (highly possible)

You only have to enter what you eat. It does the other stuff on its own. Below is copied from the Bodybugg link that I posted earlier:

The bodybugg system uses a patented process to measure calorie burn.

The process is based on:

• Motion: The armband contains an accelerometer that measures motion from multiple perspectives.
  
• Steps: The accelerometer counts steps by measuring the distinct patterns created by running or walking.
  
• Galvanic skin response: When you sweat, your skin becomes more electrically conductive. This measurement helps the device understand how active you are.
  
• Skin temperature: There’s an electronic thermometer inside your armband that monitors how hot you are.
  
• Heat flux: When you move, your muscles produce heat. Your armband measures the heat that’s flowing from your body into the environment.
  

thanks, bt. I am so not a technology person. It still all seems like magic to me, pathetic as it is. I appreciate you highlighting the easy to "get" thing for me!