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Originally Posted by scribess
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. |
Yep, I've looked into it pretty extensively, and it looks like I'll have to take that route - ship it to the US first. I'm pretty pumped about getting the GWF though - I've always wondered how many calories I burn in a day (roughly anyway
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I'll have to get a HRM too I'm sure - man, I am usually the QUEEN of gadgets, but I'm seriously lacking here!!
The thought of eating at maintenance is such a novel one for me. How dumb is this?! I've never (until recently) even considered a life eating beyond 1500 scheduled calories a day. Ever. It'll be nice to schedule and actually allow myself to eat according to my activity. Looking forward (with mixed emotions) to that!!
I really identify when you wrote about the scale reflecting the previous week's eats. It's all such a mystery world sometimes - water weight? Fat gain? Muscle? WTF is going on? Gah - it's tiring! I would LOVE to get a good handle on my true maintanance numbers once and for all!
I have huge anxiety when I overeat....as you said - OMG, I'm going to be a whale tomorrow! But really - this makes no sense mathematically, so I agree that approach will likely work well for me too
Thanks again for all your input!