Fit bit

I left it docked and went to the store the other day, seriously considered driving 30 minutes back to get it so i wouldn't Lose my steps. my wife and I both love ours, keeps us moving, only issue is drive time or mowing, anything that jars you constantly, poor little fitbit thinks your running a marathon. This is easily rectified by logging your activity on the fitbit website and your steps are adjusted. It will keep you moving

That's too funny! I too left it home once and I swear I felt naked and like every step I took without it was wasted! i LOVE mine...I too should be eating more than I was! It is a definite motivator, so far today, I've climbed the Hollywood sign:) It's a real eye opener to how much (or little!) I'm actually moving! Also found out, that I'm up it seems every hour for like 10 min or so during the night, no wonder I'm so tired during the day.....One hint, make sure you clip it to your undies or bra, or men, tight jean pocket, some people have lost them using the clip they provide...I also found i get a better sleep reading clipping it to the top of my nightie rather than using the wristband...otherwise...I Love it! Love it! Would recommend it in a heartbeat:)

There is a way to actually log that you're "Driving Car" so it will adjust accordingly for that time period. Just be sure to pay attention to when you get into the car and how long you were driving.

I accidentally got into the pool with mine 2 days ago and have spent 2 days devastated because I wasn't able to save it. ( But, I plan to get another as soon as I save up enough money. Such a great motivation to move. I'm sort of obsessed with it!

I drive and hour to work each day and the fitbit has never logged my driving time as activity. I think it depends on how bumpy your ride is and how much elevation you gain (I live in the flat, flat Midwest, so not a problem here).

I use mine to log my daily walking and stair climbs. Its not that accurate when doing excercise. I use my HRM for calories and such then. but It does keep me honest during the day. I feel bad when i dont make goal!

I get mad at myself when I forget to put it on immediately after getting dressed.

I thought I was the only one. :blushing:

As for the poster above, did you ever try placing the fitbit in a jar of rice. I have heard my friends tell me it has worked when they dropped their phone in water, and the fitbit website recommends trying thr jar of rice if the fitbit gets dunked.

I did try rice. In fact, t's still in there in hopes... ( No dice. I'm having withdrawals without it even though I only had it for 3 weeks.

Cons:

1. Having to doc it on it's station to send it's info to MFP

You don't have to do this- you just need to be within 15' of your computer and it syncs automatically- no need to take it off your belt, or push any buttons.

Maybe its a hardware defect - you should contact FitBIt for a fix

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I never realized how few steps I normally take in a day- since getting it I've gone from around 2000 to 10000

I wanted to increase my stair step count, but it was too hard to remember to write it down, now I do 20 a day

It gives me the extra push to meet my quotas each day- my main exercise is walking and its prefect for that - for other exercise it won't count correctly - depends on the exercise and you have to manually enter values.

It was a bit of a luxury buy that I hesitated on - but the best $99 I spent all year

Well, to first reply to another post I saw, you do NOT have to doc it. There have been times when I've had to refresh to get it to sync, but that's it, and thats just sometimes... usually you don't even have to do that. lol

Pros-
1. I LOVE being able to see what I ACTUALLY BURN DAILY. (This has helped me a great deal with everything MFP related. Sometimes I get so confused/frustrated with all the TDEE, BMR, don't eat LESS than BMR because I need that just to survive,but eat less than your BMR to lose weight yada yada yada... its too much sometimes! lol) By getting fit bit, I can see that I, on average, burn 2500-2600 cals per day. SOOOO, I can eat around 1500 calories a day and create a 1000 cal deficit and lose 2 lbs a week. Plain and simple.
2. Its addicting. I read a quote on the box of the FitBit saying its Facebook for fitness... and I agree. I check it all the time to see how many steps I'm taking and how many cals I'm burning.... It's fun!
3. Its discreet. You can wear it and no one knows.
4. I love that it counts steps, floors, cals, activity level, and sleep. You can also set up a meal log... but if you sync with MFP, you will use the meal log on MFP ... NOT FitBits.
5. Nothingggggggggggg on the planet will make you FEEL like your exercising 24/7. Its amazing. I feel naked if I don't wear it... in fact, I hate even charging it because I might take 100 steps that aren't accounted for lol..


Cons-
1. I'm still trying to decide if I like it being synced to MFP. If you are someone who doesn't like to eat back your exercise cals, or only wants to eat back half... syncing them will always show you how many cals your allowed (it will have you at eating back cals) even if you don't want to. Therefor, according to FitBit or MFP, you are not in your "correct" cal goal.
2. The flights you walk aren't ALWAYS accurate. I've heard you can be in buildings without good Wifi or whatever the case may be and it may not always log your steps/floors. Which I have found true walking upstairs in my house.
3. The sleep feature. I couldn't wait for this feature! Unfortunately you have to start the timer for sleep RIGHT when your about to close your eyes..... Not laying in bed, or reading, or watching Tv ABOUT to go to bed... but when you are literally closing your eyes. That is a problem for me, because I am usually watching Tv..laying in bed, about to go to sleep... and I pass out at some point without starting the timer. lol So basically, out of the 2 weeks I've had it, I only logged 2 nights of sleep.
4. My biggest problem is, it counts activity level, and movement for steps and floors. But doesn't count "What" I'm actually doing. For example... I can go to the zoo, and it counts that I did 5000 steps. Burned 1800 cals... or whatever. Which is GREAT! But if I did 1 hour plyo from my P90X... its not going to show what I burned there. Just what I "stepped" ... so with that being said... Who knows what I am actually burning?

All in all, I am VERY happy with my FitBit. I LOVE the little thing and I am so happy I got it.. and wouldn't trade it. But ultimately its just another way to be fit, and track fitness level, and is a VERY fancy, awesome pedometer. I only had the choice of buying either the FitBit or a HRM when I got mine bc of financial reasons...... and I think if you only have the choice of one or the other, get the HRM 1st... then DEF get the FitBit!.

Sorry so long! lol Good luck!

I returned mine. FitBit does not submit their data to Microsoft, so the warning for "severe sucurity issue" kept comming up. That's a little fretful, if you've ever had to recover from a computer crash before

Well, Microsoft has many of it's own security issues, as pretty much 99.8% of viruses ever made exploit Microsoft program security holes. It's likely one of the most insecure operating systems out there.

I've had a fitbit over 2 years, up to date anti virus and anti malware, and I;ve never had a problem. I should also mention one of my jobs to to repair and recover computers with security issues, and I have never used internet explorer.

As for my fitibit? I love it! After 2 1/2 years it's cracked and well worn, but I will replace it when it finally breaks.

I'm a tech as well and I agree. The technology is sound and seemless to install. I have a fitbit usb dock on a window 7 and a vista PC neither have eber had an issue. It wirelessly syncs thoughout the day as I'm usualy close to one of those PCs. I love my fitbit. I wear it everyday. It gives me a more accurate account of my daily activity.

I have had mine for a week. Love it!!!!!! I just broke 10'000 steps today!