Fitbit Flex

mel52281
mel52281 Posts: 1 Member
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I have recently decided to get back on track with my diet and fitness Goals. I bought a Fitbit Flex. It says that it can link to this website, does anyone have any experience using this...and if so, does it work well together?


Thanks,
Melissa

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  • Ten10
    Ten10 Posts: 223 Member
    I have the Fitbit Force and I <3 it! I feel lost without it and it does help to keep me moving.
  • crumbtinies
    crumbtinies Posts: 29 Member
    I have a flex and I love it!! There are several fitbit groups on here, if you search under groups, but here's one that seems to have a lot of the info you are looking for http://www.myfitnesspal.com/forums/show/1307-fitbit-users.
  • editorgrrl
    editorgrrl Posts: 7,060 Member
    Go to http://www.myfitnesspal.com/apps/show/30 to connect your accounts. It's been buggy ever since Christmas-- there are multiple threads in the MFP "Fitbit Users" group: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/forums/show/1307-fitbit-users
  • ashleaa08
    ashleaa08 Posts: 2
    I have a flex as well and they sync great together, I love it!
  • Ayne6246
    Ayne6246 Posts: 37 Member
    My daughters gave me one for Christmas and it has been a GREAT tool to keep me motivated. Since I've been retired, I've been pretty sedentary and I have set the silent alarm to vibrate every hour to remind me to get up and get moving so I have been doing 5-10 minutes on my Tony Little gazelle every hour between 10-4. I had already been doing Richard Simmons 40 minutes every day. Since I started tracking on my Flex on 1/29, I have lost 3#. It is motivating in that the dashboard gives you a goal to work toward and tracks whether you are meeting that goal or not. The only issue I have is that it does over count steps a little but that is a minor issue. I also like the fact that there are places for you tp track other things like blood pressure (which my MD wants me to track for a while).

    It takes a little playing around to figure it all out but it is a great tool. I would like for them to have a broader range of Android phones that will sync with it (I'm not a tech person just recently bronkdown & got am android phone, a Samsun Galaxy Cebtura, which doesn't sync with the program. I have downloaded the app so can check progress but if I am out of the house, I can't sync. They are adding new androids all the time so maybe mine will be added soon.

    Hope you have good luck with yours. I think you will love it.
  • sarahcav123
    sarahcav123 Posts: 128 Member
    Its a very good tool. I recommend logging all your food, water and extra exercise on MFP as it syncs well with fitbit (not the other way around). Definitely keeps me moving.

    Feel free to add me: //www.fitbit.com/user/2BGD78

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