BodyBugg Update

After several weeks of wearing the BodyBugg I have some interesting observations; none are really surprising but wonderfully confirmed by graphs and numbers. :) Yes, there comes the geek in me.

Observation #1: Surprising I can easily hit my daily burn target each day, even on those where I don't take Zumba or Ballroom dancing classes.
Reaction: For years I have viewed myself as lazy. I mean, come on, how can I have gotten to be this large/fat/unfit without being a tinzy winsy bit lazy. The BodyBugg has just proved that the small changes I have made in my life just over the past two years has really had a positive impact.

Observation #2: My biggest pitfall is nutrition.
Reaction: To be frank, I thought I had this a bit better under control....obviously not when my calorie intake far exceeds my burn on any given day. I am going to continue to review my data because I have a sinking feeling that I have "dark hours" where calories are just all emotional reactions.

Observation #3: There are whole long periods of the day when I am not moving.
Reaction: My employment is primarily a desk job. Unlike those hated horrible jobs that I had in the beginning of my career that had me literally chained to my desk... I so hated having to plan by bowel movements around whomever could cover my post! I digress, my current position, although still a desk job I can get up and literally walk the building at any time. To add to my shame, I am the manager of the corporate fitness center. I sit down each week and go over programs, offerings and other information with my fitness center manager. Please don't ask when was the last time I went down and took a class. Please, I beg of you....sush.

In other news, go over to Ms. Bitchcakes blog and check out her "4 weeks before I hit goal" post. I put her data into BodyBugg and she was consuming about 1500 calories. That is the target calorie goal that BodyBugg created for me.

My sweetie also just got back from being with my parents for three weeks in Dominican Republic. He looks yummy and lost 5 lbs too. ;)

Next weeks plan:
Create and follow the eating plan on BodyBugg. Can't hurt right?
Write down every bite, lick and taste and everything in between.
Keep an emotions journal.

Free time + bugg

Social Experiment Day Three

Sleep, where did you go my dear beloved friend? The past few days I have been having some serious issues with both going to bed and falling asleep.

Since my sweetie has been traveling I have stayed up way past midnight each night. After some frustration and consideration, I believe it is a combination of feeling disoriented with all this free time and being alone.

I have always had an independent streak in me and love love love the idea of all this free time. I am even looking forward to it but it seems that I need a period of adjustment. I am hoping that by this weekend I have settled into it and can enjoy it much more.

There is a difference between being alone and being lonely. I have not been alone in my home for days on end in.....never. Even when we were moving to Florida and I stayed in NYC, Johanna, her son and sister were living with me. Before I got married I lived at home, before that at my college dorm. There I did have plenty of free time and loved it. How is it possible that 17 years have gone by since then? I feel like I am on a slowly winding drive to my true self. Not the young girl that came here but the true me. This weight has been a shield for me in so many ways. Bitchcakes posted something along these lines today.

What makes this all the more tragic is that I am the best sleeper you can find. I am an overachiever when it comes to sleeping to the complete disgust of my insomiac of a hubby. I can take a nap in the afternoon and still go to bed at my regular time with no issue at all. I am out cold within seconds of laying my head down.

As to the Body Bugg, I have a week wearing it and just yesterday started seriously entering my calories consumed in the system. I am pretty impressed with it. Yesterday wasn't a stellar day, by any stretch of the imagination, but I still managed to pull off a calorie deficit! I feel like I am right on the edge of falling into my groove and am looking forward to it!

There is a bug on me.

Since last Wednesday, I have a body bugg stuck to my left arm.

I don't know yet how well this will work out for me but since I like reviewing charts and getting data I expect it to workout well. The first few days it annoyed the crap out of me and it kept on slipping off. I changed the band to the medium size and it is now working out good. I forget I have it on most of the day. I take it off to sleep although I read that some people keep it on for the whole day and only take it off for an hour. It doesn't take my heart rate so I am still using my heart rate monitor when I work out. I don't mind that too much.

I am an avid fan of the Biggest Loser but I didn't get the bug (haha) to get one until I read Ali Vincent's book. She mentioned that when she got back to the ranch, after being voted off, Jillian asked her what the heck had she been doing. Her answer was that she didn't stop moving until the BodyBugg told her. Ali and Tara are my all-time favorite female contestants. So for now, I will wear this on my arm in the hopes (+ hard work) that one day I will have Ali's arms and Tara's slim face too.