lumen one year later
what do i think now
so let me start this off by saying i
really like the lumen and i really enjoy
all the benefits i’ve been able to take
away from having it and with that being
said i probably think it’s a great
option for just about everybody right
actually i think this is probably not a
good option for most people i’ll circle
back to that but first after one year
let’s break this thing down
first in case you’re new to the lumen
what is it well it’s the tool that’s
known to help you hack your metabolism
and what it does is it uses a flow
control and co2 meter to use that to
understand if you’re burning carbs or
fat for fuel from there it provides
guidance to help make your ability to
switch between burning fats and carbs
more efficient therefore making your
weight loss or health journey easier and
more successful because you can get away
from being carb dependent in short it’s
a learning and training tool to help
recalibrate your body for long-term
health success
ease of use when you get this are you
going to jump right in and take
advantage of it are you going to run
into some problems well there is a
little bit of a learning curve it’s not
a big deal don’t worry but you have to
learn how hard to start breathing into
it when you start how hard to breathe
throughout the duration of the breathe
out how much to breathe in and it guides
you through all this but it needs it to
be in certain ranges so it can measure
accurately and at first you don’t really
know what those amounts are you kind of
breathe into it too hard at the
beginning and then kind of fall out of
the range it wants and it tells you to
start over and this can be a little
frustrating but after a very short while
you learn these tricks and you become an
expert at it and then you never run into
it again just because you know what to
do so small learning curve at the
beginning not that big of a deal and
then it’s just smooth sailing after that
so ease of use i’m going to say is very
high just a small learning curve
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accuracy for me i felt it’s been pretty
accurate now i do intermittent fasting
so even if i had a bad meal the day
before by time i do a lumen reading in
the morning it’s been quite a while
since i’ve had any calories and i’ve
burned up quite a bit of my carb stores
and as a result i almost always get it
too now if i was really bad the night
before i might get a three and i have
seen those i can also get ones they’re
rare but when i was really sticking to
my diet really keeping my carbs low not
cheating or having my intermittent
fasting window go too late into the
night i could earn a one i had to work
for it that was motivational and i could
reach that but it was harder to get to i
generally see a lot of twos but what i
would get did seem to reflect my day so
it did seem to be pretty accurate and
something i wish i’d done a little more
is take readings throughout the day i’m
big on intermittent fasting so i really
want to see myself starting today with a
two or one and that reflects on my
previous day but also understanding what
my meals are doing to me more in real
time you know testing after meal or
after a workout you can take
measurements throughout the day and
better understand the immediate impact
and that can help teach you a lot about
what you can do and the changes you can
make with your diet and exercise and
portions and all those different things
so there is more than just a morning
reading but as far as accuracy goes it
has seemed to be pretty darn accurate
for me
now what would i like to see the
aluminum proof on well i mentioned that
i start a lot of the days at a two and
this is great it means i’m burning more
fast than carbs so i’m in a pretty good
state but is this a high side of two
closer to a three or the low side closer
to a one i have no idea and that would
be a huge difference because if i’m
closer to a one that’s where i wanna be
i’m starting off my day burning mostly
fats i know my diet choices are working
for me but if it’s close to that three
i’m not really burning that much more
fat and i’m not really starting the day
in the state i want so a more granular
view maybe a zero to 100 where it really
gets you accurate information and you
know hey i’m really right where i want
to be or i’m at the high range of what
used to be a 2 and i still have some
work to do i need to make some changes i
need to work harder on my diet or hold
myself more accountable but these are
the things you’d be able to get out of
that more granular information so i
would love to see that and at its core
the lumen is a learning tool it helps
you understand the impact of your
previous decisions what is working for
you and what’s not and to have a better
reading a more accurate reading that
really gives you that granular
information is going to help you make
such better decisions so for me
personally if they did that improvement
it would just take it to the next level
so i’m hoping that something we see over
time
regardless of my concerns with the
granularity of the readout the lumen is
still a very motivational and
informational tool i enjoy tweaking
everything about my lifestyle to try to
get the results that i want and learning
from that and that can be the things
i’ve already mentioned portion control
what you eat how fast you eat the type
of exercise you’re doing and how much
exercise you get and even the quantity
and quality of sleep you get all these
could play a huge role in your metabolic
flexibility and the lumen helps you
understand the impacts of all these
decisions so it becomes very enjoyable
to understand the impacts of these
things and continue improving on these
so you can put yourself in a state that
best works for you because not everybody
responds to the same is the same so it
becomes kind of a game of sorts to see
what you can get out of this get the
best numbers possible and see the
changes you want because of what you’ve
been doing and this isn’t just what you
wake up to let’s say after a meal you
might get a five and you just spiked
your sugar really hard well maybe you
learned to make changes to that meal you
change how you built that same meal
whether it’s portion control or removing
a couple ingredients and now suddenly
after that same meal you’re only at a
three or four you realize you’ve made
drastic improvements that help you reach
your health goals and the lumen is what
helps you understand and realize these
goals
so i’ll admit i mostly use the lumen for
the readouts you get from this thing and
then i go on my own and do what i want
to do and make changes that i want to
make in my diet but inside the lumen app
there is a wealth of information so
there are a lot of things even things
that might seem backwards so for an
example let’s say you’ve had a string of
great days where you’ve had low readings
they might actually tell you to go have
a high carb day to mix it up on your
body and keep your metabolic flexibility
high which is important they know some
of these tricks you can do to put your
body in a state where it can bounce
between that burning of fat and carbs
more efficiently and put yourself in a
better state so there are things they
offer they also have meal planning
history of all your readings and a lot
of different things that will just help
you learn and make better decisions so
it’s worth checking out honestly i don’t
use it enough but it’s out there and you
should look into it
so i mostly had good things to say about
the lumen so why the heck would i start
this video by saying i don’t think most
people should get it well i don’t want
to waste your money the lumen is a great
tool but it offers a rather specific
service and i think this is more of a
final piece on your health journey than
just getting started so if you’re at
this point where you’re like i need to
take back my health i don’t think this
is where i start this is not the tool i
go like if i get this i’m gonna be able
to reach all my health goals this is the
one thing i need there are things that
you need to do on your own first things
that don’t cost any money things are
just educating yourself and making
better decisions and those things i
already mentioned understanding your
diet making better decisions with how
much you eat the meals you choose how
you build out those meals and the
ingredients that you use making sure
that you hold yourself accountable and
stop eating considering things like
intermittent fasting making sure your
hydration is high and that you get good
sleep and you’re implementing a regular
exercise routine these are all the
foundations for better health and weight
loss if that’s your goal and once you’ve
implemented all those things you prove
to yourself that you’re gonna do the
things it takes to have your health
journey go in the direction that you
want
lumen could be that tool that takes you
to the next level it could be that thing
that says okay i’ve got my diet in a
good place but now let me learn what
really works me and what doesn’t and how
i can just get to that next stage in my
health journey to make better decisions
and know this does work for me this
doesn’t now i’m more informed so this is
not a slam on lumen at all it’s more
about getting yourself right and proving
to yourself that you’re gonna put the
work in that’s needed so that way if you
do get the lumen you can actually take
advantage of it so if you took anything
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