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Oct

Day 6 with the bodybugg™

Well on my way to forming good habits, this is the fourth day in a row that I have gone to the gym and burned off at least 330 calories during lunch or after work. Tonight, I spoke with one of the membership counselors and told him – now that I realize Apex and bodybugg are part of 24 Hour Fitness – that the user interface is clunky, unattractive, and can’t hold a candle to Sparkpeople when it comes to setting up a fitness program, tracking exercise, or tracking food and nutrition intake. I pointed out a couple of strange "features" (surely not bugs on the bugg!?). For $99/year, I want something more. I wouldn’t mind paying a monthly fee if the device itself were free, or if there was a free version of the software – preferably something that would run locally, on my PC – that did nothing more than download the data from the bodybugg. That’s all I want it for, after all.

Disturbing thought: "I see you’re wearing the bodybugg. How do you like it?"

"It’s great!"

"It’s like having your own personal trainer, 24/7. We can access your logs from here, see how you’re doing, suggest improvements to your program…"

"24/7, huh? Oh my…"

I understand, now, why they say "Don’t sleep in it." @#$%!

"So you can’t see me, no, not at all.
In another dimension, with
voyeuristic intention,
Well secluded, I see all."

Time Warp lyrics (Rocky Horror Picture Show)

Sparkpeople.com Bodybugg Team October Challenge:

1. N/A
2. N/A (Started Oct. 3 @ ~2:00 PM)
3. Burned: 2300 Consumed: 1675 Deficit: 625 Steps: 4614
4. Burned: 2362 Consumed: ???? Deficit: ??? Steps: 4207
5. Burned: 3059 Consumed: 2100 Deficit: 959 Steps: 11717
6. Burned: 2701 Consumed: 3406 Deficit: -705 Steps: 8524
7. Burned: 2932 Consumed: 1278 Deficit: 1654 Steps: 8933

I’ve signed up for Boot Camp on Saturday at 8:00 AM. I told the trainer that I have a fear of medicine balls, ever since my daughter threw an eight-pounder on my chest while playing "personal trainer" to me years ago. Eight pounds is a small bowling ball, for crying out loud. The trainer promised to go easy on me.

Trockle’s Big Adventure

Trockle, Kimberly, and Cameron were abducted by Internet gremlins earlier today, interrupting Cameron’s insightful interview with Trockle’s mom, but with a little help from Stephen – whose mother decided she couldn’t ground him for skipping school to protect his friends from those nasty, naughty creatures – they escaped! Let this be a reminder to the kids, though: Always go trick-or-treating with a parent or a buddy, never alone.

Trockle’s Trick-or-Treat Tour continues tomorrow with Jen (Pantheistic Mom) @ My Terrene Reality. Jen is one of Stephen’s aunties (and of course, an adopted auntie to Trockle). She has been one of my best friends for over a decade, and we have yet to meet face-to-face!

October 10:
Elysabeth Eldering @ the Junior Geography Detective Squad
http://jgdsseries.blogspot.com/

October 11:
Ron Berry @ The Surreal Writer
http://unwriter1.wordpress.com/

October 12:
Lynne Thompson @ La Vida Es Un Sueno (another one of Stephen’s and Trockle’s "aunties")
http://suenogrande.blogspot.com/

October 13:
Wrap-up by Holly Jahangiri and Jordan M. Vinyard
http://blog.jahangiri.us

About the Author Holly Jahangiri

Holly Jahangiri has decades of experience in tech writing, freelancing, fiction, poetry, and editing. Writer, wife, and mother, Holly is the creator of Trockle and instigator of the Puppy-Guppy Rebellion.

Oct

Trockle vs. The Internet Gremlins

Holly Jahangiri

Y’all wanted a sequel? Well, apparently, Trockle has been abducted by gremlins! They learned about a cute little under-the-bed monster who was going trick-or-treating for the very first time, and they started dishing out their tricks when he visited Joyce Anthony’s blog. The nasty gremlins soaped everyone’s Windows (Internet Explorer) and wrote graffiti all over her lovely blue walls.

They cut Janet some slack yesterday. Or maybe the good fairies were looking after her, since it was her birthday.

Trockle was on his way over to Kimberly’s blog early this morning when a huge, alphabet-soupy fog rolled in. I lost sight of him for just a minute, and then heard a strange cackling laugh that immediately made me think of Gruntilda Winkybunion:

Now I can’t even find Kimberly’s blog! I am afraid that she and Trockle were abducted by Internet gremlins!

I see a trail of Brussels sprouts and candy corn…

Have you seen Trockle or Kimberly? Anywhere? Where’s Cameron?? She was supposed to be interviewing Trockle today! I know she wouldn’t just vanish – I talked to her mother late last night and early this morning! Will you help me find them?

Trockle’s mother is just frantic.