Has anyone used the Fitbit?

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  • sakeith84
    sakeith84 Posts: 8
    Love my fitbit!!!
  • rjo921
    rjo921 Posts: 130
    I'm curious if the calorie counter is accurate?

    I have the same question myself. I wake up and I already have a caloric amount that I have burned....so I am wondering about that myself.
  • keyserp
    keyserp Posts: 5 Member
    I got mine a few days ago and I LOVE IT. I was apprehensive at first especially at a 100 bucks, but my "inner geek" got the best of me. My wife wants one now also. It's a devious little creature... handing out "rewards" for keeping yourself on track, but that's the entire point. Think of it as your own personal trainer - for a 100 bucks. I find myself walking a little bit further, taking the long way to get to things at work, going an extra flight of stairs... yes it is working exactly as it is intended to work. It keeps me motivated, tracks my steps, estimates my caloric burn, and I don't have to think about any part of it. I've tied the FitBit to MyFitnessPal and it's great.

    Now - about the sleep. Interesting. I've had two sleep studies and don't buy this if you think it's going to substitute a sleep study. What it will do is let you monitor your patterns of sleep. How long did I sleep, how many times did I wake up during the night? Stuff like that. "Waking" probably is nothing more the motion of your body exceeding what the program defines as sleep. I've seen a few "awake" markers, but I don't remember waking up for all of them.

    It might help you monitor just how much sleep you get and what you can do to increase your sleep by making you aware of the difference between how much sleep you think you are getting and how much sleep you are actually getting. All in all I'm very happy with the purchase.
  • Lissakaye81
    Lissakaye81 Posts: 224 Member
    Love my fitbit! Ive had it for about a week and a half I think, bought it used on ebay for 86$. Was a little bummed when
    I 1st got it cause it already had some records on it. It keeps track of lifetime steps, floors etc. But I turned it into a challenge, I wrote down all the records on it and went and broke them all in one day. Gave me a nice workout and a fun challenge. The sleep thing is interesting, It helped me figure out that my fridge was waking me up in the middle of the night haha. It syncs nicely to mfp, I use mine mostly to track my hiking progress, shows me pace, calories burned, floors climbed. Its interesting to see your activity plotted out. I love the activity record function, use it like a stopwatch and it will keep track of different activities you can look up later. Also it is great to finally know what you actually burn in a day for a RMR. I was able to up my cals cause i was burning way more than I thought, and started loosing again.
  • sschoolfield
    sschoolfield Posts: 94
    Been using mine a little over a month now and love it!! Give it a try, you will not regret the investment.
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