Comments on: Bodybugg – Weight Management On Your Arm

By: Stanley

Stanley — Fri, 29 May 2009 12:44:18 +0000

I need to know if there are any specal charges if I purchase the GoWear fit armband from ebay (used product) ?

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Wed, 06 May 2009 13:06:47 +0000

I have been on the Bodybugg program for 6 weeks now. I have lost more weight in this 6 weeks than I have in the previous 4 months. I do belong to 24 Hour Fitness, I have a trainer who I train with twice a week for 1 hour sessions and I workout 4 additional days on my own and rest one day a week. This device is great. I’ve dieted and worked out for years and always bounced back and forth in my weight and fitness. Well, I got tired of it. So, I joined a gym, got a trainer who introduced me to the Bodybugg and I have lost 60 lbs., can out lift and press more weight than any other female in the gym and I feel fabulous!!!! My Bodybugg cost me $199 plus training.

By: Missy

Missy — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:25:34 +0000

I’ve been using the Bodybugg for roughly 6 weeks (I am on a 12 week program). I have lost 13 pounds so far and for me, it has been pretty easy. I am a fairly active person but it has helped me become much more aware of what I eat and how MUCH I eat. I am so happy with it. It tells you in black and white how you are doing and even if it’s only a little machine, it’s still something I have to be accountable to. It’s much better than simply writing down what you eat; for me it is total body monitoring. Even if my calories are under my daily limit, the fact that it breaks down your food for you (fat, protein, carbs) is very helpful. If I’ve had a fatty lunch or fatty snack, I then know to structure my dinner or late snack to make up the lost protein or carbs in my diet. I go to the gym more often, too, it’s almost like it makes me want to work out more. And you get to see that even walking or light exercise really makes a difference. I can’t say enough good things about the Bodybugg–it’s made me feel in control, athletic, and confident again. And I am not affiliated with the company or with any gym, this is my own personal use and experience.

By: Markus

Markus — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 03:40:48 +0000

Rolling eyes at some of these obvious professional plugs. Could the owner of this site please post the ip's next to each post?

I agree with KD, why spend this much money on something you could do yourself? Even as a diabetic, all I really care about is acturate intake amounts of calories, carbs, protein, etc..

When I'm being true to myself and following a real workout regiment I see results in the mirror and on the scale. When I'm not, I don't. That simple really.

But people like gadgets. However, there is no cost to Apex once the device and software go out their door other than R&D work for upgrading their device and software. If they were to only charge for the next upgrade of software, I would be more inclined to buy one of their systems.

I wonder if I could find any interested souls over at freshmeat.org....

By: Jenn T

Jenn T — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 02:45:53 +0000

I love my Bodybugg; It’s like a dashboard for my bod. Now I KNOW what’s going on. I have a lot of fun with it: I have the digital display, and I set the ‘trip’ before I work out with my trainer, and we get a kick out of seeing which workouts burn what calories. Additionally, I’ll log on throughout the day at work to log my food, and watch the ’surplus’ build; then, when I get home, I upload my armband data and ZAP! I DESTROY that Surplus and it is now a DEFICIT! (Take THAT! – Just like playing a video game or something.) It’s very motivating too. Where before, I might’ve taken a nap on Saturday afternoon, now, I just cannot stand to see a ‘flatline’ for that long on my chart. So I do something else. Clean, walk, play Dance Dance Revolution with my 11-year-old, anything. It’s really motivating. Soooo, if you are one of the ones who believe it won’t do you any good, it probably won’t. Look elsewhere. But I’m getting a huge kick outta mine.

By: BOB H.

BOB H. — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:06:13 +0000

In the research I have done the difference between the Bodybugg and GOWEARFIT is that the GoWEARFIT takes about 3 days of calorie consumption foods that you input and uses it for an average. The Bodybugg has you input your daily food consumption which would be more trouble but a lot more acurrate.

By: Christine

Christine — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:23:26 +0000

I bought my device from Gowear and have had nothing but problems. I am unable to sync the device (I am on Vista, and it is just not connecting). I have tried several times to get support, and cannot get in touch with anybody at the company. I was told that I rep would call me at 10:15, and it is over 3 hours later with no call back. Very poor service and support.

By: M

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 05:25:22 +0000

Honestly guys, this looks like a rip-off. 24 Hour Fitness is pushing the myapex site which has a nice enough interface but it's crippleware basically if you don't buy into the BodyBugg aspect of this. So in other words the 90-day trial offer for the system that your trainer suggests is designed to continue the subscription fees and the product fees and to have you as a market for the many products pitched to you.

The unit is presumably $200-$500 and includes what appears to be a teaser subscription on the software. The ongoing subscription to upload your data and use the software is $15/month or $100/year.

Honestly there are many websites on the Internet and I'm sure that somebody has done a good job of this. I myself created an Excel spreadsheet that reasonably does the calorie-counting tracking and it functions nearly the same as the website.

For the $15/month cost I'd expect there to be a calorie-input application for my cellphone or PDA in addition to just allowing me to upload data from the BodyBugg.

I'd recommend a "pass" on this one.

By: Glenn_in_MA

Glenn_in_MA — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:35:28 +0000

Foxxy, I would think that if you cycle 100 to 200 miles per week like many of us do, then “not working on cycling” would significantly matter

By: Foxxy

Foxxy — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:55:32 +0000

Jean,

I think the important thing to remember when using GoWear fit or bodybugg is that it isn't a matter of one instance of cycling for a few hours, its the hours and hours each week of all the activity you do that adds up. Its the TDEE value that gives you the critical knowledge of if you are burning enough to match your intake. While it may not hit a particular thing spot on, overall, the 90%+ accuracy will give you critical knowledge to control your lifestyle.

The sleep in GoWear fit can be huge for those that want to look at that information and GoWear fit has a nutritional assessment with a food database, it just doesn't require daily logging, instead its based on food assessments that give you a average consumption.