Fitbit Challenges

carolynptx83

Hello,

Looking for friends who have the fitbit app and participates in challenges so we can stay motivated! Add me! You can find me by my email cphan@mdigroup.com

roughneckswife

I’m adding you!!

janstewart62

Hey..I have a question about the fitbit....do you have to be moving your arms for it to count your steps?

Silent_Soliloquy

janstewart62 wrote: »

Hey..I have a question about the fitbit....do you have to be moving your arms for it to count your steps?

No. It reads the vibrations of your foot strike and has an algorithm that will still count steps even if your arms are at your side... or clasped in front of you (such as pacing while giving a speech)

janstewart62

Thanks....I bought a cheap one and I had my hands on the grocery cart and it would not count them....so of course I returned it for a refund...just trying to find something without all the extra options that I don't need....

Lillymoo01

janstewart62 wrote: »

Thanks....I bought a cheap one and I had my hands on the grocery cart and it would not count them....so of course I returned it for a refund...just trying to find something without all the extra options that I don't need....

Fitbit won't count you pushing a shopping cart either. Mine doesn't pick up everything the above poster stated it does either.

cowsanddogsarecute

I've added you!

Deviette

Lillymoo01 wrote: »

janstewart62 wrote: »

Thanks....I bought a cheap one and I had my hands on the grocery cart and it would not count them....so of course I returned it for a refund...just trying to find something without all the extra options that I don't need....

Fitbit won't count you pushing a shopping cart either. Mine doesn't pick up everything the above poster stated it does either.

Mine does. It also picks up when I pace when I'm on the phone (fitbit on the hand holding the phone). However, I have found that there are times when I am walking it doesn't pick up (such as when I turn around), but then there are other times when I'm aggressively gesticulating and it'll count those as steps. At the end of the day nothing is going to be 100% accurate, but I've found it to be a reasonable estimate.

callsitlikeiseeit

when i remember, i try to stick it inside my shoe on the side or my pocket. counts okay doing that. if its on my wrist it doesnt typically count unless my arm is moving.