I've been thinking about investing in the BodyMedia Fit device. The gal that teaches my Zumba class wears hers faithfully. She said she burns about 600-700 calories teaching a one hour class. I've been doing Zumba about 3-4 days per week and I just don't think I burn that many calories because the scale just isn't budging! I'd like to know if any other bandsters are using one of these devices and what your opinion of it is. Thanks!

Hi Shelley,

I have a Body Media Fitness device also. I love it. It amazes me how accurate it is. I was very skeptical of how it would work when I first got it, but I input all the information into my profile on the computer. I keyed in my food intake for the day and each nite I downloaded my calorie burn info from the device. It would tell me how much weight I should be losing each day based on the info and it was amazingly accurate. I also loved the sleep efficiency info that it tracked. It was dead on. If I woke up during the night and looked at the clock, the next day the darn thing would show exactly the time that I woke up. It is amazing.

What is good about it to me is it really keeps me on track on exercize. I have a goal set for calorie burn each day and I would check it every evening. If i wasnt on track to meet my goal, I jumped on my treadmill to get it in line.

Thank you for the feedback. I've been hesitant to get one but I think it could really be beneficial. I'd really like to know how many calories I burn during Zumba. I'm putting this at the top of my Christmas list!

Thanka again!

thanks for posting this!!1 i have been writting on paper the pros and cons of both to figure out what one would be better ! i love hearing from ppl that have it and use it !!

thanks !

Amy

I have a BMF and I love it. You're supposed to only wear it 23 hours per day, but I can never keep it off an hour. I hate to not have the exact calories I burned during that hour. Helpped me realize I had way to large of a daily calorie deficit.

I love to see how much I really burn during my workouts, and push myself to burn even more.

I've been wearing a Bodymedia FIT since January. It's part of my daily program, and I swear by it. (And occasionally I swear AT it... ) It's totally worth it.

Shelley, tell your Santa the $169.99 one they sell at Costco.com is not only cheaper than any I've found selling elsewhere, (including on the Bodymedia.com website), but it also includes a 12-month subscription to the Bodymedia montioring service, which is about $7 a month. That's an additional savings of almost $84. Win-win. Go for it!

Dave

I have a Body Media Fit too and love it. I track my calories and exercise on myfitnesspal.com but use the calorie burn from bmf because its more accurate.

I'd like to work out how to set my goals. Any help appreciated.