My New Best Friend

I met a new best friend this week.  It hugs me every day, it reassures me when I’m doing the right thing, it keeps me on track by steering me in the right direction.  My new best friend is my Body Media Armband.  I love my armband.  I’m still looking for a name for it, I’m open to suggestions.

The armband is very similar to the bodybug most of you have seen on Biggest Loser.  This magic tool tells me how many calories I burn in a day, how many steps I take, what my activity level is (moderate or intense), how much sleep and what efficiently it is as well as a place to log my food.  It tells me these amazing statistics that enable me to make better choices.   It requires diligence and time to log my food for the day, but it’s well worth the effort.  It also gives you a neat layout of your food so you can gain a better overall look at where your calories are coming from and if you are meeting your nutritional goals.   You log your current weight, your ideal weight and then based on activity goals you find out how long it will take you to reach your ideal weight.  Based on my goals I should reach my current goal weight of 175lbs on Oct 29^th, 2012.  That would be FANTASTIC!  Like whoo hooo, I’m happier than a pig in well, you know poop! 

I had been logging my foods before, but somehow seeing the numbers of calories I burn vs my intake looks different this way.  It ‘s black and white on the screen,  you eat this much, you burn this much.  You eat more then you burn, your weight goes up.  I’m excited to say I’m down 2.5lbs since wearing my new best friend.

Instead of being embarrassed about wearing my armband, I’m proud.  Honesty, it’s my new best friend.  It will go with me almost anywhere (except water activities).  I love what it represents, I love how it makes me accountable.  I love the feeling of empowerment it gives me.  I cannot wait to wear it this weekend at the gym.  I was originally going to do that mini-tri but my teammates are feeling under the weather so we plan to do it in April.  Paul and I were going to come up with an alternative for something challenging this weekend.

Please feel free to comment suggestions on a name for my new best friend J

Unstoppable Bodymedia Armband Loving Mariah