Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Bodybugg calorie breakdown

I find the bodybugg absolutely fascinating. I am constantly keeping tabs of individual activities to see how many calories I burn and how many steps I take. Here are some breakdowns of workouts:

Powerwalk/Jog
1hr 13mins | Calories Out: 461 | Steps: 5894

Turbo Jam Cardio Mix 1 with weighted gloves
44 mins | Calories Out: 344 | Steps: 4653

Ab Jam (Turbo Jam Ab workout)
20 mins | Calories Out: 64 | Steps: 734 (standing ab portion)

TJ Punch Kick & Jam with weighted gloves
50 mins | Calories Out: 358 | (Forgot to record steps)

Cardio Jam Live with weighted gloves
30 mins | Calories Out: 250 | (Forgot to record steps)

Walk/Jog with weighted gloves
1hr 40mins | Calories Out: 645 | Steps: 9204

I've been working late the past few days (and over the weekend), so I've missed a few workouts. Can't wait to get back to my routine!

Saturday, July 11, 2009

I'm amazed.

The bodybugg is worth every penny. I am amazed by it and I love it. The website where you log everything is incredibly comprehensive and fantastic. When you upload the data from your armband, it even graphs your movement hour by hour throughout the day. Everything is concise and easy to understand. If I have any complaint, I would say entering the calories consumed can be mildly aggravating. It's not always the easiest to find the full nutrition breakdown for every item consumed, and the program won't allow you to just enter calories. I tried to do that with a piece of fruit I ate... it forced me to put the carbs and protein in before I could save the info. I think it may be because there is a pie chart with a breakdown of how many fats, protein and carbs you should consume based on your goals and preferences. It requires that info to give you accurate feedback.

I definitely recommend the digital display along with the armband. I love being able to glance down and see the amount of calories I've burned throughout the day, the steps I've taken, etc. If you don't have the digital display, you can't see anything in real time... you have to wait until you upload from the armband to the web site. Another nice thing is that you can gauge how many calories you burn for specific activities. Out of curiosity, I compared to see how accurate the workout mode on Dance Dance Revolution is when I play my Wii. It was 50 calories off. :P I track everything and I am constantly looking at the display. It makes calorie management so much more fun- AND I've had at least a 500 calorie deficit every day that I've worn the bugg. It makes me so much more conscious of my choices. I just love it. I'm very happy. :D

Here's a sample page from the web site. You can see in the graph exactly where I took my Spinning class in the evening. lol :)