BodyMedia FIT - Week 1

I've spent one week wearing the BodyMedia FIT and I have to say...

First, I've lost three pounds!

Excuse me?  Did you hear what I just said?  Or rather, did you read what I just wrote?  Three pounds!  Where's my ticker tape parade, people?

Then I have to say, wearing it has become somewhat addicting.  I can't wait to enter my calories.  I can't wait to see how many I've burned, how many steps I've taken, how many minutes of activity I've had and how well I've been sleeping.  (49% efficiency, for those wondering.)

It's like I'm playing SIMS in real life.

Ohhh...Mandy's activity bar is kind of low.  Time to exercise.

Uh-oh.  Mandy's calorie count is a little high for this time of day.  She's getting lots of veggies for dinner.

Oh look!  Mandy just got a Personal Best trophy!  How exciting is that?

Today, I plugged it in to re-charge while I took a shower and then...left the house without it!  I'm so used to wearing it that I didn't notice until I was halfway to work and then...I almost turned around to go get it.  That's how addicted I am.  Chad talked some sense in to me and said that I really shouldn't be a half hour later for work.  But now...I'm feeling a little lost.  What am I going to do without my little reminders to exercise?  Oh.  Yeah.  I guess I could go old school and remind myself.

That's just not nearly as cool.  And when you have the phone that I do, without a data package, cool points are hard to come by.

It's also been very eye-opening.

If you'd asked me, a week ago, how many steps I took during the day, I'd have answered, "Oh...probably around 15,000 or maybe 15 million."  The truth is, even though I'm on my feet for a good chunk of the day, I'm having a hard time getting 8,000 steps in without *gasp* going to the gym.

I told Chad this is proof positive that I need a bigger house.  "But honey, a bigger house will help me lose weight!"

He told me to go take a walk.

So I did.