fitbit

I purchused one about a week ago. They are certainly a good pedometer... no issue with that. I think where they excel is they log you daily activities automatically tracking them wireless on a nicely designed and free web page. Since I have had mine, it has always made me go out of my way to walk more/be more active each day to up my step count.

If you have any questions about how soundly you sleep, the fitbit will also provide you an answer to that.

The forums don't seem very active and the food log isn't as good as the one on this website, but that is what this site is for!

If you get one, add me as a friend on that site and we can challenge each other with number of steps, activity or distance.

Scott

It seems pretty good a tracking calories for some things. If I take it for a walk, the calories will be very similar to those that would be calculated on this web site based on speed and time. I also have worn it on my shoe while doing the elliptical trainer and as they state on their web site, it is accurate for low resistance, but not so for medium or high. I am currently working out on medium resistance and find it reports about 10 or 15% less than the elliptical trainer will report. I assume as the resistance increases, the accuracy will decrease.

You can also use it to log events separately. For example you are heading out on a run you press the button at the start and the button at the end and it will give you lots of details of that specific event (Duration, Calories burned, Steps taken and Pace overall or graphically throughout the event). You can then take that specific information and use it on this web site.

For me (in addition to gym workouts) it has really pushed me to be more active throughout the day. For the winter, I spend a fair amount of time behind a desk. Before getting this, I would often find myself trying to be as efficient as possible when leaving my desk (I would try and accomplish as many things on a very limited number of trips), but with the fitbit I get up and walk around much more and as inefficiently as possible (go to furthest bathroom, furthest copier, visit others instead of call/emailing etc).

My big problem is I lost mine yesterday.... I am going to retrace my steps and hope I can find it. After thinking about the benefits last night, I decided I would definitely purchase a new one today if it can't be located.

Scott

I have had mine a couple of months and love it.
I dont track all my food on both sites. I wait till The end of the day and add my MFP total on fitbit as a new food. It is a real time saver.

Scott:
When you find or replace your fitbit a cheap and simple solution to keeping up with it is in the hair acessories aisle.
I use the real long thin hair ties/headbands. I put a tight knot in one end just so you have to force it over the fitbit then I use the other to secure to my clothes with a pin.

I have done a lot of research as well. I just bought one for my fiance for his birthday and one for myself. We are both rather competitive buthave reached a rut. So hoping this will help push us over that with some friendly competition.

I just got mine last Friday and I love, love, love it!

Hello,

I lost my fitbit on Thursday. I got it a few weeks ago and had it with my at the gym Thursday and am pretty sure I had it home Thursday after the gym. But later that afternoon, I couldn’t find it.

I had no idea where it was and I was out of town Friday & Saturday, so I was surprised to see that it synced Saturday!

I bought two fitbits – one for me and one for my wife. And she had plugged the fitbit sync station into her laptop around noon on Sat after her workout and it looks like my fitbit sync’d as well! Mine showed almost no activity, but battery level was high –I’m pretty sure I charged it after the gym on Thursday.

I was thinking that the fitbit must be in the house somewhere. Today I plugged the sync station into my laptop – and voila, it synced again a few minutes later.

So, my question – is there any way to detect where my fitbit actually is? Is there a direction finder app that will let me know if I’m getting warm as I get closer with my laptop & sync station? And will let me ‘ping’ it to see if it’s still alive, closer, etc? I’m imagining something like one of the old radio direction finder things – or a wifi strength indicator.

Please let me know before the battery dies!

Thanks,
joseph

the fitbit is a great thing. the integration with MFP can be frustrating at times, but overall I highly recommend it.

I've worn mine almost every day for about 16 months now. It definitely keeps me motivated to walk/move more and I do think the above post about accuracy of calorie count is good. Mine is now disintegrating though from being worn so long. The black part is falling off. So far I have glued it back on, but it's days are numbered I'm sure.... but it still works.

I've had mine for over a year and literally cannot go a day without it! Not only that, but it's a sturdy little thing, too! I accidentally threw mine in the washing machine (it was still attached to my sports bra) and it went through the wash and dry cycle and came out completely fine! I wouldn't recommend doing that all the time, but it didn't seem to do anything to mine! I love it!

Love, love, love my FitBit... I don't go anywhere without it! I highly recommend it !!