Love my FITBIT!

I have worn my FitBit Force for nearly a week now. Like a lot of posters previously said, it really does keep you motivated to hit the daily goals set. I have not had any bad experiences with the strap and it seemed to clasp easier each day. I wear mine as I would a wristwatch.

My wife commented on it about the 2nd day I had it on and began asking me questions so I ordered a Force for her on Monday. It must be very popular because it is on backorder and I got a 4-6 week delivery lead time. I got mine in 5 days, so I must have been pretty lucky.

I totally agree with you! I just got mine set up on Saturday and every nite it's fun to see how many steps and calories burned. I was just curious since I just got it synced with MFP, what time of the day do the calories burned go over to MFP?? Or do I enter them at the end of my day?

if you have synced your fitbit with MFP, then when you upload your fitbit to the computer, it will automatically put in your adjustments. If you upload early in the day it estimates by how many steps you have had and calories burned at that point to determine whether to add extra calories to your day. I usually upload my fitbit zip after I have been on the treadmill in the morning and then upload again after dinner. Then I know what would make for a good evening snack. I have not lost my motivation with my fitbit.....if anything it has made me extremely motivated! Enjoy!

I've had a Fitbit for almost three years now, instead of getting tired of the novelty, I'm utterly addicted to my Fitbit feedback. I've even got many of my family on board (my two oldest boys, my parents, three brothers, three SIL) ... we are a Fitbit Family, there is a but of a competition going ... no one can beat me in steps!

In regards to the OP wondering about 1700 total burn in on an inactive day ... that sounds about right for me (it depends on your size, age, sex ... I'm 5'5", 43 year old female, 150 pounds. If I just have a regular day but no dedicated exercise, that is about where I end up. That lines up with MFP, which gives me a 1200 calorie intake limit (1700-500) to try and lose a pound a week). But I AM active, and try to get my total burn to 3000 many days.

Someone else asked about Fitbit & a HRM. I wear my Fitbit and HRM together a lot, they don't interfere at all. It's really interesting to compare the two. Sometimes they are so close (even identical) in calorie burn estimate, other times they are WAY off. While I do like the HRM feedback, it is NOT something I would (or should) wear for the entire day. It's uncomfortable, I sometimes don't wear it because I just don't want to bother putting it on (the strap is cold and you need to wet the electrodes), put on the watch, remember to turn it on/off ... the Fitbit is so easy, I wear it 24/7 (recharging it when I take a shower).

I'm a Fitbit fan ... it's the topic of several posts on my blog
http://jenbsjourney.blogspot.com

I've been thinking of getting a Fitbit One but I also like wearing a heart rate monitor during exercise. Does anyone still wear their HRM's with their Fitbit? Do the devices interfere with each other?

I wear my Fitbit Zip all the time and use my HRM during dedicated workouts. The Fitbit is best at recording step-based exercise, so walking, running and everyday moving around while you conduct your daily business. I do a variety of exercise DVDs with different styles of movement, so I prefer to use my HRM for those in order to get a more accurate burn estimate. I then record that exercise in MFP with the start time and length of workout, which causes the calorie burn I entered (from my HRM) to override whatever Fitbit registered for that time period.

This combination has been very effective for me.

I got my fitbit flex on January 15, but a week or so ago, I put in all the numbers since I started:
cals burned per fitbit minus food input per MFP, and divided that by the 3500 cals per lb, and compared it to my actual weight loss and it was .2 lbs difference. Pretty close!!! The difference is probably from a low estimate on food, but overall, I was happy with the numbers the fitbit is giving me.

I have also been thinking about getting a Fitbit Force. Does anyone that currently has one have problems with the strap (falling off or hard to close)? A majority of the Amazon reviews I've seen seemed to focus on problems with that.

Yes the strap is definitely flawed and you have to be careful that it does not fall off. I thought that I lost mine twice. Both times it was in the sleeve of the jacket I was wearing. Hopefully they fix that problem. A friend of mine was able to find her's by tracking it with her mobile device. Other than that I love my Fitbit!

Which is odd, because it's virtually the same strap as the flex, and there don't seem to be problems with it coming loose on the flex.

I have had absolutely no problems with it falling off. I have had it for about two weeks. It can be a bit tough to get it securely strapped on, but this gets easier as you get used to it. Those who have problems with the strap coming undone probably didn't secure it correctly.

Okay ... if anyone on this thread has their fitbit and would like to fitbit friend me ... I'd love to keep pushing goals with others ... please let me know. ThanX

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You don't have to sync it to your phone. It comes with a dongle that you plug into your usb port on the computer and it updates from there.

I too love my Fitbit. I have had my Fitbit One since September 2012 and since then I have logged almost 3,500 miles. (I am a couple of months shy of 70 years old, so that's not too shabby.) I have compared the mileage on a walk as recorded by my Fitbit with a friend who has a Garmond and it is pretty well dead on.

It sounds so juvenile but I love getting badges. I have been at maintenance for a year now. I have set my activity level at sedentary and I eat back the calories my Fitbit says I have earned. It is working well for me.

I've been thinking of getting a Fitbit One but I also like wearing a heart rate monitor during exercise. Does anyone still wear their HRM's with their Fitbit? Do the devices interfere with each other?

I don't see why they would interfere with each other but you would have to explain to your MFP site what it is you are doing. The Fitbit does not accurately record things like elliptical trainers, rowing machines, stair climbers, etc. For those you will want to rely on your HRM. Keep track of your start time and the duration of your exercise, enter the figures you get from your HRM on the exercise page of your MFP account and MFP will ignore the Fitbit numbers for that period of time. On your Fitbit site you will still get credit for your steps and mileage if you are doing an exercise that it tracks.

I've had my Fitbit Flex for about two and a half weeks now, I'm LOVING IT. I make sure to do the extra walking to get over my 10,000 step goal daily. I think today is the first day I haven't because of health reason's. It makes you really rethink how much you move in a day and how much you eat as well. Since getting it, I've lost more weight than previously and push myself to move more. My sister has one as well as a few friends and co workers and it's neat to see who's moving more and such.

Since getting the Flex I was able to up my TDEE on days I work cause I honestly didn't know how MUCH I moved in the day and how much energy I was spending on a typical work day. My days off I have to either get out and exercise or take a nice long walk, but it's helped me be more thoughtful of my activity level.