Yesterday I completed another workout from Chalene Johnson's new series Turbo Fire. It was a great workout. The series is filled with even more dance moves than Turbo Jam and my uncoordinated body has a little trouble following. I don't mind that I look absolutely ridiculous. I am too busy being pleased with the calorie burn. Yesterday I managed 540 calories in the 45 minute video. I was impressed because I usually have trouble burning more than 300 calories using workout DVDs. It was just so fun that I couldn't help but get totally into it.
I talked about making a few changes to my strategy. One of those things is careful monitoring of calories in/out. I just purchased a handy little device called the bodybugg to help me with my efforts. You may have seen this gadget on The Biggest Loser or Losing It With Jillian. It looks like a black armband and you wear it for as many hours a day as possible to give you a picture of how you burn calories throughout the day.
I think the device is most useful if you purchase the accompanying software. The software allows to you to track your meals for a better representation of your daily calorie deficit. One thing I love about the software is that you can look at specific time windows so you know how much you burn during a workout and what the afterburn is like. I'm still learning to use this tool but I can already tell you this. I was grossly overestimating my daily caloric burn. Over the next few weeks I will be working on how to correctly portion and log my food to get the most accurate data from this tool as possible. I also really like that you can use your iphone to input your food. Now I have an excuse to go out and get an iphone!
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