So the other day I bought a Body Bugg. It's a small device you wear on your arm. The point of it is that it is [supposedly] measuring body functions and reading calories you take in or burn and general movement/action. It's featured heavily in the Biggest Loser and a couple of other programs. At the very least it's a good psychological deterrent at the worst it's a minor annoyance. Either way it's not doing any harm but hopefully will give some good results.
I have been wearing it for about 4 days. You're supposed to wear it 24/7 with the exception of an hour a day and/or when you're cleaning it. Thus far it's been fine to wear. I haven't had any issues with it. It's fairly discreet. You can sync it to your computer via a USB cable (or a slightly more expensive wirelesss setup). My results have been promising. The very first partial day I wore it - it showed that my daily 'recommended steps' was down. But since then i've raised the activity level (via extended runs and trying to be careful or at least more careful in what I'm eating). So we'll see...
From the technology side of it. This one is interesting. It has quirks but is pretty cool. It's interesting that it at least appears to read something from the body (via a few electrode type pads on the back of the device). Whether it's actually really working or not...I don't know. What I would love is unification of devices. My iPhone killed the need for me to have a small PDA - plus it combined my phone and iPod. Bob suggested an app called 'Runkeeper Pro' which is pretty cool. It keeps GPS information about runs. But it lacks the ability to get actual physical readings. Even an add-on device like the Nike+ for iPod only keeps basic readings and does some simple calculations based on time/distance/etc.


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Cody09:51 AM CST