What do you think of fitbit?

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I've had my fitbit since Mother's Day... and I really like it! I had a polar HRM already but wanted to get a real look at how active/non active I was on a daily basis. It has helped me to eat what my body needs based on what I ACTUALLY burn in a day.
It's fun to challenge myself to get more steps in at the end of the day. Also, I like the added sleep analysis. It's kinda cool to be able to see how my sleep habits are and maybe if there's a correlation between that and weight loss.
The only negative is that it has taken me awhile to get used to checking both MFP and fitbit to decide how to work the numbers....but I like analyzing data (I'm a weird like that).
I think it has helped me keep moving forward while I'm at the last 15 pounds.... well worth it!

I agree with most posters...I am finding it REALLY good. The sleep analysis is making me think though. I knew I had a bad pattern but oh boy.....I'll have to work on it some! AND the best is I was actually underestimating my daily activity and now using the correct figures I have MFP synced an I have started losing weight again. I'm very close to goal and have been building muscle but my weight had stabilized for the past few months. I am now eating more and have lost weight in just the first three days of having it!

I absolutely love my fitbit. It challenges me to keep going when i don't feel like actually doing exercise. I push myself to hit at least 15 flights of stairs a day and to walk 12,000 steps. I check my fitbit at least a few times a day and love the immediate knowledge of how much work I have left to do to hit my goal. Last night, I'd managed 36 flights of stairs (I take my laundry upstairs 2 items at a time) and my fitbit pushed me on to hit 40 flights. Its the most I've done in a day and I was so proud. When was the last time you managed to sit and count how many flights you've done.
Its also great for recording sleep patterns. I see immediately what nights I've had a rougher sleep. I'd encourage anyone and EVERYONE to get one! So easy to use and worth every penny spent!

I love it! It makes me much more conscious of the effect of what I eat during the day. If I go overboard, I eat more lightly at night, or I exercise more to make up for the extra calories.

As to the syncing with MFP, you DON'T have to log activities on MFP if you have a Fitbit. The Fitbit will automatically track the calories you burn and factor them into your calculations. If you separately track activities, you will actually be tracking twice, and will get a skewed result.

One other thing - when MFP calculates your activities calories, it adjusts according to your BMR/BMI and your weight goal settings. So, for example, Fit it told me I had burned 300 calories this morning. But only 177 counted toward the extra calories I had earned, because of my personal settings. So don't assume if you burned 300 calories that you can eat 300 more calories. You have to have a certain number of calories just to stay alive, and if you want to lose weight, you have to have a deficit.