Fitbit or HR monitor help

A fitbit one can be worn on your pants or on your bra.

ETA: a fitbit one won't really track your calories all day though. It'll give you an estimate. A body media may work better for you.

I have a Jawbone Up that is meant for the wrist, but I usually wear it in my pocket while I'm at work. I'll even stick it in my sock while I'm working out for a more accurate step count.

Bodymedia works o the arm. Getting a new one is pricy considering the subscription rate but I use it constantly and compared everyday actives with other brands and found it simular. I love the detail it can give compared to other models and ms ir was big back in 2009 and r he integration works nice in andriod and the phone is not required to be on you for it to work. You just sync it later. One problem it may not record accurately for you so ther is a risk therw. It workd for me.

I just got a fitbit HR last week. We can't wear anything on our wrists at work either, so I keep it in my pocket and turn off the HR monitoring while I'm there. I wore a pedometer for the first two days to compare, and it seems to still track steps and stairs accurately in your pocket.

Rabbit is absolutely right, you can't wear a HRM to track your calories burned through a day. It is only meant for steady state cardio, and even that should be paused every time you pause, and should be taken with a grain (or two, or three) of salt.

If you're asking because you want to find out your actual TDEE, then you just need to log 100% accurately, log your calories burned from exercise, and monitor your weight over a specific time. Let's say 4 weeks. At the end of the four weeks, add up your deficits (what MFP already has built in, be careful if it has you eating at 1200 calories, because that means you've hit the MFP limit and your deficit might be an odd number + your daily deficits - any daily overages) and compare the deficit over the four weeks with what you've actually lost. You can even use an excel spreadsheet for this.

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Or if you have a fitbit you can link to trendweight.com and it does the work for you

Not that I ever turn down the chance to do a spreadsheet *geek*

wanna talk about spreadsheets.....read this...


http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10084832/how-obsessed-have-you-become-over-this#latest


..lol......trust me I am tracking everything accurately, I too am a data geek, you cant get true readings from false data...hence the Fitbit......

I do not exercise that much, due to a back injury, and a car crash 2 yrs ago too....so mainly do walking on my treadmill, bit of running to get heart up that's all.......I do some weights to stay strong....but again, not heavy...more lots of reps at low weight for now....

Anyway, I am on 1770 average over a week for the last 7 weeks, I log accurately, weigh my food etc, I am 41, 5'10 and 248lbs....need to lose quite a bit.....I am going on Holiday end of April so wanted to shift as much as possible for that, so set a high goal of 2lbs a week, at light activity (I work in a factory) it gave me 1850 a day.......so averaging 1770 I should be 14+ down after 7 weeks.......so far 4lbs and stopped......another reason I bought the FB......I wanted to see my daily routine at work etc so I could accurately work out my intake / outtake etc.......Do you not think the HR is good enough to give me my daily activity??? I will not eat all its adjustment back.....

Today I have done 8274 steps, 25 flights stairs, adjustment of 870 add that to my sedentary goal of 1550 gives me 2400 odd.....I have eaten under 1800....so I should be fine....

Again any thought would be great....cheers...

1850 is my MFP goal with 2lbs loss set...

Thanks. Yes I weigh food and log as accurately as I can. I even log butter and ketchup. I will wait a week or 2 yet with the fb then adjust according to that. The last 4 weeks of food logging is very accurate.