Fitbit: fun gimmick or worthwhile accessoire

Look at thebBodymedia Fit. Far more accurate.

I love my fitbit...It's made a world of difference and been invaluable in helping me lose weight. It opened my eyes about how sedentary I really was and allowed me the feedback I needed to change. I use it to track my calorie allowance on a daily basis. I try to keep a 500 calorie deficit. If my fitbit shows I've been more active, I plan to eat a little more. If it shows that the day is a "slow" one, I eat less. Totally worth the $99, imho.

I love it and was in a similar situation. I have about 10 pounds left to complete my weight loss (I began at 195 and now am at 158-159). Nothing seemed to work! I'm seeing the scale going down again using fit bit.

What I beleive I was missing out on was balancing my exercise throughout the day instead of considering it an all or nothing sweat fest at the gym. No more going to the gym and wearing myself out to try and burn those calories, I now manage to do it through the day and fit other moderate exercise in. I get in 10,000 steps every day using my fit bit. This makes me get up from my desk in the office and do more little things and helps me have a means to measure by if "it's enough." Whatever is left over after work my dog and I put in, in a walk.

So why fit bit and not just a pedometer? For one, I a regular pedometer at walmart and it was incredibly annoying. I'm sure there are others NOT like this but it made this super annoying rattleing noise. I looked like the wierdo in my quiet office. I also found it not to be very accurate even after adjusting it. My fitbit is exremely accurate. I've tried it time and time again and the steps it counts is correct. No problems with it counting things such as movement as steps.

I love that it connects to my Iphone. I like to see how I've done for the week and get it recorded automatically. Sure, you could record how you did with a regular pedometer on your own.... but techies don't like that. It gives me a chart and little badges along the way for meeting goals.

The BEST part is it syncs with myfitnesspal. I read some places where people had problems.... I never had. For a while I had to guess what extra calories to eat.... this adjusts it for you. It accounts for everyday activities including sleeping to give you a more accurate calorie goal. No figuring now for me! I start out with 1200 calories and usually by the end of my 10,000 steps my recommended calorie range is around 1400-1600 which is very accurate for my height, weight, gender and age.

Get it! I love it! I like the "one" because you can hide it better than the new arm band one. Just personal preference!

I love mine, havn't had it a month but I am constanly moving so my flower grows. Waaaaay more than I had before. I found that you have to climb 13 steps to be a stairs incline. At home I have 13 steps and it always calculate. At work the are 9 steps the a turn and 9 more steps, it isn't until I get to the 13th step that it registers another stair incline

Oh yes... almost forgot about the start time thing but it makes it readily available. Another note on the iphones why I like it.... don't know about everyone else but I wear on my bra strap. That way it stays hidden and goes with me no matter what clothes I change in to. So I'm not constantly having to dig in my shirt and bra to get it out.... it convienantly displays on iphone. Just a personal deal

I had the original Fitbit, and my husband has now inherited because I got an Ultra. I just love that little gadget, especially when I'm out somewhere where I'm going to be doing a lot of walking. It's inspiring to see how many steps you've taken, and I often work in a few more to get to a certain number. I'm on Neufit, which syncs with Fitbit and lets you use your miles to complete your quests over there. That's a lot of fun, too.

I my FitBit, though I really only use it as a pedometer. I've read from other people that they have issues with theirs tracking steps while driving, etc but I've never had that happen.

In for fitbit! Love mine,..helps keep track of everything and keeps me motivated to achieve my daily steps, floors climbed and calories met. Works awesome with mfp too.

Fun Gimmick. The only real benefit I have found to mine is tracking my sleep quality and quantity. I have the one, but find that it is easily lost, it falls out of the rubber case you slip it into. I have managed to find mine each time, but one of these days I won't I'm sure. Its HORRIBLY inaccurate. A day I walk 17K steps, I only burn about 200 more calories than a day I walk 7000 steps. The elevation thing makes no sense for the "floors" climbed. And driving makes you go steps, as well as does sleeping, I sometimes wake with 400 steps already on my counter while sleeping. It doesn't interface well with MFP, you pretty much have to log everything on their site and sync it. I would wait until the wrist band one comes out if I had to do it again. But I'm not finding that any of the information is any more useful than what MFP was giving me.