I have recently been trying to find a great ****meter to track my daily calories burned while I am at work, out and about, and working out. Some of the ones that I have found (and I assume this will be the case for many) are not very accurate. Fitbit has been at the top of my list but I was wondering if anyone had any better reccomendations?
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Thread: Looking for a great ****meter
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01-07-2013, 12:27 PM #1
Looking for a great ****meter
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01-07-2013, 10:38 PM #2
I can't see any ****meter being too accurate to be honest. When you think of how they work, doesn't it just seem like another fitness gimmick? If you're looking to keep track with the goal of losing weight I'd suggest figuring out your daily caloric maintenance number(The amount of calories you consume regularly to maintain your current weight) and subtracting 3-500 calories from that number daily to see your weight drop. It's a lot more accurate and easier to control what you put into your body vs what some machine or gadget tells you you're burning based on formulas and all that crap. Not to mention it's a lot easier to not eat 300 calories than it is to spend an hour on the treadmill burning those 300 extra calories you ate.
Drop by the nutrition forum if you need a hand with calories in vs calories out. That might be a better bet too for a ****meter question. and don't forget to use the search function!▪█─────█▪ Equipment Crew #54 ▪█─────█▪
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01-08-2013, 04:21 PM #3
I can't see that knowing the number of steps you take during a day will help much to determine your calorie burn. I hike with some folks who use a ****meter for measuring distance and they're either surprisingly accurate or way, way off depending upon the terrain. For measuring distance I recommend a GPS.
For your application, you might take a look at the BodyBugg.▪█─────█▪ Equipment Crew #35
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01-08-2013, 04:58 PM #4
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01-08-2013, 05:23 PM #5
I don't have a smart phone, but it can, in theory, do GPS. However, my provider (Verizon) charges a per-monthly fee for using that service. I own several GPS devices, so I don't subscribe to that service.
My friend used his smart phone to track our distance on last Sunday's hike. He recorded nearly 12 miles on his smart phone. My Garmin GPS showed that we had only gone 9.3 miles. We were in a canyon for much of the time; that may have been responsible for the error.▪█─────█▪ Equipment Crew #35
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