Hi all;

I got a Body Bugg to measure calories expended during the day and for my workouts.

Yikes! what a learning experience! I always told people that it was hard to impossible for me to lose weight on more than about 1200 cals. WW always said I wasn't writing my food down right or measuring or something. I think they did not believe that I worked out as much as I do.

Anyway, wearing my Body Bugg showed me that on a day that I walk 4 miles I maybe burned 1800 cals. My friend who is the same size as me and walks with me burned 2600 cals!! Yikes what a difference. Especially over a weeks time.

Yeesh... no wonder it is so hard for me. Now I learned I have to be meticulous with calories and I will probably not lose weight unless I exercise every day.

Not sure why my metabolism is so slow but at least I know now that I wasn't crazy (or lazy) all these years.

I am going to start weight lifting and try to build some more muscle even though I have always worked out-- I love to walk for exercise so it hasn't been a problem during my life. I can see it was a good thing that I did like exercising or I would have been 400 lbs instead of 257....

Live and learn I guess... i thought this might be helpful to others who are slow losers...

Good luck on your journey...

Sadie

I just got one tonight off of Craigslist. My husband drove to Lexington to pick it up for me. It came with the wireless uploader and the watch piece. I paid $75 for the entire thing and I am able to log in under the original owners information since they didn't use the entire 6 month trial. I'm very excited and can't wait to see how I do tomorrow.

I would check around and see what you can find in your area. I would highly recommend craigslist :tongue:

Do you have a link on where these are available? And what is a decent price one would expect to pay?

The going price is $199 at bodybug.com. It has been the best investment I have made in years.

Counting calories makes a lot more sense when you know what you are burning as well as consuming.