bodybugg on The Biggest Loser
My guilty pleasure: I love The Biggest Loser. We saw season 3 last year and I think it’s the first show in history that Daniel, Leanna, and I all enjoyed equally. Leanna and I like it because of the triumphing-over-adversity aspect, and Daniel likes that the trainers push the contestants and they really have to work. We all were amazed at the results of that work.
You know how when you consider buying a new vehicle, you start seeing them everywhere? Something similar happened when I started wearing the bodybugg. Not that I saw them everywhere (because they just aren’t that prevalent yet), but Daniel kept hearing me hiss, “Look, she’s wearing a bodybugg!”
Imagine my surprise when I tuned into The Biggest Loser last week and spotted the tell-tale gray armbands. “Look, bodybuggs!” I cried. We immediately speculated that the bodybugg was going to be featured (The Biggest Loser is really over-the-top with product placement), but as the show went on, no mention.
Sadly, it wasn’t until today that I made the connection that Apex is affiliated with both bodybugg and 24 Hour Fitness, which is heavily promoted on the show. Then this evening as I was logging my food, I saw I had a new email from Apex titled “bodybugg reaches 100k ‘big losers’”. Sure enough, tonight there were a lot more bodybuggs visible, and as I’ve been writing, a little blurb with trainer Kim where she looked at one of the contestant’s data (though it looked like she was looking on a Mac!).
I’ll be interested to see over the course of show how much they feature the data. I might even pick up some tips for my own bodybugg use, if they take it past the typical “this is neat, go buy it” schpiel.
I heard straight from bodybugg(tm) Technical Support that it is possible to use a program like Boot Camp (free) or Parallels and a compatible Windows version installed to use Mac hardware to use the bodybugg program.
That’s a good point. I don’t have Parallels installed at the moment, though I did find their trial handy, and in any case I don’t have an extra Windows license lying around at the moment, but that is a way around the limitation.
For now it’s easier for me to just use my laptop, but thanks for reminding Mac-only readers of the option.
I want a Body Bugg so BAD!!!! So how has you weight loss being since getting your BB?
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Gillian rocks… “beatings, beatings, beatings…” …………. “and MORE beatings!”
I am amazed at what people can do when they are forced to go past their own expectations.
The geek in me wants a bodybugg. However, aside from the steep price and no MAC OS support there is as additional concern that keeps me from plopping down the cash. Many years ago I used a product called Sportbrain. It was pedometer that you plugged in to a phone line daily. Your data was uploaded and could be viewed on the Sportbrain site. For someone who loves looking at the numbers it was a great tool and it had a growing community of users. However the company went under without notice. All user data was just gone and we all had worthless plastic junk. Sportbrain is back in business but do you have access to your data? Same concern with bodybugg. I have had better luck with the CalorieKing nutrition and calorie counter. I have been using it well over a year and there’s no monthly fees. It has a deep Database that seems to be updated regularly and runs on my Macs. Now if I could plug in the BodyBugg into this software..i’m in. Great site! I love the design
beware Bodybugg support has moved to Panama - what does this say about the company?
im afraid, I just bought this. I got a great deal ($169) they said they think corporate made a flaw and theyre ringing up cheaper than theyre supposed to. I know its a purchase I cant afford, so I jsut hope it is worth the money.
Wow, Lori, that’s an awesome deal. I just got bought mine last night for $199 and the digital display for $99 plus $8 shipping. At $306, it was steep still but I am hoping (need) to see what I am doing wrong. Eating too much and not burning enough calories! I would love to finally have control and be accountable for everything I eat because it will be right in front of me, rather than guess all the time. That obviously has not worked! Extreme diets, expensive pills, books, expensive foods i don’t even like, expensive gym membership without results… you know $306 is a bargain if it will give me knowledge, encouragement and control over my weight and health. I will keep you all posted on my progress. I am 5′3 female, 146lbs and I need to lose 20lbs, i have been trying to lose it for 10 years!!!! I would love to hear from you whether or not you have a BB. How much you have lost, how much it cost, if you are still using it etc. Thanks!!!