**BODYMEDIA FIT/ BODYBUGG** OFFICIAL THREAD. is this real life?

[MAGnitude]

To those that have the bodymedia:


How do you rate the sleep efficiency feature? Does it provide any real world value or do you consier it just an uneccessary extra? Will rep anyone who provides me real insight. Ordered a bodybugg yesterday on sale for $142 and thinking about cancelling.....

sleep feature is a great tool. first few days, when i eventually got a good 5-8 hours sleep, i would right down the time i got up, and the time i layed back down, and it was incredivle accurate. the sleep effeciency is also awesome. you can track ur actual sleep opposed to laying there not knowing ur awake but not fully asleep at the same time. hence why people say i had 9 hours sleep but i feel like crap, well this way will tell you why

[Ubernit]

stop overly relying on your scale so much
i gained 4lbs today, who cares

[REALDEAL012]

sleep feature is a great tool. first few days, when i eventually got a good 5-8 hours sleep, i would right down the time i got up, and the time i layed back down, and it was incredivle accurate. the sleep effeciency is also awesome. you can track ur actual sleep opposed to laying there not knowing ur awake but not fully asleep at the same time. hence why people say i had 9 hours sleep but i feel like crap, well this way will tell you why

He also provides valid reasoning as well... It just all depends on how you use the data to determine if the feature truly is necessary to you. And also, ALL BMF's come with a free 3 month subscription. When you activate your device on their website, just click "I got my device somewhere else" and then the next page will say congratulations, your first 3 months are free.

[lovingit]

To those that have the bodymedia:


How do you rate the sleep efficiency feature? Does it provide any real world value or do you consier it just an uneccessary extra? Will rep anyone who provides me real insight. Ordered a bodybugg yesterday on sale for $142 and thinking about cancelling.....

I find it to be an unnecessary extra.

[t.willou]

To those that have the bodymedia:


How do you rate the sleep efficiency feature? Does it provide any real world value or do you consier it just an uneccessary extra? Will rep anyone who provides me real insight. Ordered a bodybugg yesterday on sale for $142 and thinking about cancelling.....

I actually really like this feature. On the days I've been dragging ass, I can usually go back to the BMF data and see that my sleep us low. I find my appetite is outta control too when I dont sleep enough.

[Ghosting]

I find it to be an unnecessary extra.

This. I only looked at what it said for a few days.

[Ghosting]

I find it to be an unnecessary extra.

Quick question, are you starting to get deeper cuts in your abs or is it the angle?

[Rasc170]

Thanks all. WIll rep everyone who responded to my Q

[l3al3yJane]

I didn't do "traditional" HIIT, but I didn't feel like doing a whole cardio session so I interspersed some between sets on Monday when I was doing my "push" lifting day.

I did treadmill sprints of 9.5-11.0 mph for about 3/4 of a mile each time (so 4-5 mins), three separate times during the workout. For my total session from about 7:40-9:00 pm it showed a burn of 450 calories, whereas my normal burn for a lifting-only session is about 250 for the same duration. It showed on my graph that after sprints I continued to burn at an elevated rate for about 5-10 minutes.

So the breakdown was that sprinting was like 10-11 cal/min, immediately after the sprints was 5-7 cal/min, then lifting was about 4-5 cal/min and my normal "sedentary" burn rate is about 1.2 cal/min. Obviously this would be different for someone bigger and I'm jealous of all you boys who sit around and burn 2.0 cal/min doing nothing.

Maybe that is helpful to those who were wondering.

[lovingit]

Quick question, are you starting to get deeper cuts in your abs or is it the angle?

Deeper cut but it depends on the day, really (and the lighting). Some days my abs look really flat, especially when I'm glycogen depleted. I think they'll look better after my next bulk/cut.
http://s13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...3D54ef3318.jpg

http://s13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...3Dc908329e.jpg

[Ghosting]

Deeper cut but it depends on the day, really (and the lighting). Some days my abs look really flat, especially when I'm glycogen depleted. I think they'll look better after my next bulk/cut.
http://s13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...3D54ef3318.jpg
http://s13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...3Dc908329e.jpg

Thanks and motherofgod.jpg

[Rasc170]

http://s13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...3Dc908329e.jpg

can't open any pics....y u tease me?

[Ghosting]

can't open any pics....y u tease me?

The first pic has win all over it. I'll post them. =) Give me a min.

[lovingit]

In my defense of those pics, I just woke up when I took them.

[Ghosting]

Both pics are hot, but the first one is a bit distracting

[mminguela]

For those that were interested, I've done HIIT vs a regular cardio comparison. It turned out with a regular cardio session (45 mins) I would burn around 3200 calories at the end of the say. After a 20 min HIIT session, at the end I would burn around 3400 calories. This has been consistant everytime Ive tried it. Very cool!

[SVTBlackie]

^^ oh lawd

[TransientBeing]

Wait so people are gaining weight with this device?

[Ghosting]

Wait so people are gaining weight with this device?

Ya, I find it weird too. WTF, people eat more and gain weight? People that buy this gimmick are suckers. I'm with you.

[drewbie57]

I have a feeling I'll be part of the "underestimated my TEE" crew. Sat on ass all morning, rode bike to gym, did routine, rode home, now 3PM my time and I'm only a few hundred kcal from my previously estimated TEE (incl cardio) and I haven't even gone for my evening walk yet. Crazy.

[robbie_vlad]

This was actually something I wanted to bring up.. I sat in a recliner yesterday and watched a movie on netflix from about 1pm till 230pm, and during 80 of those 90 or so minutes, the BMF thought I was asleep. So honestly, it probably isn't that accurate. I think it's cool that it can track REM while you are asleep (dips in cals/min burn), but other than that, like you said, it is probably an unnecessary extra.


Also, you can get the BMF for about 153 on Amazon with 1 day shipping, just FYI if you do decide to cancel your BB

REM is the only part of the sleep cycle that I would care to even see data on (#/night), so that's just some food for thought. Other than that it sys that I wake up 20+ times per night for 3-30min at a time randomly, which I don't think is the case. So for the most part I'd also so it's purely an extra, not one of the main reasons I bought it personally.

[greekmanman]

Has anyone gotten questioned about the thing on their arm all day?

Surprisingly, no one has mentioned anything to me yet LOL

I have the Bodymedia Fit and I actually really like the sleep efficiency feature.

On nights where my efficiency is lower, I definitely feel more tired during the day.

The same is true in reverse as well. Pretty cool if you ask me.

[Trillios]

stop overly relying on your scale so much
i gained 4lbs today, who cares

This x9000.

[Rasc170]

Both pics are hot, but the first one is a bit distracting

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[AlwaysTryin]

Going to try wear mine during sedation today for my wisdom teeth lol interested to see the sleep...

[divide]

Going to try wear mine during sedation today for my wisdom teeth lol interested to see the sleep...

Good luck! I've been considering getting mine taken out but too chicken. Sleeping during sedation will be interesting I bet.

[d-in-gr]

I love this device but hate it at the same time! I burnt about 4600 cals yesterday and ate about 3900, and I am gaining weight I am trying to slowly reverse diet up to my average burn, and then I will begin cutting again.

Ik, ik.. It's water weight and excess food in the GI tract, but what's the point of even having the device if you can successfully lose BF at a certain intake and gain at another, even if it doesn't match up with the device. Obviously because of the amount of calorie burns everyone is reporting, the thyroid output does not match up with the adrenal output.. Thoughts?

I bought the bodyMedia monitor last year. Wore if for about six months, and it didn't seem to match my calorie burn; so I stopped wearing it.

In January I was diagnosed hypothyroid. Once I got my medication setup I tried wearing it again about six weeks ago. Seems to be accurate now, and I've been cutting since then.

But I did notice starting last week I would suddenly start burning a lot less calories even though my workout was about the same.

I upped my calories each time to go slightly over maintenance, and the next day I was burning calories at the normal level.

I wonder if people who buy the monitor have already slowed down there metabolism from cutting for a long period to begin with.

Perhaps a few week clean bulk to start with is the way to go when you first buy a bodybugg.

[Ghosting]

I wonder if people who buy the monitor have already slowed down there metabolism from cutting for a long period to begin with.

Ding ding ding.

Edit : will rep when I get off RC.

[Cumulonimbus]

stop overly relying on your scale so much
i gained 4lbs today, who cares

This.

Ate 5.2k, 775g CHO, woke up 2lbs lighter.

[bugzor]

How often do you guys sync your devices? and what's the time frame used for a daily burn? sry if stupid questions, just got my BMF in the mail and now sure to adjust to it just yet.