so i’ve gotten a lot of questions
about the lumen device after i posted
my video to instagram and
my product review on my blog so i
thought
instead of answering them directly i
would just get on a video and explain to
you a little bit more about the device
and answer some of those questions
so if you didn’t read my blog or
see my video on instagram if you’re not
familiar with the lumen device
it measures your rer which gives you a
reading
on how you’re doing with your metabolism
so rer is your respiratory exchange
ratio
lumen works by measuring a breath a
single breath
within that breath it measures your co2
and
your flow it has a flow meter which
gives a reading based on the standard
that standard tells you if you’re
burning carbohydrates or if you’re
burning
fat so one of the questions that i
got was how do you know if it is
dietary fat or body fat you are burning
well since it measures your co2 output
it’s not
reading you know how much carb or fat
you’re storing
it’s basically determining if your
exchange ratio
is at a level where you would be burning
carbs or burning fat
so that’s how the device works if you
have any
more questions about that you should
visit
my blog where i explain in more detail
about what your rer
is the next question they’re worried
that
the device would actually give you a
reading that would tell you to eat more
calories
than maybe what you’re used to so
actually
it doesn’t my experience with it is it’s
based on how much of the data that you
put in
to the app so you need to tell it
you know your body weight how many
calories you are burning based on your
activity level
you need to put in and track
your daily workouts uh what you’re
eating
as well and based on your age
your weight your height your
amount of activity you’re doing it’s
going to give you a caloric
reading your basal metabolic rate and
based on that
and your goals it’s going to tell you
how many calories
you should be eating within a range now
of course
that is just a given it’s an app it’s
only going to be able to do so much and
provide you with so much information
so you really need to pay attention you
know if you’re used to
burning more calories than it’s telling
you to then make sure you’re eating more
calories if you’re
used to eating less then make sure
you’re eating less for myself my own
personal experience it told me
from my experience as a dieter for so
long
competing in fitness but also my
experience as a nutritionist
it told me pretty accurately how many
calories
i needed in order to lose weight so that
is good and that is based on my
experience using an inbody machine which
is a another
accurate measurement of your calories
that you’re burning and calories you
should be eating
one of the last questions i got
does it show you the ratio of fat to
carbs you’re burning since we are always
burning both
no it doesn’t show a ratio it shows you
a
sliding scale from one to five
so five being that you are basically
only burning carbs
and one being that you’re only burning
fat for myself
i found that if i was burning
or actually if i was eating more carbs
throughout the day
when i would wake up and do my first
morning measurement
it would show me that i’m still burning
carbs and to be honest
i could feel it once you pay attention
to those things you can
kind of see am i really hungry is it
actually
you know am just because it’s the
morning is it time for me to eat
or can i fast a little bit longer until
i’m burning fat
and then start eating again so i found
it to be fairly accurate again it’s
going to be dependent on what your goals
are
if you’re a person who’s running and
needs more carbs then it’s okay if it’s
in that carb
range if you’re the person who has a
hard time like myself
you’re a slow carb burner then i found
this
device very useful for me because then i
knew if i was burning fat
burning carbs is it time for me to eat
am i just feeling
hunger because it’s a habit or not
so those are all the questions that i
had right now
if you want more information about this
device and how to use it
please visit my blog sexystrongfit.com
or follow me on instagram sexy fit
lauren