Fat 2 Fit #72 – Advanced Electronic Motion Trainers
TweetWritten on August 19, 2009 – 9:04 am | by Jeff Ainslie
You may have heard of these little electronic devices that you wear on your body or clothing, that magically figure out how many calories you are burning through-out the day. These Electronic Motion Trainers are packed with sensors such as motion, temperature and moisture to try and guess what you are doing during the day. One of them is even designed so that you can track how well you are sleeping at night. Russ evaluated one of these products called Bodybugg and gives us his review and experiences with it.
In the e-mail and comments section, Chamika asked if it was OK to eat 50% of her calories from fat, even if it was healthy fat. We covered this topic in show number 5, but we give a quick review of what we think someone should be eating with regard to amount of fat, carbohydrates and protein. Becky had an interesting question about how to get over the fear of being hungry. Many people never actually feel hunger at any point of the day because they constantly are eating. This is not great for most people because this is how they gain weight, but this can also be the secret to never feeling hungry when you are losing weight as well.
In the Web Report, Jeff talks about a new product called Cellusculpt. It is a product intended only for the most gullible which claims it can suck out your fat just by rubbing it over your skin. He also talks about a great Info graphic that shows the relative amount of caffeine in various foods and drinks and then compares it to the amount of calories in each. Russ found a new product called the EZ Weight Plate which is designed to help you eat correct portions.
Links Mentioned in the Show:
Fitbit Tracker
GoWear Fit Tracker
SenseWear Tracker
Bodybugg Trainer
Alternatives to Bodybugg
Jeff’s sample 2000 calorie diet
The most useless fitness product to date: Cellusculpt
The Buzz Vs The Bulge
The EZ Weight Plate
Recipe of the Week:
Tuna Pasta Salad
Homework:
The homework this week is to start tracking your fitness level. Most people will keep track of their weight, but also start tracking how you feel. It doesn’t matter how you track it, just find something that you can repeat every month or so. You don’t need to do this at a gym. For example, you could see how many flights of stairs you can climb in a building in 1 or 2 minutes, or how far you can run in 1 or 2 minutes – it doesn’t have to be exact, you could count the number of street lights that you passed. It is best to have something that you can quantify and measure, so that you can clearly see your results over time. Hopefully this will be one more way that you can use to motivate yourself.
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11 Responses to “Fat 2 Fit #72 – Advanced Electronic Motion Trainers”
By Markku on Aug 20, 2009 | Reply
I think your fear of fat is bad because fat creates satiety. You recommend to have 20% fat in your diet. Even recommended level is 50% more (30%) You will NEVER be full if you only eat 20% fat.
By Markku on Aug 20, 2009 | Reply
Also the protein amount that you recommend is way high 40%. It is three times more that is recommended – not good. Read the China Syndrome. You also recommnend too much processed foods.. those are the worst. Eat only whole Omega 3 eggs..
By Jeff Ainslie on Aug 20, 2009 | Reply
We don’t prescribe a diet plan on the show. We are concerned with educating people so that they can create an eating plan that works for their own body and they enjoy and will continue eating in the long term.
We suggested a starting point of 50% carbs, 30% protein and 20% fat. We then said to adjust these ratios as you see fit. In our example, we said that you could reduce your carbs and increase your protein intake, but you could also increase your fat intake etc.
We are not fat phobic in any way. However, we have discussed the “fat satiety myth” which became popular in the early ’70′s with the introduction of the Atkins Diet. The consensus of scientific opinion no longer supports that. Numerous published studies have shown since then that protein has more of an impact of satiety than fat. The simplest studies that have shown this were “bottomless soup-bowl” ones that show this phenomenon very clearly.
By Markku on Aug 21, 2009 | Reply
20% fat is still a lot lower than generally prescribed and protein does have its drawbacks.. Btw. I appreciate your work; it is not easy to find people who give out no nonsense information and don’t rely on hype. Keep it up!
By Correy on Aug 24, 2009 | Reply
On this session it was said:
“…how many calories I actually burn during a workout it’s about 30% less then you might calculate on a calculator”
I notice this advise has been given through various podcasts. However I would like to share my own experience.
When I first got my polar F11 heart rate monitor I calibrated it with a resting heart rate which was at the time 60 beat per min.
So at first if I went on a bike ride I was easily able to burn at say 10-12 calories per minute with an average heart rate of say 153 bpm. As I got fitter the same rides my avg heart rate was dropping to about 144bpm so my watch was calculating me at say 8cal/min.
But just this week ( 5 months later) I re-did my resting heart rate which is now 44bpm when I first wake up.
Then the next day I did a bike ride with my usual 144bpm average there was a huge change. My calory burn was now way up at 13 cal/min but I know for-sure if I hadn’t calibrated it, it would be 8 cal/min
Moral of the story is that just because you are getting fitter doing the same exercise doesn’t mean you are burning less calories.
Although as in a previous podcast you explained lactic acid build up in the high aerobic zones was a factor your resting heart rate is also a very significant part of the equation for calculating calorie burn.
By Correy on Aug 24, 2009 | Reply
P.S Maybe you could plug the website My Edibles which allows people to keep records of the edible plants they are growing
http://www.daleysfruit.com.au/my/
Growing your own Fruit & Veg and healthy eating fit like a glove. Fresher really tastes better and gives you a sense of ownership of the healthy food you are consuming. What do you guys think?
By lucy on Aug 25, 2009 | Reply
Hello guys – just found your podcast this week and I’m enjoying listening to loads of past shows. Great info, nice format, good flow! It takes a lot of work to put together a quality podcast like this one. Really enjoying your work! Thank you.
By Geoff on Aug 27, 2009 | Reply
Hey Guys,
Been listening to the show for a while now and have to say as well as being informative and “smart”, it is very entertaining. I could go into my own long and windy story of weight gain and weight loss but I really just wanted to comment on one thing…
Regarding the egg whites thing. During a recent routine visit to my Doctor he said something about eggs that I found very interesting. It was “If you eat eggs, make sure you eat the whole thing and not just the whites. Egg whites by themselves are an appetite stimulant. That’s what I feed my cancer patients to encourage them to eat more.” He suggests that eating whole eggs is generally better for you and says that as well as the fat and cholesterol, the yolk is where the rest of the nutrients (outside of simply protein) lie. He also said that the most recent studies suggest that dietary cholesterol from eggs has only been shown to increase cholesterol level in a very small and select percentage of people who for whatever reason respond to it.
I’m no doctor myself, but I wanted to pass on what he said.
Anyway, keep up the great work… especially you, Russ.
By terry on Aug 31, 2009 | Reply
I agree about eggs being a good food. They are very nutritious and for the amount of satiety they give they are fairly low calorie. I love them scrambled with veggies. The yolks are particularly high in iron – something that some people really need.
Truly free range chickens lay eggs high in Omega 3′s because they are eating insects that eat green plants. For the sake of the ocean, I stay away from “Omega 3 rich eggs” that come from chickens fed fish in order to provide the omega 3s.
By terry on Aug 31, 2009 | Reply
Re: fear of hunger – I can relate. My take on the question is more about how fear of hunger can affect our eating, as opposed to fear of dieting in general.
I work 12hr shifts on a busy nursing unit. I typically get one short morning break (like a quick simple snack-as-fast-as-I-can break), a 1/2 hour lunch break, and that may be the last break I get for the next 8 hours when I finally get off work (assmuing I get off on time that is!). I’m supposed to get 2 more 15 minute breaks during the remainder of my shift.
But the reality is that I am lucky to get one of those remaining 2 breaks.
I have recognized that I find myself gorging at that lunch break and upon reflection I’ve realized it’s being fuled by my bodies recognition that I may not eat again for quite awhile. It is a real and founded fear! The intense hunger and craving I feel for FOOD at that lunch break seems to be worse the busier and overwhelmed my day, or trend of days, is.
I usually I eat lunch in the cafeteria around 11AM, and a second meal that I’ve brought from home around 6pm. I bring snacks (nuts and fruit usually) so that I can eat something every few hours. But is not uncommon for me to miss those snacks and/or that 2nd meal. The more snacks and meals I miss I start to feel terrible, but there is nothing I can do about it and I have to just keep working as fast as I can. When it is this busy at work I frequently don’t get off until 1/2 hr or more late, which means I am there at work from 7AM until 8 or 8:30pm (and rarely later). I come prepared with food to eat, but my work conditions prevent me from relaxing and really being aware that I’m eating, or keeps me from eating altogether.
I have worked in this environment for 23 years, and while the pace is worse than ever, it isn’t new that we don’t get our breaks.
So I do think fear of hunger can fuel our appetite. I would suspect that people who grew up never knowing if they would get enough to eat could have this sort of fear exerting itself on someones tendency to overeat.
-terry
By Emma on Sep 1, 2009 | Reply
I always wondered about those Omega 3 eggs. Thanks for the info, terry. I started buying Omega 3 rich eggs, but I can’t say I know what the chickens are fed or how they get to have so much Omega 3. So, a “regular” egg has 180 mg Omega 3 anyway. My current carton doesn’t say how much Omega 3 is in the eggs, but they are plant fed, free-range. And I do enjoy eating the whole egg. Jeff, maybe you can talk about these Omega 3 eggs on a future show.