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brayla1
brayla1 Posts: 142 Member
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My mini goal for this month is to hit an average of 10K steps a day....Anyone game to join me?

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  • FitnFeistyLyness
    FitnFeistyLyness Posts: 757 Member
    i dont have a fit bit but i have a pedometer..
  • rondaj05
    rondaj05 Posts: 497 Member
    *groans*

    I don't have either. Have you already started?
  • FitnFeistyLyness
    FitnFeistyLyness Posts: 757 Member
    you can start anytime
  • brayla1
    brayla1 Posts: 142 Member
    We can absolutely make this a step challenge!! and we can start on this Saturday, thoughts?
  • FitnFeistyLyness
    FitnFeistyLyness Posts: 757 Member
    sounds good to me
  • sue_stef
    sue_stef Posts: 194 Member
    Im in ! I got my fitbit on new years eve and have been doing really well at getting over 10,000 steps a day
    it is fun to find ways to add more steps to get to those marks
  • brayla1
    brayla1 Posts: 142 Member
    Sue, I know it is fun trying to get those few extra steps to get your goal or exceed!! WOOHOO!!
  • sue_stef
    sue_stef Posts: 194 Member
    Im ridiculous I found a spot in my house that I can walk 10 steps one way so after dinner I go back and forth till I get my steps in Ive been averaging around 12,000 a day
  • FitnFeistyLyness
    FitnFeistyLyness Posts: 757 Member
    i call that DEDICATION
  • brayla1
    brayla1 Posts: 142 Member
    Well done, Sue!!
  • FitnFeistyLyness
    FitnFeistyLyness Posts: 757 Member
    half way to 10,000
  • FitnFeistyLyness
    FitnFeistyLyness Posts: 757 Member
    I DID IT!! 12,691 steps and that was jumping sprinklers too LOL
  • rondaj05
    rondaj05 Posts: 497 Member
    I DID IT!! 12,691 steps and that was jumping sprinklers too LOL

    Woo Hoo! That's awesome!! :flowerforyou:
  • brayla1
    brayla1 Posts: 142 Member
    I DID IT!! 12,691 steps and that was jumping sprinklers too LOL

    YAY YOU!!! WTG!
  • FitnFeistyLyness
    FitnFeistyLyness Posts: 757 Member
    ok.. have to fig out how to get my steps in when im not running and walking to the store like today was not even 2000 steps.. but i did do the shred. still need to figure this out.
  • zoetewijn
    zoetewijn Posts: 121
    I'm looking into buying one, have to decide between flex or force thinking I'm leaning towards force. Got to get my finances together after the holiday first. Looking for a sale. Lol.. Where did u all purchase yours? Been doing research, how is the sync working for everyone, I have an ipad 2 am reading reviews about syncing issues, how's the syncing to MFP? Hope this makes sense and some one can give me some good advice. Thanks.
  • rondaj05
    rondaj05 Posts: 497 Member
    I'm looking into buying one, have to decide between flex or force thinking I'm leaning towards force. Got to get my finances together after the holiday first. Looking for a sale. Lol.. Where did u all purchase yours? Been doing research, how is the sync working for everyone, I have an ipad 2 am reading reviews about syncing issues, how's the syncing to MFP? Hope this makes sense and some one can give me some good advice. Thanks.

    I keep looking at them too! I did a search of the forums and two people said after trying them all out they would stick with the Fitbit One. I'm leaning towards that one but haven't decided yet.
  • brayla1
    brayla1 Posts: 142 Member
    Ok, today is the day - let's work on getting our steps in...next week we' ll post our step counts. As for the fitbit, I currently have the gen 1 Fitbit, however it's on it last leg. Thinking about getting the Flex. Happy stepping all!!

    ps as far as syncing, no complaints here...
  • sue_stef
    sue_stef Posts: 194 Member
    I have had my flex since new years eve and it has only had one day where the sync was not working well it just did not want to load in information the web sites blamed it on the New Year dieters but it was a couple weeks into the new year so I found that odd most people quit after the first week and a half

    I like my flex it is a nifty little gadget very motivating
  • rondaj05
    rondaj05 Posts: 497 Member
    My Fitbit came today!! :bigsmile:

    I love it. Set up was easy, I wish I would have set it up before I left the house and ran errands so all those steps would have been counted.
  • zoetewijn
    zoetewijn Posts: 121
    My Fitbit came today!! :bigsmile:

    I love it. Set up was easy, I wish I would have set it up before I left the house and ran errands so all those steps would have been counted.

    Did u use a ipad with the app.. I'm getting a fitbit flex tomorrow and I'm hoping its easy to do.. A friend said it was...
  • rondaj05
    rondaj05 Posts: 497 Member
    I set it up on my desktop and downloaded the iPhone app. I don't have an iPad but I do have a Kindle Fire, pretty sure they have an app too so I'll add it to that too.

    Yesterday it synced with MFP with no problem, so far today it hasn't synced with MFP. There's a Fitbit group here and I read there's been a lot of problem since Christmas bc so many people got them and the system is having a hard time keeping up. Either way, it's extremely motivating to me to check it and see how many steps I get in and the calories I burn not even realizing it!
  • rondaj05
    rondaj05 Posts: 497 Member
    Zoe - did you get your Fitbit? I LOVE mine! There's a group for Fitbit users and I've found it's very helpful, tips for setting it up, troubleshooting, what exercise to enter into MFP and what not etc. Here's the link:

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/forums/show/1307-fitbit-users

    I got mine Saturday I think I finally have a pretty good feel for it and I finally broke 10,000 steps today! (And... I was home all day today just made sure I was UP and MOVING around!)

    You earn badges for hitting certain milestones with it and I just found out you can sign up to earn rewards from a few different websites/companies including Walgreen's! :bigsmile:
  • _kimberly
    _kimberly Posts: 57 Member
    how do you sign up for the rewards on FitBit? one of my FitBit friends messaged me that they looked forward to battling it out with me for the rewards or something - this is obviously what they were referring to... but I don't see anything on my FitBit dashboard or on my other pages.

    I will check the main website - thanks for posting about rewards! I will search for it now.

    I am up for a FitBit (steps per day) challenge. count me in!
  • rondaj05
    rondaj05 Posts: 497 Member
    how do you sign up for the rewards on FitBit? one of my FitBit friends messaged me that they looked forward to battling it out with me for the rewards or something - this is obviously what they were referring to... but I don't see anything on my FitBit dashboard or on my other pages.

    I will check the main website - thanks for posting about rewards! I will search for it now.

    I am up for a FitBit (steps per day) challenge. count me in!

    Walgreen's gives you rewards, EveryMove and Earndit. You have to go to their sites and link your FitBit to them.
  • _kimberly
    _kimberly Posts: 57 Member
    FitBit League

    the World Championship has 31 spots left! FREE to join - it's through FitBit

    http://www.fitbitleague.com

    You can also sign up to join Leagues if you don't want to enter Championship. I am in Women's League D, #43 right now. Maybe I'll see some of you there? :)

    ETA: Rondaj05, thank you for the reply on how to sign up for rewards ;)

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