Has anyone used the Healthbe GoBe2 calorie counter smar****ch?

Lalagigi
on 11/2/18 6:09 am
VSG on 10/23/17

A friend who also had VSG surgery told me about this. I was wondering if anyone had tried this product yet. It is supposed to count your calories as you eat (through your skin). Great idea if it actually works!

Kathy S.
on 11/2/18 8:05 am - InTheBurbs, XX
RNY on 08/29/04 with

I have never heard of this one? Keep us posted on what you learn and if you get one do a review for us

HW:330 - GW:150 - MW:118-125

RW:190 - CW:130

Sparklekitty, Science-Loving Derby Hag
on 11/2/18 8:14 am
RNY on 08/05/19

I am very skeptical of its ability to count calories by (supposedly) using electricity to monitor changes in blood glucose. If it could do this accurately, it would be a game-changer for many, especially folks with diabetes, and the product would be far more popular.

From this review, it looks like the estimates could be off by as much as 20%, which is far too wide a margin of error to be useful, in my opinion.

Sparklekitty / Julie / Nerdy Little Secret (#42)
Roller derby - cycling - triathlon
VSG 2013, RNY conversion 2019 due to GERD. Trendweight here!

Grim_Traveller
on 11/2/18 8:28 am
RNY on 08/21/12

Fraud. Two people can eat exactly the same meal, with exactly the same calories, and one will have blood glucose that moves very little, while the other can have BG that goes through the roof. And everything in between. This gadget would count wildly different calorie intakes for all those people.

There really isn't a magic gadget. I love my Fitbit -- it helps keep my activity up on days I otherwise would be more sedentary. But the calories counts it gives me, I just ignore. They aren't close to being right.

6'3" tall, male.

Highest weight was 475. RNY on 08/21/12. Current weight: 198.

M1 -24; M2 -21; M3 -19; M4 -21; M5 -13; M6 -21; M7 -10; M8 -16; M9 -10; M10 -8; M11 -6; M12 -5.

Jester
on 11/2/18 9:46 am
RNY on 03/21/16 with

Actually, 20% doesn't seem too bad when you consider that the FDA allows food manufacturers by up to 20% in either direction (not to mention that it relies on the honor system!). So if this is true, you may get just as accurate of a reading as relying on food labels.

Cathy H.
on 11/5/18 3:36 am, edited 11/4/18 7:36 pm
VSG on 10/31/16

I wouldn't use it...apparently it can take a day or more for it to figure out your calorie consumption, which in my book is useless. It's accuracy is questionable as well...I'll pass.

http://www.alphr.com/wearables/1009587/healbe-gobe-2-review

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134 lbs lost since surgery, 195 overall!! Initial goal reached 9/15/17, (10.5 months)!
5'3", SW*: 299 GW: 175 HW 3/2015: 360 PSW* 5/2016: 330 *PSW=Prog Start Wt; SW=Surgery Wt

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Lalagigi
on 11/5/18 12:58 pm
VSG on 10/23/17

Thank you for your input everyone. It sounded too good to be true. I will stick to measuring and weighing for the foreseeable future.

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