Ordering Your Armband Device

I am excited that you are beginning your journey towards a healtheir life and a more controlled appraoch to weight loss!  To order your armband device, please use the following link or the graphic link on the far right of the page:

With BodyMedia FIT, you can take control and achieve your weight loss goals!

Watch an Armband Device In Action

The idea to buy an armband device for my mom came after addictively watching The Biggest Loser.  Watch Trainer Bob quickly explain the benefits of such a device. 

You Tube - Biggest Loser Armband Endorsement

Weight Loss Basics

• Calories Taken In - Calories Burned = Weight Loss/Gain
•  3,500 Calories = 1 Pound
• 3,500 Calories Burned = 1 Pound Loss
• 3,500 Calories Taken In= 1 Pound Gained
• When you burn more calories than you eat (2,678 burned/2,246 taken in) it is called a calorie deficit.  Deficits cause you to lose weight.  When your deficit calories reach 3,500, you have lost a pound.
• When you take in more calories than you burn (2,246 calories burned/2,678 taken in) it is called a calorie surplus.  Surpluses cause you to gain weight.  If your surplus calories reach 3,500, you will gain a pound. 

Need Help Logging Food?

Try using reputable sources for logging food.  For example, I commonly use a site created by the U.S. Department of Agricultre (USDA) which gives nutritonal information on thousands of different types of common foods.  For example, most produce does not come with a nutrional food label on it for me to pull calorie information.  So I will use this site to determine the necessary information.  The site is called National Nutrient Database.

Need Help Tracking Calories?

Do you want a way to easily track your daily calorie deficit/surplus so you can monitor your weight loss more accurately? Tracking your deficit/surplus daily allows you to see your exact weight loss/gain in pounds (minus any food logging errors) so that you should know what to expect when you step on the scale.

You can use my version of a calorie tracking spreadsheet or create your own. If you use mine, you may have to change the dates based on when you start using the spreadsheet.  Additionally, here is a breakdown of the data dispalyed on the spreadsheet as well as how to use it.

1. Log your daily defiict/surplus in the Calroie Deficit column. 
2. Formulas built into the spreadsheet will begin calculating weekly totals/averages. 
   
   Note: Certain information in each week's breakdown will be the most accurate at the end of each week.

3. A grand total of your weight loss/gain for the whole spreadsheet will be displayed in the Total Pounds cell at the bottom left of the screen. 

Hints, Tips, & Suggestions for Success...

Here some quick and easy tips that have personally saved me from derailing my weight loss efforts, especially with regards to the armband:

• Utilize a food scale to measure foods in which it is difficult to gauge calorie count.
• Pre-Portion meals/snacks to avoid "handful syndrome." 
• Every body's idea of "I just ate a handful" is different and leads to inaccurate food logging. 
• Eating Out
• Review menus online before you eat so you make a sensible decision not an emotional, impulsive decision.
• Get dressings/condiments on the side.
• Check nutritinal information online or via phone apps.
• Pay attention to portion sizes if nutrional information is not available. 
• Weigh yourself at a consistent time to reduce the impact of outside variables. 
• I prefer to weigh myself in the A.M. before I eat or drink anything. 
• Take into account what clothing you are wearing the first time you weigh yourself.
• Do NOT weigh yourself everyday.  Your body is miraculous, but outside variables (bathroom habits, food eaten, etc.,) can wreak havoc on your body's ability to process weight loss/gain on a daily basis. 
• Instead, consider weighing yourself weekly.  
• Utilize the calorie deficit/surplus sheet found in a post above. 

Questions, Comments, or Suggestions

Do you have questions, comments, or suggestions regarding my Community Education Class "Making Weight Loss Easy"?  If so, please contact me at makingweightlosseasy@gmail.com.  I am always looking for ways to improve.