Is there more information?
faithash
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I have had the BMF for about a month now and I love it of course!!! However, I am new to all these numbers and I am finding no extra information on the BMF website. Like what should my goals be, what all the numbers mean and stuff like that. Is there somewhere on the website that I have missed that will give me more information? It seems that having a subscription that I have to pay for, it would by more informative and have more information. I am not talking about the tracking because that is great but from someone that knows nothing it seems that they would offer more on the site. Or am I missing something?
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Have you looked at the video clips on the website?0
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I have had the BMF for about a month now and I love it of course!!! However, I am new to all these numbers and I am finding no extra information on the BMF website. Like what should my goals be, what all the numbers mean and stuff like that. Is there somewhere on the website that I have missed that will give me more information? It seems that having a subscription that I have to pay for, it would by more informative and have more information. I am not talking about the tracking because that is great but from someone that knows nothing it seems that they would offer more on the site. Or am I missing something?
In general you are looking to have a consistent calorie deficit. That can be obtained through reducing calories and uping activity. Aiming for a 1000 cal deficit a day will generally result in a 2lb loss each week, but there are other factors so it's just a guideline. The challenge is getting in enough calories and enough activity to produce a calorie deficit. I'm going to check out the videos too b/c I'm fairly new (been using BMF for 2 weeks)...
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It would be great if they had a way to ask an expert a question. Maybe a few questions a month included in the subscription. It gives you feedback but it seems to be common knowledge stuff, like "you didn't get enough protein today", or "try swimming tomorrow". I would like to know why, after busting my butt for 4 weeks have I been stalled out for half of that time. Is it because of the quality of my food? Amount of water I am drinking? Calories too low?
The information that they have available is more about the mechanics of the band and using the site. It doesn't answer questions that are specific to fitness and nutrition.
I have seen some reviews on Amazon that are helpful for misc. pieces of information, you may want to have a look there.
Does anyone use the Jillian Michael's 360 program that was available when we purchased the subscription?
Also, I just printed out a one month report! Did you guys know you could do that? They send me the info in a newsletter by email. You click on specific days, choose the range then click generate report. I may find some answers here:)0 -
No good if you're not in the UK but Kifit, which is the UK version of BMF run an optional 6 week programme where you pay to have your data analysed and you get a weekly phone call to discuss it.0
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On your activity manager, go to Settings - Goals. Select your goal (losing weight). Type in your answers and see the weight loss plan. It is telling you what you should do to lose weight. Now, each day you should follow this plan. Burn a certain amount of calories via exercise, have a certain amount of walking steps, and eat a certain amount of calories.
Follow it for a week. See what happens. If you lose weight, continue this. If you gain or stay the same, then you need to adjust your settings (eat less, exercise more). You can also put in custom goals for these numbers.
Basically, where it says Calorie Balance, you should aim for a deficit to lose weight (around 1,000 calories is awesome). You can also see your data of calories burned, exercise minutes, sleep minutes, calories, etc. Mainly though, you should strive to get a big deficit under Calorie Balance. This number is determined by how much you eat (Calories Consumed) and how much you exercise and naturally burn throughout the day (Calories Burned). Make the Calories Burned number higher and the Calories Consumed number lower to have a bigger Calorie Balance deficient.
I'll show you mine for a day (image below). You can see I didn't eat enough and exercised too much, creating a deficit of 1,787 calories. My deficit should be closer to 1,000 calories. So, I overworked myself on this day. I did lose weight, but I lost more than intended and shouldn't lose weight that rapidly.
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