Fitbit

Someone gave me the older version in December. It's fun.

Got mine a couple days ago and LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it... Especially like how it tracks my sleep patterns and the fact that it connects to MFP is so cool! Worth every penny.

I have one. I love it. It helps me keep track of how my day is going calorie wise and what not. I wish it had a HRM but i will just have to get that as well.

got mine last week and I solutely love it. The sleep tracking aspect is really cool, but the actual pedometer is super accurate! I highly suggest it. I got mine on Amazon because it was $12 cheaper than the fitbit site lol.

I've had mine since April and really like it. I don't bother tracking sleep very often though, it's always been about the same at 95% when I have so I don't feel the need to be wearing it at night now. Just be careful to check it before and after car journeys though because it can rack up extra flights and steps that you will need to overwrite online.

I got mine a few days ago and it is absolutly brilliant! I am always wearing it. I totally love that it syncs with MFP amd the sleep tracking is fantastic. Defo worth every penny

Good advice Zara, didn't realise it was that sensitive.

Love mine and always have it on. However, it's no good for gym excercises as it doesn't recognise step machines or cross trainers or excertion. HRM are best for gym work and swimming. Then if you update any HRM exercises, log them on MFP and it overrides the fitbit site, but don't then adjust that site too, as you'll end up doubling up calories burnt.

Try Amazon for HRM, mine was £30.

Have fun with all the graphs

I have had mine for 8 weeks and love it.

I've got mine a week or 3 now. I'm surprised that every single day I get a higher activity level than I thought, and burn loads more calories than I ever expected.

I hate it; it makes me move and keeps me accountable. I look at the numbers and if the steps or stairs are not within the goal I have set for myself, I take a walk to get them there.
I have been able to track my estimated sleep time and times awaken and take this data for later studies.
It has make me push myself to reach that next badge {come-on I want that 150 flights of stairs within a day badge}.
After reading a very interesting story I have used others FitBits sleep tracking data to narrow down times of incidents.

I love it but be careful I'm on my 3rd. not waterproof at all.... killed mine with sweat and then another in the rain. best to wear it on your top. you get sweaty on your bra if you exercise hard... always have somewhere safe to put it if you may get drenched in the rain x

^ This. And don't forget to secure it to your trousers if you are wearing it with the belt clip - I lost my first one a few weeks ago just this way so I hook a hair bobble through it now then pin the bobble to my jeans with a nappy pin!

I loved it so much that I went straight out and bought a second - I feel totally naked without it now :laugh:

I have one had it for just under a week now and love it, it really opens your eyes and makes me want to walk the long way round rather than getting there as quick as possible!!!!!! There is a BUT though - I dont seem to be doing things right with it.

I have tried logging my excercise on MFP by stating the start time but the figure it gives me is different to the figure it shows when I press and hold the button to track an activity - can anyone help?

As a example I tracked my bokwa session this morning , it said i burnt 557 calories, but when i logged it in MFP is stated 424.

TOTALLY CONFUSSED :huh:

I have one and love it! I wear it all the time. Using the fitbit allows me to see how active I am when not working out and adjust my allowable calories accordingly each day. I track exercise using a HRM, but use the fitbit for everything else.

^This. I find the Fitbit over-estimates calories when I do my Leslie Sansone walk programmes as compared with my HRM so I adjust the calories by logging it as an activity (I turn on the stop watch before I start to walk, walk, walk :happy: ) then adjust the calories accordingly at the end of the work out.

I am really new to this. Can anyone tell me how the fit bit works? How is it different from a HRM? Which do you prefer? Thanks!

I've had mine since feb. and I adore it. No calorie guessing as it tells you your TDEE. It's been great.