Whilst shopping at Best Buy with Nick's family the other day, I was looking at exercise goodies. I've been trying to find a good HRM to track calories burned and such. I saw they were selling the Body Bugg...to expensive...AND a subscription fee...ick. Then there was its competitor Bodymedia...same deal. Then I saw it...this little clip right next to it...
Fitbit...hmm...$99.99! Not bad...I bet there's a subscription fee, though.
I searched the packaging for more information to find out the online tools are FREE!
Holy carp! I NEED one of these!
Frantically, I searched the store for my missing hubby. In ANY other store, it would be EASY to find him. He's a tall guy and he's generally found in the electronics section of any department store...however, this was Best Buy. He could literally be ANYWHERE in the store geeking out. Finally, I found him with the in-dash navigation systems. While approaching him, I saw that look in his eye. If I let him speak first, I was going to get an ear-full of technical jargon that I wouldn't understand, so I spoke as I approached him.
"I need this."
*handed him the product*
"What is it?"
"Remember that BodyBugg Courtney was talking about? It's a competitor for that, only there's NO subscription fee online and it's WAY less expensive."
"How much?"
"$99.99"
"Wow...tell you what. You get down 10 lbs by the end of January and I'll buy this for you."
"YAY!"
The reason why my goal date has been moved to the first week of February is because my asthma got bad with a cough and my doc put me on prednisone (a steroid) to help my airways clear out. I was afraid the steroid would make me gain and Nick agreed it wasn't totally fair with that obstacle, so he agreed to extend it out a week.
Also, last night, Nick bought me Your Shape: Fitness Evolved for the Kinect. I haven't had a chance to try it out yet, but I am going to today.
Finally, I am adding Dance Central to my list of recommendations. It is SO much fun! You'll be an hour into it before you realize. My only caution is that I'm pretty sure it underestimates calories burned. If you're tracking with Myfitnesspal, I would recommend putting it in as General Dancing.
Nick thinks this should be my closing phrase until ultimate goal date:
May the 4th be with you!
Yeah it's a pretty good deal, I considered that a year ago, but it is a rough estimation still since it doesn't have a heart rate monitor and just clips on your pants, but I think it is still a good product. I am not really sure how it works, I think it estimates based on movement. Good goal to work towards!
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