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Best method of tracking general daily activities

Heroness
Posts: 19
Hey all
Im still fairly new to MFP but as Im starting to get the hang of the calorie counting and food intake Im realising I should have a better way of tracking my daily calorie burn from walking around, running up and down stairs at work (Im a high school teacher), house work and general errand running.
I used to do Weight Watchers and we had a pedometer - which I could never seem to get to work (ain't no technophobe here - just couldn't get the thing to track properly between active points and non active points). I don't do WW anymore as the point counting didn't suit me.
Anyway what Im trying to get at is I would like to get some sort of thingy to wear on my arm that will help me to see what good I am doing for myself while Im choosing the stairs and not the lift
What does everyone here use? Id be very interested to find out. Also apologies as I fear this topic has been raised many times!
Thank you for reading....:)
Im still fairly new to MFP but as Im starting to get the hang of the calorie counting and food intake Im realising I should have a better way of tracking my daily calorie burn from walking around, running up and down stairs at work (Im a high school teacher), house work and general errand running.
I used to do Weight Watchers and we had a pedometer - which I could never seem to get to work (ain't no technophobe here - just couldn't get the thing to track properly between active points and non active points). I don't do WW anymore as the point counting didn't suit me.
Anyway what Im trying to get at is I would like to get some sort of thingy to wear on my arm that will help me to see what good I am doing for myself while Im choosing the stairs and not the lift

What does everyone here use? Id be very interested to find out. Also apologies as I fear this topic has been raised many times!
Thank you for reading....:)
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I have a fitbit. www.fitbit.com0
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I love my fitbit.0
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FITBIT0
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I have a Fitbit One...works great0
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Another vote in for the Fitbit. I have the FB One and have lost 30 pounds since the day I got it (its been since May 2013).0
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I just got a fitbit flex and I'm pretty much in love..lol0
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Another Fitbit devotee here!0
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