Question for those of you with a BodyBugg or GoWear Fit

[BethFromVA 5]

I have the GoWear Fit and have been trying to find out information on something that has me a bit confused. Maybe somebody here might know the answer.

I have noticed that when I ride my motorcycle, my calories go up. The other night I was riding home from school and it was a solid mass of 7 and 8 calories a minute. Granted, it was chilly, but even today I was on it for a while and my calories are higher during that time.

My husband seems to think the device is reading the vibrating of the bike or something and isn't really indicative of any real caloric expenditure on my part.

Anybody know differently or have an opinion? I'm HOPING it's for real, but I'm not sure how it can be.

[MacMadame 81]

I think you are expending effort to hold yourself up and balance the bike. I don't know how much, but more than sitting.

[Jaffa 5]

7-8 calories per minute? I think 4 per minute is much more likely. But, you could check your heart rate while riding and that would tell you if you are getting anything out of it or not. No heart rate change, no calorie change.

[WyominGirl 1]

Not sure if this helps but I asked the BB "trainer" a similar question. Mine was unusually high while driving to and from work. She seemed to think it was the biometrics measuring my body's responses to stress, being more alert etc. I live in the middle of WY (we don't have enough people for traffic, etc) I think it was the vibrations ;o)

[Jaffa 5]

The bodybugg says it is about 90% accurate. I have found this to be true. But, I have found it to be almost always 10% hi on its total. I think they make it a little too sensitive because people aren't as likely to become frustrated.

[BethFromVA 5]

Not sure if this helps but I asked the BB "trainer" a similar question. Mine was unusually high while driving to and from work. She seemed to think it was the biometrics measuring my body's responses to stress, being more alert etc. I live in the middle of WY (we don't have enough people for traffic, etc) I think it was the vibrations ;o)

It's funny you mention driving too. I drove to and from my folks' a couple months back (just over 500 miles each way) and when I downloaded my info, I was SHOCKED to see how the entire drive it registered much higher than just simply sitting on a couch.