Today the doorbell rang. My girls thought their friend was at the
door... nope, the UPS dude! I came back inside with a small brown box and
the kids begin asking questions.
"What is that?"
"It's my BodyBugg."
"What's a BodyBugg?"
"My new toy." And with that I proceeded to the kitchen where
a timer chimed for the homemade bread I had baking. Once the bread
situation was under control, I pulled a pair of scissors from the "junk
drawer" and went to work on the box. I freed the contents and plopped down
in my big chair with my laptop and Bugg paraphernalia. Thinking I would
have this thing set up in a matter of minutes I was shocked when thirty minutes
had passed and the timer for my second loaf of bread was sounding. I
still wasn't through with all of the questions and tutorials. Everything
had to be put on hold until after dinner (and an episode of LOST), which was
just as well considering the device was still charging.
I finished setting up my online account, which was far more detailed than I
expected. I really didn't want to weigh in the late afternoon but I
couldn't move forward until I filled in all of those details. It appears
that the Bugg is fully charged... maybe I need to check what color/flashing/not
flashing the battery light should be... Yep, flashing green. It's
charged. Right now I feel a bit like I've got a case of "information
overload". I'm wondering if I should put it on and walk around... oh
snap, I just remembered that I haven't even openned up the digital display
watch. I wonder how long it takes to charge that piece. Be right
back...
…Ok, no charging. It
has a watch battery inside. I think I
will give it a walk about the room. I
put it on and got the “I’m on” beep.
It automatically shuts on and off depending on whether or not it is
contact with your skin. Wow. Now to turn on the digital display… OH MY GOSH!!
It knows my name! Once it synched
the display read, “Welcome to BodyBugg, Julie”.
Looks like it may be guessing at my calorie burn so far today. Several reviews I read said to give it a few
days to convert to your true calorie burn.
Looks like I’ve burned three calories since I turned it on. Funny, I guess typing does burn calories. Wearing this strap around my arm is going to take some getting used to though. They say you eventually forget that it's there. I sure hope so.
For one minute I did a couple of trips up and down the stairs and circled the main floor. Looks like I burned 4 calories doing that. The "log" on the display says that I was moderately active for one minute - ha! This is rather comical. I have now burned 24 calories since turning it on a few minutes ago. My goodness.
Tomorrow I'll track my food and wear the Bugg. The first week I'm just going to focus on learning how to use this thing. It's pretty neat so far. If you get one, be prepared to spend a bit of time in the setup process. Oh, and it takes about three hours to fully charge the device. During the setup I told them I didn't want the coaching phone call at this time. It looks like I can change my mind later.