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Originally Posted by amyem
Funny you should mention the GoWear Fit because I was just looking into getting one. I'm not sure if I can get one in Canada though. Anyone know if this is the case? If so, are there other devices out there that might be suitable? Also, I'm looking into getting a HR monitor. Does the GoWear Fit have one built in? I would be very interested to know just how many cals I burn in a day...
That's so awesome that you're feeling better and that your body is back to normal. I have high hopes this will be the case for me too! How are you doing mentally eating above maintenance? I am excited but also dreading eating that much, but I am 100% committed to this plan, and I'll do whatever I have to! I still haven't decided whether MetaBurn or OPT Remix is the best plan to follow after the 8-weeks of MR. Any thoughts?
Thanks so much for your input - greatly appreciated!!  |
I remember the massive GoWear Fit thread over in Leigh's subforum discussed the Canada/other nonUS countries thing a while ago. Sounded like there was some sort of legal issue where they hadn't gotten approval to ship outside of the US yet, so your best bet would be to find a US friend to send it to and have them then mail it to you.
No, it doesn't include a HRM. I have a Polar that I use for tracking HR. Polar's calculated calorie burn is consistently higher (and I think less accurate) than my GWF.
Mental issues re: eating above maintenance--I'm all right. Honestly I probably need to increase my cals even a bit more--I had a higher-than-average burn on Sat that skewed my maintenance level up by about 150 cals/day, so I may need to "overcome" that.
Anyway, a major turning point for me was realizing that, duh, food has weight too and adds weight to me until it leaves my body. Thus a 500-cal surplus on one day with a 3 lb weight gain the next day does NOT mean I gained 3 lbs of fat overnight.
And when I add out my extra calories of overeating for one week, it should result in a 0.25-0.5 lb weight gain, which is miniscule. I wouldn't mind seeing that on the scale because it would then mean I really found where my maintenance cals are at, KWIM? Of course it helps to know I'm headed into a deficit next week and that weight should come right off.
So looking at it from that mathematical standpoint rather really helped me stave off that "OMG! Bad Things will happen if I overeat for even a day, let alone a week!" attitude.