So what does this new toy do?
It monitors your motion through an accelerometer, basically sensing how your body moves on a number of axis,
It has a pedometer to count steps and the accelerometer can tell the difference between a running gait and a walking gait.
It measures your galvanic skin response, our skin becomes more electrically conductive as we sweat (gross)
It measures skin temperature and heat flux, when we move our muscles produce heat and the device measures the heat that’s flowing from the body into the environment.
So all of this together gives you a picture of your body’s caloric expenditure. This together with a 3 day review of your diet gives you a calorie target and if you are aiming for weight loss you enter your weight loss goal in pounds per week. With this number it creates a calorie deficit you need to reach daily to reach your goal.
Wearing the body bugg tracks caloric expenditure, with the display you can see where you are at or you can upload it. You can also enter your food online and it tracks your calories consumed and your calories burned. It shows your progress on calories burned, calories consumed and caloric deficit. It also gives you a break down of nutrients in your diet. It also tracks your physical activity how many minutes spent in moderate activity and how many in “vigorous” activity. The pedometer tracks your steps and finally it tracks your sleep. I was surprised to discover for the first 4 hours I’m in bed I wake up for about 5 minutes every 15-45 minutes and I only get one full REM cycle a night, no wonder I’m so tired!
Oh by the way I guess it has been renamed GoWear Fit, still great product even if its not a great name. Spendy but awesome
http://www.gowearfit.com/
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