FitBit Friends!

ShiraDarling
ShiraDarling Posts: 232 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Hey everyone, I got a FitBit for Christmas and I am looking to add a few fitness-minded friends. I have about 15-20lbs to lose.
Happy Holidays!

http://www.fitbit.com/user/2975MQ

oh.. and I'm still very new with the whole fitbit thing, but trying to figure it out. haha :)
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  • WendyFitMomCHANGED
    WendyFitMomCHANGED Posts: 311 Member
    I just got one for Christmas too! Feel free to add me
  • SinomenJen
    SinomenJen Posts: 262 Member
    I am staring at my dashboard right now wondering if there is a book entitled fitbit for dummies :-P
  • skinnyme47
    skinnyme47 Posts: 802 Member
    I have had my Fitbit One for a while now, and it was worth every penny. Keeps me motivated. You can add me if you like. I am http://www.fitbit.com/user/244TSZ.

    Merry Christmas!
  • veggiebuckeye
    veggiebuckeye Posts: 115 Member
    I've had a FitBit for going on three months now. It's a great motivational tool.
  • pseudomuffin
    pseudomuffin Posts: 1,058 Member
    Just got mine for Christmas too!! I'm very new so I'd love to have some friends on there too!

    http://www.fitbit.com/user/29JGR2
  • nccarolb
    nccarolb Posts: 858 Member
    I got a Fitbit Flex a week or so ago. Please feel free to add me. I'm definitely still in a steep learning curve!
  • editorgrrl
    editorgrrl Posts: 7,060 Member
    I am staring at my dashboard right now wondering if there is a book entitled fitbit for dummies :-P
    You can't break it. Just play around with the settings until you figure out what works best for you.

    Start by lowering your step goal from the default 10,000. It's so much fun when the band vibrates to say you've reached your goal. And when I see I'm thisclose, I get up & move.

    Edited to add a link to the MFP Fitbit Users group: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/forums/show/1307-fitbit-users
  • lipglossjunky73
    lipglossjunky73 Posts: 497 Member
    I have a fit bit but it's stuck on calories... Not steps. How do I fix it?

    Is that all this is? A pedometer? My husband got it for me for my birthday...
  • JRKWebb
    JRKWebb Posts: 27
    Got a Force for Christmas which makes me very happy, add me!

    https://www.fitbit.com/user/28YN53
  • ActiveYogi
    ActiveYogi Posts: 27 Member
    fitbit for christmas! Please add me, I'm ready to kick off my new year's resolution early!
  • PennyM140
    PennyM140 Posts: 423 Member
    I got one for Christmas too! Fitbit Force, the grey one. Finally have a few minutes to sit down and set it up.

    Please add me: http://www.fitbit.com/user/29LW8Y
  • haleycreations
    haleycreations Posts: 89 Member
    I am excited I just got my Fitbit Force for Christmas, will be trying to figurem it out tomorrow.
  • Azexas
    Azexas Posts: 4,334 Member
    I guess the Fitbit was the gift to get this year haha.
    I will send a request. My account is http://www.fitbit.com/user/29S33F feel free to shoot me a request... I'm still trying to learn the whole system. :)
  • GypsySoul_74
    GypsySoul_74 Posts: 152 Member
    i'm getting one, but it was on backorder and hasn't come in yet! expecting it this week--excited! :)

    this is me--i'll pair my Force when it arrives! http://www.fitbit.com/user/29HXP8
  • Babygi6003
    Babygi6003 Posts: 356 Member
    Feel free to add me! I have had my Fitbit Force for a month now and I love it!
    www.fitbit.com/user/232G64
  • farrowvi
    farrowvi Posts: 1
    I just got one too. Add me! Have you figured out how to link it to myfitnesspal?
  • editorgrrl
    editorgrrl Posts: 7,060 Member
    Go to http://www.myfitnesspal.com/apps/show/30
  • ShellMarie35
    ShellMarie35 Posts: 34 Member
    I just got one for Christmas too and have absolutely no friends yet.

    www.fitbit.com/user/29LTNB
  • candicelh79
    candicelh79 Posts: 42 Member
    I just received one for Xmas too. Feel free to add me.... http://www.fitbit.com/user/29QSWZ
  • iheartbiology
    iheartbiology Posts: 104 Member
    I've had a flex for a few months and love it!
    I would like a force, but will need to lose or break my flex first :wink:
    Feel free to add me too!

    www.fitbit.com/user/27S6SJ
  • briana12077
    briana12077 Posts: 128 Member
    just got one and its stressing me out. i kinda hate it. If anyone can add me on here and help me understand how to get the best use out of it that would be great. I'm so annoyingly confused about it and want to return it. Most people really like it but maybe I was just expecting something else out of it.
  • editorgrrl
    editorgrrl Posts: 7,060 Member
    If anyone can add me on here and help me understand how to get the best use out of it that would be great.

    Fitbit shows your TDEE (total daily energy expenditure), which is your exercise + BMR (the calories you burn just being alive). When you set up your MFP account, you chose an activity level. MFP used that plus your age, sex & height to estimate your TDEE. Then you set a weight-loss goal, and MFP subtracted the appropriate deficit to calculate your daily calorie goal.

    Once you go to http://www.myfitnesspal.com/apps/show/30 and link your accounts, Fitbit will tell MFP your TDEE. If it's more than MFP estimated, you'll get an exercise calorie adjustment (meaning more calories to eat). If you enable negative adjustments (and your goal is more than 1,200 calories), when your TDEE is less than the MFP estimate you get fewer calories to eat.

    The connection is sometimes glitchy. You can usually force a sync by disconnecting & reconnecting your accounts. The first day, Fitbit estimates your BMR for the entire day, so it's usually way off. As the days go by, it gets more & more accurate, almost as if it's "learning" your routine.

    MFP has a "Fitbit Users" group at http://www.myfitnesspal.com/forums/show/1307-fitbit-users
  • ericmarkowicz
    ericmarkowicz Posts: 1
    I love my fitbit flex. I am waiting on the Fitbit Force to come in any day now!!!
  • JocyChan
    JocyChan Posts: 59 Member
    mine is: //www.fitbit.com/user/263H4R
  • cwallace4080
    cwallace4080 Posts: 1
    Hi everyone! My FitBit profile is http://www.fitbit.com/user/2944R5. I also received my FitBit Flex for Christmas, so my profile shows how lazy I've been! I've been pretty bad in the past about updating my MyFitnessPal profile, so I hope we can all motivate one another. See you 'round!
  • losing_it_2013
    losing_it_2013 Posts: 128 Member
    I got one too! Mine doesn't sync automatically though - not sure why??
  • lolacanaday
    lolacanaday Posts: 21 Member
    I got one as well. I love that it syncs to my phone!!!
  • editorgrrl
    editorgrrl Posts: 7,060 Member
    I got one too! Mine doesn't sync automatically though - not sure why??
    Did you go to http://www.myfitnesspal.com/apps/show/30 and connect your MFP & Fitbit accounts?
  • gwenabee10
    gwenabee10 Posts: 11
    Hey! I have had fitbit1 since march! I love it!! Anyone feel free to add me http://www.fitbit.com/user/256SZ5
  • xoemmytee
    xoemmytee Posts: 162 Member
    Add me on MFP and here https://www.fitbit.com/user/29ZRY5

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