Back in the game

Its been a while! I ended up taking a professional cooking job and that chewed up so much of my energy that I ended up taking a really long hiatus from blogging. But no matter.

 I'm back and ready to begin with renewed vigor!

 I'll start by saying that I gained all of the weight back. I was exactly 205 (same as my starting weight last time I did this) on New Years Day this year...which reminded me I needed to get back on track.

 My sister - the perennial dieter - had belonged to a diet plan that required the purchase of a Bodymedia Body Bug. She still had it but had since moved on to a different diet plan, so he gave it to me.

 I had been contemplating buying a Fitbit or another activity tracker but seeing as this was available right in my own house...I thought...why not give it a try. I checked out the website and was annoyed that there was a fee associated with using it...but there was also a special being run at that time with Bodymedia's partner Jillian Micheals (of Biggest Loser Fame). One free month. Sure I'll try anything for free!

I've been wearing and using the bodybug arm band now for 15 days. I have not yet tried everything that the Jillian Michaels website has to offer...but here are my opinions so far.

1.) I'm not sure I buy the ad copy from Bodymedia on how it keeps track of your calorie consumption or how it knows when you are sleeping. (I swear it is my own personal Santa Claus - It sees me when I'm sleeping, It knows when I'm awake. It knows if I've been bad). But by wearing this thing I'm made to be conscious...all the time...of my desire to lose weight. Like tying a string around your finger or wearing a rubber band to prevent you from doing something you don't want to do. This thing on my arm reminds me that I'm supposed to be trying to do better.

2.) Its not completely uncomfortable...but its not so comfortable that you forget you are wearing it. For the first week that I was wearing it the fat on my arm caused the band to fold in half in places. It was both unpleasant and embarrassing. Now I have lost a bit of weight or I have found a location on my bicep that doesn't cause it to create the fat roll quite as badly, so it is better. No my biggest complaint is that it has bare metal that must be in contact with my skin in order for the device to work (see point above abut scepticism on that score). This bare metal is irritating, it bothers my skin. Bare metal against my skin always bothers me, its why I don't wear a watch.

3.) Jillian Micheals website provides a very all inclusive program with both menus and exercise programs. I have some specific complaints about both the menus and the exercise programs but for now I will just say that they are not perfect but I suppose they might work for some people, just not me.

4.) It can't be all bad though...because I have lost 6 pounds in 15 days.

 Here's is today's damage:

 Breakfast: A package of Belvita breakfast biscuits and a Red Bull.

 Lunch: 1/2 Tijuana Flats mahi taco salad

 Dinner: Not yet eaten.

 Exercise? 32 min on the eliptical trainer and one complete rep of Jillian Micheals beginner (Ha!) Circuit training.

Weight:  200