Good results with Fitbit Charge Hr??

In for responses because I've had my HR for over a month and don't trust eating what it indicates I can (or don't trust my logging is accurate enough to do that).

I've been looking for the same! I've had mine about a week now. It has its flaws, but all in all I like it. I wouldn't trust it's calorie counting 100%, it does tend to be a bit over the top. That said, it can give you a baseline as to whether you were more active or not on a given day, which could be your greenlight to have something extra.

It's hr function is good walking, working out at the gym, but after about 120bpm it tends to not work so well. Which isn't the be all and end all. Today was the first time I tested it on the bike, and the bikes already have hr, so was unphased. Still logs your workout, still tracks calories fairly accurately (for workouts, not the whole day)

A lot of people complain about lack of info in the sleep function. I don't mind it. I just wanted to see weekly averages, how restless I was, how quick I sleep. Any more I feel would be unnecessary. Probably interesting, kill some time, but not vital.

It's made me try be more active when I'm doing not particularly much, and I'm already active, so I think a lot can benefit from it.

I like it. But there probably will be better technology in 12+ months. But it's here now

I just got mine about 3 days ago. I feel like it over counts my steps. For instance using the bathroom washing my hands and trying added about 100steps. I'm not really sure why? However it pushes me to get to 10000 steps.

I also have 30lbs to loose. I'm currently eating my 1200cals from MFP and usually about 100-250 of the Fitbit calories. Fitbit usually adds about 400. I've only done it a few days so idk if it's working yet for weight loss


Question::: so I wear the charge hr everyday/all day. I use the app on my phone. And I sync the charge to my app but then I also have the "mobile device" on the app. Do I need to have both synced or does that mess it up?

I've had mine since the start of the year and have lost just over 10kg/23lbs. It's not super fast progress, but after losing over 20kg/40lbs last year, I honestly think I would have "fallen off the wagon" by now if not for my HR. It's really kept me going, got me moving, and kept things in the forefront of my mind. I feel like I have a much better idea of how my body works and what I'm buring and I've really got a great sense of achievement of what I have done to progress my fitness this year, after doing a lot of losing weight, but not really increasing fitness last year.

I got my Charge HR in mid May. I started making sure I got at least 13,000 steps a day starting on June 21. I have lost 23 lbs as of this morning. I eat about 1/3 of my exercise calories back.

I love my fit bit! I got a One in February 2013. A Force (no longer avail) in Feb 2014, and have had my Charge HR since June 2015. I lost most of my weight before beginning to even walk more (-100 pounds). Got my first fit bit at -140 pounds, so I had really lost most of the weight before starting to use a fit bit. I don't sync it with MFP. I use it to motivate me to move more and it really accomplishes that for me. In Jan 2014, I made a personal goal for the year, to get 20K steps per day, and have been getting between 18K & 22K daily, ever since then.
I especially love the HR aspect. Three years ago, I could not walk up a flight of stairs without becoming out of breath. Now, my resting HR is in the upper 40's to low 50's. All thanks to MFP and my fit bit!

I love my Charge HR. I've only had it for a little over a month, but I think it's an amazing device.

Jenny9989 wrote: »

ShastaOC wrote: »

Thanks for all the helpful info! I just got mine and it generally gives me 500-700 more calories a day than I'm alloted. I was very, very curious if I should eat those back! Haha

I'm allowed that much extra too, makes me nervous. MFP allows me 1760 to loose a pound a week, but my personal trainer tells me not to eat under 2000 and says I'll still loose weight at 2000 even if I don't excersise. Once I get a few pounds off I think I'd be comfortable playing around with how much I eat

That's the base number if you do very little all day (with negative adjustments enabled, this could be lowered on a particularly inactive day). It doesn't include your steps or additional exercise.

MFP gives me 1,760 to maintain on the sedentary setting. According to Trendweight, I still lost weight eating 50% of my Fitbit adjustments. I'm giving 65% a few weeks before I decide where to go.

I eat all my Fitbit calories and maintain my weight. Which is, usually, between 2100 and 2500 calories.

choppie70 wrote: »

I got my Charge HR in mid May. I started making sure I got at least 13,000 steps a day starting on June 21. I have lost 23 lbs as of this morning. I eat about 1/3 of my exercise calories back.

How many extra calories does it give you at 13k steps? I'm almost there and it's given me 1400. Seems like a lot. Of course I won't be eating them back.

I've used Fitbit + MFP for years, lost the weight, and kept it off. The only way to gauge the accuracy is to enable negative calorie adjustments in your diary settings, trust your Fitbit for several weeks, then reevaluate your progress.

You can learn more in the Fitbit Users group: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/1290-fitbit-users

Your Fitbit burn is TDEE (total daily energy expenditure), the calories necessary to maintain your current weight. If (and only if) you enable negative calorie adjustments, your adjusted goal is TDEE minus deficit. But you still have to log everything you eat & drink accurately & honestly. Also, I log exercise in Fitbit—never MFP.

I love mine. Only had it for two weeks, but so far it seems very accurate - and it's telling me that I get pretty huge calorie burns. I've averaged around 3,000 calories burned a day and averaged about 2,000 calories eaten a day and I'm losing about 2lbs a week - so pretty much right on target. Two very nifty things about it: 1) if you click on the calories in/out tab on the dashboard, it will give you your total deficit for the week thus far; you can use this on a weekly basis to see how your deficit matches up to your actual loss; this can help you to make any accuracy adjustments; in other words, it's something you can verify rather than guess at; 2) if you weigh yourself daily, it will give you a running average of your weight for the week and shows previous weeks; I really like this as it helps me to see progress beyond the day to day fluctuations - I can easily see how my avg this week compares to previous weeks; I've had a lot of fluctuations in my day to day weight, but my week over week avg has been 2lbs/week - exactly on target. And yes, it does motivate you. I set my activity level on MFP as sedentary - if I really was that sedentary, there is no way in hell I could meet the calorie goals necessary, but this allows me to eat more calories on days I am more active; I find that on lighter activity days I naturally eat less. Finally, one very useful thing about the fitbit is the perspective it gives me on activity. I run and bike and do other workouts and these are great and definitely burn calories, but the primary thing that drives my TDEE (total calorie burn) is not my exercise but my overall level of activity. This helps me focus on leading a more active lifestyle generally and ensures that I am not complacent just because I worked out that day.

The one thing I don't like about the Fitbit is that it doesn't tell you your projected calorie burn for the day. My BodyBugg would do that and it would help me plan how much more I could eat with the estimated TDEE. Fitbit only tells you your burn as of the moment you check it.