What was I so excited to share yesterday? My GoWear Fit arrived in the mail yesterday! I considered purchasing one for a very long time and Monday afternoon I got a wild hair and bought it. And just as an FYI, I bought this myself and was not contacted by the folks at GoWear Fit to promote their product, although I would have gladly accepted!

This is what it looks like:

What does it do?
Simply wear it during the course of your regular day, then plug it into your computer and upload your data to your personal GoWear fit Online Activity Manager. The Manager will help you establish your goals, track your progress, and give you tools to help you know how many calories you're eating, on average, per day.

Multi-Sensor Armband
Your armband is a small computer that measures a variety of physical characteristics, including motion, steps, galvanic skin response, skin temperature, and heat flux. It's the only multi-sensor monitor that can accurately track:
Calorie burn
Physical activity
Steps taken
Sleep duration
Sleep efficiency

I've always been curious to know how many calories my body at my current weight burns in an average day. Today I decided to wear it without exercise just to gage where I'm currently at. I read the reviews on amazon.com and they were very good. It is exactly like the bodybugg (used on the biggest loser) but more affordable and tracks sleeping patterns.

I took it off during my shower and so far it feels pretty comfortable. I have really big arms, which makes it slightly more uncomfortable for me and more noticeable that I'm wearing it than someone else with smaller arms. But, it is not painful or circulation inhibiting, you'd be hard pressed to know I'm even wearing it under my cardigan.

From the reviews a lot of people mentioned how the GoWear Fit device has helped motivate them to burn more calories during the day. The online tracker gives you target caloric goals for the day as well as a place to track the calories you are consuming. This tool is definitely not  needed for weight loss, but it is a nice to know where you stand with daily activity, something I struggle with.

I put it on as soon as I got up around 5:30am this morning, took it off for my shower, and then put it back on. I plugged it into my computer around 7:30 because I was curious to see what my calories burned were while getting ready for work. 922. This includes any huffing and puffing while put on hose which it no easy feat.

Tomorrow morning I will log how many calories I burned today and compare them with my calories tomorrow when I resume exercise. I'll keep you posted!!

Food for yesterday:

organic blueberry greek yogurt w/ 1T chocolate chia goodness, 1T carob chips, and a few frozen blueberries: 225 calories

chicken fajitas (grilled chicken, onions, green peppers, lettuce, 1 T sour cream, 1/2 C pinto beans) approx. 650-700 calories

1 serving pizza ( 410 calories)

1/4 C pistachios: 170 calories

Total: 1,480

Lately I've been getting a few emails and requests asking for low calorie meals that are really easy/quick to prepare. I'm not a hugely devoted fan of convenience foods, but sometimes that's just what happens. Last night I wasn't in the mood to spend a lot of time on dinner, but I needed something quick, healthy and low in calories.

And this is what I made:

I split each bag with Josh making it 380 calories total each (including the soy/teriyaki sauce I put on my broccoli.) The shrimp was really good, but a little pricey at a little over $6 a bag. I think the rice was $1.94 and the same with the broccoli. The shrimp had 110 calories per serving (9 shrimp) and 18 grams of protein. The broccoli was bright green and tasted very fresh, not wilted or overcooked.

Buying these ingredients separately, I imagine, would have been cheaper especially where the rice is concerned, but again $5 per person is better than a restaurant meal and I know exactly how many calories I consumed.  You could also add a salad to this, but regardless it was pretty filling. I tend to get excited about lower calorie/filling meals.

Anyhow, I'm going to work on some quick and easy meal ideas. My mom mentioned that she doesn't like to cook on days when she works and has class, which I totally understand, so for someone like her this meal would be perfect. Ready in less than 14 minutes, and the only dish I used was a baking sheet for the shrimp.