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GoWear fit Lifestyle and Calorie Management System | 
| Brand: BodyMedia
Category: Health and Beauty
List Price: $199.99
Buy New: $179.99
as of 11/7/2009 22:34 CST details
You Save: $20.00 (10%)
Seller: Amazon.com
Rating:  148 reviews
Sales Rank: 254
Autographed: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 3.3 x 4.4 x 6
MPN: 100510
Model: 100510
UPC: 898363002003
EAN: 0898363002003
ASIN: B001HX36A0
Release Date: November 15, 2008
Shipping: Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Clinically proven to accurately track calories, steps, physical activity levels and sleep efficiency | | • | Helps you set healthy weight loss goals – and reach them | | • | Easy-to-use Online Activity Manager helps you monitor your progress over time | | • | Optional Display gives you minute-to-minute updates |
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Product Description
The comprehensive system that measures your daily activity to help you define and reach your individual goals. Ever wonder how many calories you re burning while walking, doing chores or just sitting still How efficiently you re sleeping. Or how active you really are over the course of a week. The clinically tested, GoWear Fit system collects this data and reports back with helpful, easy-to-digest information, including diet and exercise tips for reaching your fitness goals. It s simple. Simply attach the GoWear Fit Multi-Sensor Armband to your left arm it collects all your physical data throughout the day and week, including calories burned, physical activity, steps taken, sleep duration and sleep efficiency. It s personalized includes FREE 3-month subscription! Upload the data the armband collects to the GoWear Fit Online Activity Manager FREE 3-month subscription included (monthly subscription applies thereafter) for your personalized results and helpful suggestions. With your subscription, you ll receive your own web page that saves all the information from your armband, revealing insights into your habits, daily/weekly trends and tips for making positive changes. Discover the personalized way to reach your health and fitness goals. Order your GoWear Fit Multi-Sensor Armband from Brooksone today!
Amazon.com Product Description
Do you ever wonder how many calories you burn playing with the kids? Or how many steps you take on the way to work? GoWear fit is a clinically proven system that turns your body's everyday information into a tool to help you manage a healthy lifestyle. The GoWear fit armband measures how many calories you burn, how many steps you take, how physically active you are, and how much sleep you're getting. 
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Simply wear it during the course of your regular day, then plug it into your computer and upload your data to your personal GoWear fit Online Activity Manager. The Manager will help you establish your goals, track your progress, and give you tools to help you know how many calories you're eating, on average, per day. Want to know how you're doing right now? Purchase the optional GoWear fit display and clip it onto your shirt, pants, or bag. It'll give you minute-to-minute updates on your data--all day, every day! The GoWear fit Online Activity Manager is FREE for three months with Amazon purchase. A small subscription fee applies thereafter: $6.95 per month with a 12-month commitment, $9.95 per month for a six-month commitment, or $12.95 per month with no commitment. | | | 
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The System
The GoWear fit system is different from all other performance monitors on the market. It's not a heart-rate monitor, a GPS device, or a simple pedometer. Instead, it's a system that includes: - GoWear fit multi-sensor armband
- GoWear fit Online Activity Manager (subscription based)
- GoWear fit minute-to-minute display (optional)
click here for specifications | | | Multi-Sensor Armband
Your armband is a small computer that measures a variety of physical characteristics, including motion, steps, galvanic skin response, skin temperature, and heat flux. It's the only multi-sensor monitor that can accurately track: - Calorie burn
- Physical activity
- Steps taken
- Sleep duration
- Sleep efficiency
 | | | Your GoWear fit has multiple sensors. Those innovative sensors take five different "views" of your life:
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GoWear fit Online Activity Manager
Your Online Activity Manager is a personalized Web page that helps you see the information collected by your armband, including: - Daily caloric expenditure
- Daily caloric intake based on a nutritional tool with more than 30,000 foods to choose from
- Calorie balance
- Total physical activity (sedentary, moderate, and vigorous)
- Total steps taken
- Sleep duration and efficiency
|  The Manager is what makes it possible for you to view your data. It also features tools that allow you to set goals, record your weight and waist circumference, assess your average daily caloric intake, print reports for later review, and monitor your body's progress over time. Your monthly subscription gives you unlimited access to your data, the nutritional assessment tool, printable reports, and the ability to see your trends up to 90 days at a time. |
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 This is a 'system' and it is fantastic! November 3, 2009
G. Munden (Indianapolis, IN)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I just spent several days reading reviews for a heart rate monitor that did more than just read heart rate. I wanted calories burned and also a sleep monitor. I just ordered it from the GoWear website and so far I LOVE the website resource tool. I purchased the armband, display and the 12 month online website monitoring for $6.95/month. Yes, it was expensive, a little over $300 but I decided to do this for myself. Entering your daily food is much easier than a lot of sites. They have a great search engine that pops up what you need just by typing in the food you ate. Much faster! Also gives nice .pdf summary reports. I will followup with more results when I get the monitor.
Well I just got my armband and monitor in today.....very fast shipment! Programed it and I will be evaluating the results in the next 24 hours. I will give you a 24 hour, 3 Day and 5 Day review when I am done....Consider this as the Comsumer Clinical Trial (I work at Roche Diagnostiscs...so what more can I say?). I will keep it short and to the point as to the results so you can deside for yourself if you want to purchase the armband, monitor and/or website assistance. Right now, I have purchased all three for about $300 for 12 months....Remember a doctors visit is $150 and I don't know the cost of a gym...I am building my own in-home gym quite successfully so it turns out to be a big ROI!
Greatest Weight Loss Device there is! November 2, 2009
William N. King (chicago)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I found out about this device from watching the Biggest Loser, where it's called the Body Bugg. Body Media makes it and markets it three different names, the Body Bugg, GoWherefit and Sensewear. The reason I know all this is because I intend on starting a weight loss clinic incorporating the device. This is hands down the best weight loss product ever devised. I know because I have lost about 1/3rd of my body weight in the last 10 months. I will admit that most of it I lost under Weight Watchers, which is the most successful weight loss company in the world, but as you get closer to what is considered "normal BMI", the weight loss becomes far more difficult. This is especially true for those who have lost an extraordinary amount of weight like myself. Everyone I spoke to at Weight Watchers said it took them 6 months to a year and a half to lose the last 10lbs. So being within 15lbs, I decided to use this. It was like I was unshackled and in 1 month of using it I have lost 9lbs, after being stuck for months. The GoWearfit is fantastic! Every day I cant wait to plug it in to see how much I lost in a workout, or how much of a calorie deficit I have to use towards my upcoming meals and snacks. Knowledge is power and this gives 24/7 of it. My sister, who introduced me to Weight Watcher, was impressed at what it has done for me and bought one. She has only had it one week and lost 4 lbs, with no working out, just normal daily activity. for those of you worried about the reliability of a new product, this has been used by doctors and clinics for over a decade, it was just last year they made it available to the consumer.
For an overall health picture, this is worth it! November 1, 2009
A. Whitacre (Playa Vista CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
There are so many positive reviews that I'll limit myself to TWO things that have been critical for me:
The first is the ability to differentiate between "moderate" and "vigorous" activity. I'm in Southern California, so breathing hard (could be bad air) and sweating (could be hot) aren't indicators of vigorous exercise to me but this device does track the difference and calibrates both types -- giving me a readout that helps me improve my fitness.
And the second -- (and I think this is amazing) is the sleep tracker. There in the morning, I can see just how well I slept the night before, and have a good little graph to show my trainer or doc. I don't always sleep very well, and with the use of this, I can moderate my workouts in accordance with my sleep quality. I've been going through thyroid and other metabolic issues this year, and as one doc said "if you're not sleeping well, nothing else we do will make that much difference". This way I can show him that -- I woke up once, for two minutes -- or woke up 32 times in one night, never sleeping for more than 8 minutes. (the latter due to over training, I do not have sleep apnea).
the combination of the two pieces of information has really made the difference in my training and ability to get much more aerobically and physically fit.
The cost of this device and the display is well worth it to get this immediate feedback!
Information is power October 24, 2009
CardinalCreek (Illinois)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The information provided by this little thing is amazing! I wanted to know exactly how many calories THIS 41 year old woman was burning on an average day, NOT how many cals an average 41 year old burns. It makes a huge difference. I can compare exactly how many calories each of the various exercises I do burns, and how long my rates are elevated.
I also like the pedometer function, and love the sleep function. It is so accurate, and so interesting!!! My sleep numbers probably were the most surprising aspect.
The unit is light and it is easy to forget you are wearing it. I don't like that it shows with a lot of short sleeves, but thankfully with Fall it isn't a problem.
I can't imagine getting this and not having the watch to go with it. I like to check where I am throughout the day, and don't want to wait until I am at my computer to download the armband. If you're going to invest in this, get the watch to go with.
I love the reports on the website. It took a bit of time to get everything set up on my computer and had to use their technical support, but they were extremely helpful and no glitches since.
A bit pricey, but the information is well worth it. 5 pounds and counting!
 good but not great October 18, 2009
Scott Kendall Mcfadden (oklahoma)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I purchased the arm band and the watch. The arm band fits easily under my shirts so its very inconspicuous. I like how it shows me how many calories I burn a day. Since I don't like to sleep with it on, I suspect it makes some assumptions about how many calories I burn during sleep. For example, when I wake up in the morning and put the band on, it shows on my watch that I have already burned 700 calories (not sure how they come up with this assumption).
The downside to this product is definitely the software. The software is not web 2.0, rather it's written as an old school java applet that only works with specific versions of java and specific browsers (does not work with I.E. 8 or Chrome at the time of this review). It's pretty slow/kludgy entering nutritional info for custom foods. It also crashes at times. You will be in the middle of entering a days worth of nutrition and 'bammo', the browser closes/crashes.
GoWearFit can greatly improve this product if they ditch their java applet and rewrite it as web 2.0 software with minimal use of plugins (I understand a plugin is necessary for the transfer of arm band data but that is the only thing that should be done with the plugin).
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