Taking a New Tack

I haven't visited this blog in a while, but maybe it is time to get started again! To recap, in 2010 I lost about 25 pounds...and gained most of it back. In 2011 I lost 50 pounds...and gained some of it back. Today I am about 30 pounds lower than my highest weight ever and am trying to get back in the groove of weight loss. I let my commitment to weight loss slack a little when I started school again, which was followed by a flare of my PsA. When you can barely make it through a work day, the last thing you want to do is make a meal and count points! This time, I am trying something different. The Body Media Fit is a device that you wear on the back of your arm that tracks how many calories you burn, steps you take and even hours you sleep in a day. All you have to do is enter in what you eat, and the Body Media Fit tells you what calorie deficit you must have to lose weight.

I have been using the Body Media Fit for two weeks now and have lost 4.4 pounds. If I want to eat a little extra in a day, I walk home from the train station instead of taking the bus. If I am feeling a little lazy, I restrict my calories more. This device really takes the guess work out of counting calories!