fitbit....recommend or No???

LOVE my fitbit! Easy to use and it really helps to put the reality of how active or "inactive" one really is. Great for setting goals and staying on track.

you guys are making me want one. Do they strap on your arm or what? At work, can't google.

they have a clip which i would throw away first thing - i've known a couple people to lose thiers with the clip - i keep mine in my pocket all the time. no chance it will fall out or losing it from there.

my husband is mean and won't let me have one. :sad:

Luckily, I love him and will continue to try. Look at ebay. There are a bunch on there.

I love my fitbit! My fiance and I got our for Christmas and have starting using them religiously since January 1st. I can honestly say that I think it's an absolutely fabulous device. I would have to say I think the step counter is pretty accurate. The stair counter is questionable as we living a hilly area and at times it counts the hills as you drive over them if you wear it all the time and have it on while in the car. Either way I definitely think it has made us both more active. I have lost 3 lbs since Jan 1st and he has lost about 9 lbs. I have mine linked to MFP and love the interface between the two. He doesn't have his fibit and MFP linked however uses them both. Since we've both seen progress I would definitely say it's worth it. Just a bit of an FYI though, I ordered his for him for Christmas through the website because I didn't realize you could get them any other way so mine was $99, and the fitbit website membership is free, unless you want the premium membership and I'm not sure how much that costs. He however got mine for $99 at Best Buy and also was able to pay for a warrenty for it in case I would manage to break it. Someone also posted about where to wear it, well the fitbit website tells you the best locations for them, but one of the suggestions for women is on their bra and I find that the best place for me. My fiance puts his in his pocket while he's at work and usually has it in a pocket or cliped to his waist band otherwise. It also comes with a wrist band to wear at night to track your sleep effiency with. Hope this helps!

I've never really looked into one and just spent some time at the website and reading their blog. I have a question or two. It seems like it's made to be a somewhat glorified pedometer and just tracks steps and stairs, right? Can it tell the difference between running and walking? The steps would be the same but the calorie burn would be different. Also, I do grinders at least once a week, i.e. running up/down stairs at a stadium. I would be burning more calories running those stairs then I would walking. Does it give an accurate calorie burn for that? I also mainly do other exercises like spin classes, outdoor cycling, cardio-kickboxing, yoga and weight-lifting, for example. Does it track the calories burned doing that? I have the impression it doesn't. Am I mistaken?

Yes, it is a fancy pedometer. It tracks stairs (each 10' elevation gain/loss is counted as a flight), and it offers "encouragement"... if you need extra incentive to move more, it is great. I would not count on the calories burned to be all that accurate, since it is NOT an HRM.

DH and I both have one, and it IS a handy little device for our friendly competition... Like the evening he had 9 flights of stairs, and needed just one more to get his "stair badge" on the site... so, he ran upstairs quick! It has motivated me to start using the stairs at work, too.

I am getting more steps in per day now, now that I know how few I did before!

Those who own one...how do the calories the fitbit shows you burn during exercise compare to what you had been calculating in mfp? I am curious if mfp over or underestimates calories burned. I would like a fitbit so that I can get a more accurate calculation, especially since mfp encourages you to eat those calories back. I am always worried that I am eating back calories that I didn't actually burn!

I don't have a fitbit, but I recently got a HRM and it gives me a much lower calorie burn for my exericise than MFP. It was a little disheartening at first, but I'm glad to have the more accurate info. My burns seem like a lot less than what I see among friends, so I guess it's true, everyone's different. I can't decide if a fitbit would be good to have as well.

Thank you! I am thinking I need a HRM rather than a fitbit because I would like to get a more accurate reading of my gym activities (Zumba, Kickboxing, Hip Hop) rather than just my steps. I'm afraid to find out what you've found out...that I burn fewer calories than mfp has been estimating,,,,,eeek! Thanks again!

My husband, mother and I have all been using fitbit ultras for 1-2 months (my husband the longest). It is not a perfect tool but for the price and size I think it does a very good job (vs. HRM). I can wear it with a business suit without any mysterious lumps under my clothing. Benefit is primarily awareness and motivation.

Hubby has lost about 15 lbs, my mom and I both in the 5-7lb range since we started wearing them. fitbit website allows you to link to others so we have some friendly competition on steps takes, stairs climbed, etc.

I've been looking in to getting a fitbit. I was wondering what you guys think. Should I or shouldn't I???

Had mine a year in December. (Well...had three in that time. Be careful if, like me, you come home and put your dirty clothes right in the washer! They don't do well in the washer...) Love it!