does anyone know about Medgem, BMR, RMR's etc....

[prfitness]

I am really confused! I had the Medgem test done because I am having a lot of trouble stabilising my weight. I need to be in 3 digits to be healthy (I am 5ft 3") so I decided to find out what my RMR was in order to determine my caloric needs. I was kind of hoping that my RMR would high as it would have explained why I seem to eat so much!Inspite of the fact that I have recently built a visible amount of muscle my RMR was only 940. I was told 1300 was all I needed to 'maintain' my weight with exercise (you apparently multiply your RMR by 1.4 if you are active). I've done the 1300 cal thing before and life was pretty grim. I am currently eating as intuitively as possible and that normally takes me anywhere b'ween 1600 - 2200 cals per day depending on what I'm doing. I have so far been maintaining b'ween 100 - 102lbs on this. Why does science conflict with what my body is telling me? Apparently Medgem is error proof. Does anyone know why this could be - particularly fitness professionals out there who are using this device for clients? Has anyone else had this test done and found it accurate for their caloric needs?

 

[Francine]

Hey there! I believe I read somewhere that Maribeth uses this in her place of business! You may want to pm her or email her in case she doesn't see this post! She will be very helpful! Good luck !