Yep. The Shark Done Gone Been Jumped AKA Medically-Assisted Bulimia

Our fat global population has an enormous fricken problem when THIS is a viable, marketable solution.

Did they stop to consider folks can't keep this thingamajig inside them for life (just like many folks gotta get the adjustable band removed due to erosion, complications, etc). And then it's massive regain time. I mean, they ate all they wanted all along, where's the behavioral change once the device is gone?

Eat all you want.

Sit all day.

Don't believe you can change.

Pig out freely and we'll take care of it with assisted "puking."

Bulimia, sponsored soon by your insurance.

Hey, weight loss is tough and diets fail vastly more often than they succeed. I'm struggling to get back in rolling mojo control. Others struggle. Even some folks who have had bariatric surgeries struggle.

But this device...I just shake my head.

Permission to continue to overeat. Geez, at least the lap band forced you to control portions. This is license to keep doing the damaging stuff that made us fat to begin with.

:::more head shaking::::

Calling All Tech-Calorie-Activity Monitor Wearers: Do You Love, Hate, or Otherwise Your Gadget--BodyBugg, GoWear Fit, DirectLife, Gruve...? Is It Helping Weight Loss?

I'm seriously thinking of asking hubby for one of these devices for Christmas instead of an iPad. I know, I know. Nuts, as iPad is way cool. But, I'm serious about keeping this momentum going through 2011 and onwards. And I am very curious to see what monitoring will do to make me less couch potatoey. Let's face it, 2 training sessions a week has made me way stronger and more flexible, but it's not burning that many calories.

BodyBugg --I've seen it on blogs, saw it on Ali of TBL.
GoWear Fit--some great reviews, some not.
Gruve --don't know much about it.
DirectLife --seems to be newer, and saw Roni review it.

Any others I'm forgetting?

Most are pretty pricey (more than 100, especially once you add in the membership ongoing costs).

But I want to know if it helped you or not. If you continued to use it after the initial thrill. If you learned something from using it. If it was very fritzy or smooth to use. How much more did it help you move or lose, in your estimation. Anything you'd want to say about your gadget.

Would be great to try it free, but I'm not a high-profile weight loss blogger, so pffft to that. So, I need feedback from real life users.

Thanks.