Really need to decide on a step tracking device... ( sorry for a repeat thread )!

Fitbit One that I inherited (not water resistant), and I haven't bothered using anything beyond simple step counting & flights of stairs climbed. All exercise is logged on Fitbit site and transferred to MFP - so the automatic synch is handy. I like that I can clip it on my bra and not have to worry about a wrist band. Breakfast:

Fresh Blueberries - Blue Berries, 149 gram 84 21 0 0 5
Coffee - Brewed from grounds, 4 cup (8 fl oz) 9 0 0 1 0
Kirkland - Greek Yogurt - Plain Nonfat, 227 g 130 10 0 23 1
Alpine Valley - Multigrain Bread With Omega-3 Organic 7/14, 1 slice (37g) 100 17 1 5 3
Total: 323 48 1 29 9

Usually I have more fat grams in the morning but I was running behind schedule

As I've previously stated, the fitbit zip gives you 90% of what Fitbit can do for 25% of the price.

Yes, i have a charge hr. Yes I like it. Yes if you walk enough (over an hour a day) the increased inaccuracy of the charge hr's writs based step mis-counting will not matter. But the zip counts your steps more accurately for less money.

But it has HR you say.

But it is 'just ok' hr, I say, and the hr is irrelevant for a whole whack of activities people think it is relevant for. So no, hr won't give you a better indication of how many calories you burned doing push ups as compared to looking up in MFP what 15 minutes of push ups burned. HR adds accuracy only for "steady state" activities. And the steady state activities the fitbit counts (walking and running) are extremely well researched and fitbit can figure out all it needs from the ZIP's accelerometer. About the only thing where HR might help you with is cycling. The fitbit apps sucks compared to more cycling dedicated apps like Strava. And the fitbit HR (unless you buy the surge) cannot be used in other apps. And the Surge can only be used with Strava.

But I want FLOORS you say. Yes, but the floor information is not used in any of the caloric calculations. So you get floors for your own motivation, which is a fine reason to have them! But don't expect the floors to make a difference in terms of the accuracy of your caloric calculation.

But I want sleep you say. Most of these devices are barely able to tell you when you landed in your bed and when you left it. They don't really know whether you were sleeping or reading. They do show you some basic information about whether you tossed and turned. All in all: interesting if you have the money. Not that important in any shape or form in the big scheme of things.

But I want GPS you say. Gen 1 is all I reply. It work-ishes. It cost-ishes. Wait for Gen 2

Get whichever from a store you can return it to. Play with it. Decide if you like. 10 days later make a decision whether you want more or less balanced against your budget.

Absolutely crazy about my Fitbit charge HR so far, only been about a week and a half but it is so freeing knowing how much I can really eat in a day and still lose, as long as I stay moving. It does two things--gives you your TDEE on a day by day basis, and pushes you to move more. You want to get those steps to beat your own benchmarks, keep up with your friends, earn extra steps. It's also made me really into turning all my little gauges green for the day: steps, distance, active minutes, oz of water drank, etc. this is where the design of the app is FANTASTIC.

I love my Fitbit Zip. It measures my steps more accurately than any cheap or expensive pedometer I've had in the past, has the best clip ever, and it's amazing that it all shows up online. At first it overestimated terribly, but within a couple of days, it calmed down. Darn!

I have the Garmin Vivofit....and I love it. It came with a heart monitor....which I am also impressed with. Everything transfers into MFP accurately. My reason for picking the Vivofit was:
1) waterproof
2) no charging (it runs off a small watch battery....so lasts a couple years)
3) heart monitor included
4) gps capability (although I've never used it)
5) sleep monitoring (which seems pretty accurate....if not accurate it is pretty interesting)
6) good price

I had my thrive shake for breakfast.

i have a fitbit one. i had a zip but lost it, and it didn't track quite everything i wanted it to track.

breakfast: half of a dole caesar salad with chicken, lol. yeah......