FitBit

I absolutely love mine. I find that I have been more active since I purchased mine because I actually see the numbers. I can look and see I'm only at 7k steps when my goal is 10k, so I get off my bum and go work on getting another 3k steps! Of course that's beyond my regular workouts.

I have mine linked with MFP and it seems to work out well, however the things that I didn't really find out until I purchased and started using mine are such as.. Driving will add steps and floors (on the ultra model) so you have to log your activity for driving at those times otherwise it will skew your counts. I have to log my driving under the fitbit website, but my other activities on MFP, which leads me to the next thing I found out - MFP has a bigger database of exercises and foods than Fitbit's website. Last major thing I was disappointed in is that Fitbit's basic features on the site are free (more than enough to be effective) but if you want any of the analytical functions, report sharing, personal trainer tips based upon your performance history, etc, it's all subscription based at around $50 a year.

I can honestly say I would recommend getting one, even because of these little things. I just keep a notebook with me at all times and jot down the times I'm driving, or what my start and stop times are for exercises at the gym. You can actually open a fitbit account at www.fitbit.com prior to purchasing one and take a look at the interface and such.

I love my fitbit. I've had it about 3 weeks now and it's really upped my activity level. My exercise is mostly walking with a tiny bit of running thrown in (I'm doing C25K) and the fitbit is great for tracking it. There's a group on here for fitbit users if you want to check it out.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/forums/show/1307-fitbit-users

I love mine, but at the moment all my exercise is running or walking, which it can do.
When I start going to the gym and weight training/dancing again, I will use my HRM

If you have an iphone or android phone try downloading a motion tracking app and see if that gives you what you want. I have Accupedo which is free and I feel it works almost as well as my fitbit did before I ruined it by putting it in the wash.

LOVE it... changed my life and activity levels...

however I am.just setting up fitbit 3 in 5 months. First one died being my bra and.me getting sweaty and it getting wet. I'd wear it on your top. It secure on your top without the added clip. It stayed on whilst I was on.rollercoasters. Second one I got caught out in the rain and had no where to put it to stop it getting wet. Drowned. Have a friend done the same twice! You need to be really aware of this as it is an issue. However fitbit replaced both happily. customer service is great! they even replaced my friends lost one. you willget addicted and love it, just not too durable! x

I have had mine since the end of July and I love it - I have no problem driving, it never records them!! I love the way it motivates me to move. I use the start/stop feature to record work outs and it syncs all the data to MFP. I'm really interested to see how far I walk when I start back to work next week. I plan on getting a HRM at some point, but I'm going to wait until I have lost about 40lbs and I will only use that for workouts, I couldn't wear one all day. I used my fitbit to record sleep and saw that I do wake up a lot during the night. I seem to sleep better when I have been more active during the day. It's a neat little gadget to have, well I think so :happy:

If you don't have a HRM I'd buy one of those first if your doing exercise other than walking. this is great to use as well as a HRM. use HRM for my workouts and the fitbit together, but fitbit makes me a lot more active in my everyday life! x

^^^This!

The only thing I hate is the calorie adjustment fitbit does. I confuses me, so I just ignore it. I hope I'm not messing myself up by doing so.

A HRM is a heart rate monitor

I use mine and have stopped logging my exercise I just use the FB adjustment. It was to confusing to try to add this and remove that so I just let it do it's thing. I have a HRM and the FB is pretty close on most things and if it is off it usually shows less burn then my HRM. I don't eat all of my calories back so if it is off I don't care a whole lot. I just put it in the provided clip and slide it in my right front pocket.