FITBIT and other calorie trackers

alexandrastaines
alexandrastaines Posts: 40
in Health and Weight Loss
With Fitbit's I understand they track the amount of calories you burn when walking, running or jogging. But if I were to where one while doing pilates would still record how many calories? If not, do you know of any similar devices that do?

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  • jriehl08
    jriehl08 Posts: 157 Member
    polar heart rate monitor is the way to go. gives you an average heart rate that you can use to figure out your burn with. if you get one just make sure its a chest strap unit
  • alexandrastaines
    alexandrastaines Posts: 40
    polar heart rate monitor is the way to go. gives you an average heart rate that you can use to figure out your burn with. if you get one just make sure its a chest strap unit

    why a chest strap? I've seen they have ones of your wrist as well?
  • jriehl08
    jriehl08 Posts: 157 Member
    the watch is the computer the chest strap is what transmits the heart rate to the watch(computer) they are the most accurate
  • chuckponygirl
    chuckponygirl Posts: 53
    The bodymedia tracks your calories burned the whole time you wear it. Gives an estimate at night when I take it off to sleep. Sometimes I sleep with it on.
  • aligatah
    aligatah Posts: 24 Member
    Fitbit allows you to make adjustments to your activities. It will pick up whatever calorie burn happens during the activity, allows you to manually add the activity that occurred during that time, and adjusts the calories (calculated using your stats, i.e., height, weight, age, etc. on that day).

    I added 30 minutes of Pilates and took a screenshot for you:
    ARGH! I don't know why it won't work! It's saying that I moved it, but I didn't!!!
    Screenshot_1_zpsb37d673d.jpg

    Here's the link until I get it figured out:
    http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n35/aligatah/Fitbit pics/Screenshot_1_zpsb37d673d.jpg

    ETA: I can't figure it out, so just use the link (which works).
  • corneredbycorn
    corneredbycorn Posts: 267 Member
    For an accurate calorie burn, you will need an HRM. The Fitbit is primarily a pedometer with a bonus of an estimated calorie burn. It's an awesome gadget, but it's not an HRM.

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