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The Biggest Loser SlimCoach is a pedometer and heart rate monitor tracker which ties into a comprehensive online health management system.

Activity Tab - Biggest Loser SlimCoach star
The activity tab for the Biggest Loser SlimCoach lets you tell the system what some of your favorite activities are. This lets the system make helpful recommendations to you for planning out your day's calorie burn.

Animal Icon - Biggest Loser SlimCoach star
After using your Biggest Loser SlimCoach for a week you earn an animal icon to represent how well you are doing. These animals each bring up a certain mental image - from a snail to a dolphin, from a shark to a cheetah.

Biggest Loser No Excuses Season star
The Biggest Loser No Excuses Season was supposed to be about removing all excuses and giving people a fresh, motivated start on their healthy lives. For me, this was almost a Jump The Shark season where I lost a lot of interest in the show. Here's why.

Blue Stars - Biggest Loser SlimCoach star
A commonly asked question in the SlimCoach system is what the blue stars mean. Your profile image will have from one to five blue stars next to it. Here is why.

Daily Caloric Tab - Biggest Loser SlimCoach star
The Daily Caloric Tab of the Biggest Loser SlimCoach system supposedly lets you see at a glance how your calories burned is matching up against the calories you ingest. Unfortunately neither number is accurate at all. The results are wildly off.

Device Review - Biggest Loser SlimCoach star
While I have many articles on various aspects of the Biggest Loser SlimCoach software / fitness system as a whole, this review here is specifically about the plastic device itself and how sturdy / flimsy it is.

Heart Rate Detail - Biggest Loser SlimCoach star
One of the advanced features with the upgraded membership in the Biggest Loser SlimCoach system is viewing heart rate detail for every day you use the device. Just how does this heart rate detail work?

Installation - Biggest Loser SlimCoach star
The installation process for the Biggest Loser SlimCoach is fairly straightforward. Here is how you get your Biggest Loser SlimCoach installed and set up.

My Goal Tab - Biggest Loser SlimCoach star
I had high hopes for the tab that shows your goal progress and health plan in the Biggest Loser SlimCoach system. Here is why it had great potential - and has several flaws.

My Nutrition - Biggest Loser SlimCoach star
One of the best parts of the Biggest Loser SlimCoach system is their My Nutrition area. This lets you easily enter and track the food you eat on a daily basis, and instantly see all of the nutrition data in an easy to use interface.

My Profile Tab - Biggest Loser SlimCoach star
The My Profile tab in the Biggest Loser SlimCoach MyTrak system would seem to be straightforward enough. You enter your height, resting heart rate, and so on. However, what happens when you look at their proposed ideal BMI range?

My Stats Tab - Biggest Loser SlimCoach star
In the Biggest Loser SlimCoach web interface the My Stats tab simply summarizes the data the SlimCoach has recorded in terms of steps and related activity.

Opening the Package - Biggest Loser SlimCoach star
Just what do you get when you receive your brand new Biggest Loser SlimCoach? We've done this three times now. We're fairly familiar with what is in this package.

Overall Results - Biggest Loser SlimCoach star
The Overall Results tab in the Biggest Loser SlimCoach web system is misnamed. This tab shows you your running seven week average data. So this should properly be named your weekly results, to let you know your recent progress.

PI Performance Index - Biggest Loser SlimCoach star
A commonly asked question with the Biggest Loser SlimCoach is what the PI, or Performance Index, is measuring. Here is what the PI is all about.

Points - Biggest Loser SlimCoach star
When you're using your Biggest Loser SlimCoach, your profile keeps gathering up points. Just what are these points, and what are they there for?

Steps Taken - Biggest Loser SlimCoach star
One of the advanced features in the Biggest Loser SlimCoach / MyTrak system is the steps taken chart. This chart shows you, day by day, how many steps you have taken based on using the SlimCoach device as a pedometer.

Sync Manager - Biggest Loser SlimCoach star
The Biggest Loser SlimCoach Sync Manager is an app that runs on your PC or laptop. Its sole purpose is life is to move data on and off your Biggest Loser SlimCoach. It doesn't store any data - all data is stored in the online system.

Today's Activity - Biggest Loser SlimCoach star
The Today's Activity tab in the Biggest Loser SlimCoach system is quite useful. It shows you for the current day how much activity you've done - and how much you still need to do in order to reach your goals.

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