Thanks you two!
So here's what ended up happening:
I knew something was wrong with the number of calories I was "supposed to be burning" just by being alive, light office work, etc. When I followed the formulas for weight loss based on the Harris Benedict Equation, I ended up having a hard time losing weight. I've thought for a long time that my metabolism is just plain slow. Instead of spending thousands of dollars on having a doc run tests for me (my health insurance doesn't cover that), I ended up getting a
Everyone familiar with these? If not, I recommend giving the link a look over. Its made a huge difference in my effort of losing weight. Now I lose 1.5-2lbs a week without a whole lot of trying.
As a bit of an experiment, on a day off I decided to wear the bodybugg and relax the whole day to see what my calorie expenditure would be on a day where I did very little. Well, I can't hold completely still all day so the calorie expenditure was a little higher than it would have been if I had managed to be sedentary all day.
Expenditure of a Sedentary day:
Bodybugg calorie expenditure: 1701
Harris Benedict Equation: 1972
There's almost a 300 calorie difference! So when I was doing about a 500 calorie deficit a day (with a margin of error of... lets say 100 calories), some days I was only getting a 130 calorie deficit!
No wonder I never lost weight.
Anyhow, this little thing is great and I really recommend it to anyone who might be stuck on a plateau or has trouble determining BMR. They aren't cheap, but its less expensive than going to the doc for some tests.
- Sunny
