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11 Best Weight Loss Gadgets for 2018
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Finding time to work out or move more is tough, but if you use a Standing desk at work for eight hours a day Monday Through Friday you can burn over 2,000 calories more than sitting at work. According to Just Stand, if you stand for just three hours more each day for a year you will burn 30,000 more calories. That's eight pounds of fat. There are plenty of affordable standing desk options and most include a way to go from sitting to standing with a quick conversion so that you can go back and forth between the two options. I currently use the WorkFit-D (review) as my sit stand desk. I am using a slightly update model from that initial review that holds more and is sturdier. This is an excellent way to work in more activity and energy burning into your day. Carrie Schmitz, AOEAS, Certified Health Coach, Senior Manager, Human Factors and Ergonomics Research at Ergotron explains that, "Low intensity, 'non-exercise' activities like standing and walking are much more important than we realized. In fact, low level activities play a crucial metabolic role and accounts for more of our daily energy expenditure than exercise - moderate-to high intensity activity like running." You can find affordable Sit Stand desks that sit on top of or clamp onto your current desk if your employer will not buy you a new desk. I've reviewed the Autonomous.ai Smart Desk 2, Ergotron WorkFit C, WorkFit T and Vertdesk options. If you want to sit less, you can check out these standing desks from Ergotron, an Ikea standing desk and our Standing Desk Guide. | ||||||||||||
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John
06/23/2015 at 10:11 am
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Lilly
06/23/2015 at 10:11 am
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Steve
06/23/2015 at 12:46 pm
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Jake
06/24/2015 at 5:11 pm
It’s good to mention that these are only ACCESSORIES to weight loss. What I found from my own experience is that exercise and dieting is the main thing that needs to be done together and routinely in order to lose weight. Fitness watches, scales, etc. in the sense of losing weight are mostly for motivation rather than a tool on HOW to lose weight. The first step to losing weight (for me) was accepting the fact that I need to put in x amount of time every day or every few days in addition to dieting. For me, it started on fitrition360.com which laid out all of the information to help me plan and commit. I then lost 30lbs in a couple months after committing. It wasn’t until later that I ended up getting a fitness watch. The main point is that these are simply tools for motivation and some tracking; however, weight loss starts with exercise and dieting as the main focus.
Gregory
04/11/2018 at 5:33 am
I also made the experience that using gadgets works can be a great support on your weight loss journey. The gadgets that work best for me are a fitness tracker and a nutrition tracking app. Since I use the Fitbit I tend to walk so much more than before, simply because I want to reach my daily step goal. I have synchronized it with Yazio, the app that I use to keep track of my nutrition, and this combination seems to be perfect for me. It is a great motivation to get some extra calories from walking. The Yazio app, which you can find here: https://www.yazio.com/en, is also something I can really recommend, as it is really precise and tracks everything about my nutrition. On top of that the app also offers healthy recipes, meal plans and small challenges.
Ashley
08/07/2019 at 3:51 pm
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