GoWear fit: Effective calorie management tool

Body Media's GoWear fit armband. 

The key to losing or maintaining your weight is to burn more calories than you consume.  But how do you really know how many calories you burn throughout the day? 

Perhaps you have found calorie calculators or rely on the machines at the gym to estimate this for you, but these are not always accurate.  And how do you know how many calories you burn while sleeping or doing the dishes?

Sometimes it can be overwhelming trying to keep track of this amount of calories you burn , the calories you eat, and figuring out the difference between them.  Who has the time in this busy, busy world?

You can track and analyze all of this information using GoWear fit, a system that offers a unique way to track the amount of calories you burn and consume.  This system monitors your caloric burn and also measures the efficiency of your sleep.  Their website provides you with assistance to create a program and goals and provides you with assistance to reach your weight loss or weight maintenance goals.

The Body Media company, who has created this amazing GoWear fit system, claims the top reasons to buy this product are as follows:
• Knowledge is power:  Understanding your body will help you make changes to improve your health.
• Puts you in control:  You can decide for your needs and for your lifestyle what your goals are.
• Easy to use:  You simply wear the armband and let it collect the data and you can analyze the results online.
• Accurate information:  The information the armband collects is clinically accurate.
• It keeps you motivated

Price of Body Media’s GoWear fit:
• GoWear fit armband and display with 12 month commitment…………$249.90 (plus $6.95/month for website)
• GoWear fit armband (no display) with NO commitment ……$199.95 (plus $12.95/month for website)
• GoWear display (extra watch/display tool to see results real-time)………………….$99.95

How it works:
To get started you simply need to follow the step-by-step instructions (you are given instructions, a manual, and online help) to install the program on your computer and easily charge your armband and then just simply wear the armband on your left arm and it will do all the tracking for you. 

If you purchase the optional display watch, you can see the calories you have burned and other metrics at any time.  If you have the armband only you can see your data within a minute or so by connecting your armband to the computer.

Body Media's GoWear fit display gadget. 

The science behind the GoWear fit system is clinically proven.  It is able to track your calories by using innovative sensors that take different “views” of your life such as motion, steps, galvonic skin response, skin temperature, and heat flux.

The GoWear fit online activity manager is a web page that you will need to have a monthly subscription for.  This allows you to set specific unique goals for you and allow you easy access to your caloric information. 

It will provide you with the following information:
• Daily caloric expenditure
• Daily caloric intake based on an easy-to-use and fully featured nutritional tool
• Calorie balance
• Total physical activity (sedentary, moderate, and vigorous)
• Total steps taken
• Sleep duration and efficiency

My experience:
I tried this product for a month and found much success-I actually lost a total of 10 pounds using the armband, display, and the online activity manager.  It was really exciting to see how many calories I was burning, and after the initial setup it was really simple!  I set up a goal to lose 2 pounds a week, and every day I could see how I was doing and the system told me exactly how many calories I should burn and how many I should eat, and I could see how I was doing at any time by looking at the display watch and using the website. 

My favorite things about GoWear fit:
• Display watch is really handy
• Getting started was super easy
• Loved the quick view on the website to see the calories you have burned/consumed
• When you compare to trainers or other pricy programs, it really is affordable, and well worth the money
• Tracking the calories you eat is super quick and easy

Things that could be improved:
• The sleep efficiency information is interesting, but there isn’t really any online resources explaining what the percentages mean
• It would be nice to not only know the calories you should burn and consume, but to get more resources as to what you should eat and what kind of exercises would be helpful

For more info: Click HERE to read about GoWear fit in the news.