When I first started reading headlines about the Bodybugg, I guess I didn't really understand the concept. Maybe I wasn't paying close enough attention.

But as I've been watching The Biggest Loser and learning more about it, it is now on my Top 10 Wants list. As in, I want it really bad.

Problem is, it's seemingly expensive, and I'm not sure if it's worth the cost.

First, for those who do not know what it is, it is a small device that you wear on your arm during the day (can you wear it at night if you want to?) and you input the number of calories you are consuming, while it monitors your body and tells you how many calories you are burning throughout the day.

Now, I'm still not an expert on this little device, so correct me if I'm wrong people, but I believe in order to actually see the amount of calories you are burning versus what you are taking in, unless you pay even more money for a digital display to go on top of the device, you also need to purchase software for your computer that shows you these outcomes, and also offers a variety of other weight loss tools.

I've been poking around on different Web sites, and the best deal I've been able to find is $250 for a bundle that includes the bugg, the display and the software.

I'm kind of on the fence about this product because, while I think it could definitely help in at least my own weight loss pursuit, as for the calories you take in, couldn't a pen and paper suffice to record how many calories you take in? As for how many you burn, naturally the machines at the gym do tell you, but I would be curious to see how many calories I burn on a normal basis when I am not working out.

I guess, ideally, I'd like to rent a Bodybugg for a week.

What do you think? Is the bang worth the buck with the Bodybugg?

Also, here's a link for more information on the Bodybugg:

http://bodybugg.com/

When I first started reading headlines about the Bodybugg, I guess I didn't really understand the concept. Maybe I wasn't paying close enough attention.

But as I've been watching The Biggest Loser and learning more about it, it is now on my Top 10 Wants list. As in, I want it really bad.

Problem is, it's seemingly expensive, and I'm not sure if it's worth the cost.

First, for those who do not know what it is, it is a small device that you wear on your arm during the day (can you wear it at night if you want to?) and you input the number of calories you are consuming, while it monitors your body and tells you how many calories you are burning throughout the day.

Now, I'm still not an expert on this little device, so correct me if I'm wrong people, but I believe in order to actually see the amount of calories you are burning versus what you are taking in, unless you pay even more money for a digital display to go on top of the device, you also need to purchase software for your computer that shows you these outcomes, and also offers a variety of other weight loss tools.

I've been poking around on different Web sites, and the best deal I've been able to find is $250 for a bundle that includes the bugg, the display and the software.

I'm kind of on the fence about this product because, while I think it could definitely help in at least my own weight loss pursuit, as for the calories you take in, couldn't a pen and paper suffice to record how many calories you take in? As for how many you burn, naturally the machines at the gym do tell you, but I would be curious to see how many calories I burn on a normal basis when I am not working out.

I guess, ideally, I'd like to rent a Bodybugg for a week.

What do you think? Is the bang worth the buck with the Bodybugg?

Also, here's a link for more information on the Bodybugg:

http://bodybugg.com/

These days, it's all about what other people think.

It's unfortunate, but more often than not, people are motivated in what they do in their lives by what they predict other people will think about it. What we wear, what we eat, where we eat, where we shop-the list goes on and on.

Don't worry. It's not like I'm writing this post to preach about something I'm not going to admit I do myself. I would say a great deal of what I do in my life is influenced by what I think people will think if I do or say it. (When it comes to saying things, I definitely should work on holding my tongue a little bit more)

Well, one gym is beginning to sweep the nation and its core principle is based on what others think, except it preaches the opposite.

The gym is Planet Fitness and its slogan is that it IS the "Judgment Free Zone."

I've known about Planet Fitness for a few years. After I first moved to Albany, it seemed to be the only gym around here-plus membership is extremely cheap (they are always running deals where you can sign up for only $1 and then pay $10 per month).

It's also extremely easy to get out of a contract at Planet Fitness if you decide it is not the gym for you-and you really should be working out at the perfect gym for you, or else you will be less motivated to work out.

But despite the costs of membership, I think what most people love about Planet Fitness is this "judgment free" philosophy. The idea that no matter how much sweat is pouring down your face and no matter how much your thighs jiggle while you're working that elliptical, NO ONE, not a SINGLE MEMBER is going to judge you. Why? Because they can't.

An unusual thing happens when and if a gym employee hears a person judging another person, or actually, to even make it more extreme, if a body-builder-wanna-be is grunting really loud when they are lifting, and dropping, their weights. A "lunk" alarm is sounded, thereby making the whole gym know this person is either a judger-face or a person who really wants attention. This then embarasses that person.

What do you think? Would a gym with a motto like that make you feel more comfortable?