Fitbit device - do they help?

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Me too. I want to see if it is worth the investment.

I got my fitbit & joined Mfp 125 days ago! Omg it's made such a difference to me , it encourages & motivates me to be more active! Defiantly worth it!

I have had mine for a month and it really gives you alot of encouragement!! LOVE the graphs and how it automatically integrates with myfitnesspal!!

Love mine! I check it all day long and am really bummed if I forget to carry it for any amount of time. I'm always looking to best my own personal benchmarks - so YES, it is worth it!

Love mine!. It is the best little motivator. I'm always looking for more ways to get in steps. The challenges from Fitbit are fun too.

Mine was a gift for Christmas since family knew I was trying to exercise more. I'm not sure I would have bought it on my own then (I had similar experiences with previous "pedometers"---they'd break, fall off, whatever, I'd lose interest) but I love my Fitbit. Initially, I loved the fact that I could track my exercise on the computer and felt it challenged me to move more. Now I also love that it gives me more accurate account of my activity level. Love it and totally recommend it.

I have had one since late may, and I have lost 9 pounds ( as of friday). It is interesting to see how active I am on my active days--yesterday I took 3 kids to the zoo and by 2pm I had walked almost 14,000 steps. I had a fitbit adjustment of almost 1,000 calories yesterday. Even more interesting to see how sedentary I am on my lazy days. IMO looking at the fitbit info allows me to adjust my eating for my activity level.

My fitbit basically does not leave my person except for charging. I clip it to the center of my bra and mostly forget about it.

Had it for a month and I started losing again. Now, if I haven't met my Fitbit goals, I'm back on the treadmill or going up and down my stairs, or walking around my coffee table before I go to bed- all in an effort to meet those Fitbit goals. I love it. It's motivational. And it's fun. Not a lot of gadgets greet you in the morning by saying, "Let's walk" or "BonJour". This thing is an expensive gadget, but it's so fun and it does what I bought it for.

Thinking of investing in one... but its undecided between a HRM or fitbit.

Love my Fitbit!

Especially yesterday when it doubled my exercise calories for some strange reason.

And NO! I didn't eat them back.

I'm so glad you posted this cause I've been wondering the same thing! I'm toying with the idea of buying one but don't know anyone personally that has one. I did have a friend of mine look into them for me (he's a general manager at a gym so I figured he'd be a good person to ask) He said that everyone he talked to says it's legit and has helped them. It sounds like that's what everyone where who has used it before thinks. Let us know what you think when you get it!

I love mine too, it is a great motivator.
Got it a bit over 3 months ago. At this time, I was doing less than 5000 steps/day.

It pushed me to do 10k, then 12k, some day even more. Now I have done over 1.5 million steps with it.

If your cardio is mainly walking or running, it is just perfect. Very small, you can wear it all day and forget about it. It only needs to charge for 1 hour or so every week or 10 days.
I have used hrm for running and they are more precise to give you HR, speed and so, but the chest strap is quite unconfortable.
I still have my HRM (polar RS400) and I used it when running, but I still keep my Fitbit on anyway. To be honest, I use the HRM to control my HR, not really to count calories. So whatever the calorie number and how accurate it is, I don't really care.

I had also some other pedometers in the past, but noting the values each day is quickly becoming a pain.
Here just sit at your desk close to the computer and it syncs within the minute.
It really pushed you to do more steps and move.

and I confirm, great customer support. Mine broke 1 month ago, maybe the button exposed to too much sweating, I don;t know. They replaced it right away.

My daughter gave me one for Mother's Day - it really makes a difference for me. Last year, I was much more motivated, but I've had a bit of a tough time keeping at it this year. Well, honestly, until she gave me the Fitbit, I was doing awful!

I find it extremely motivating esp. since I have fibromyalgia. For some reason, my pain level has increased lately, so its even harder to get myself out there to walk. But now, I'll give myself that extra little push, even tackling stairs when I can choose an elevator sometimes (I have to be careful not to overdo it - I am famous for that!)

A little extra that is helping me is tracking my sleep, too. I didn't even realize that I was only getting 5 - 6 hrs of sleep a night! Fortunately for me, that little device tells me I don't wake up too much (normally) after I fall asleep. I think my sleep problem is an unfortunate sort of 'training' I went through - because of years of living with someone else, who, through no fault of their own, kept me awake every night. Plus living through years of keeping my adrenaline going by being in an abusive relationship (many, many yrs ago). Has taken me this long to rectify my crazy sleep patterns - well, I haven't totally resolved it yet, but at least I know that's a major problem for me - thanks to the little Fitbit my daughter got me!

I had one but unfortunately it stopped working in less than a week. It was kind of cool, it showed steps taken, stairs climbed and when you plug it in it syncs with mfp so you'll see the additional cals burned. Personally I didn't think it was worth replacing and ended up getting a polar hrm instead which I love bc it tells you exact cals burned, not an approximate like the fitbit of the cardio equiptment....

you should have emailed customer service...they probably would have mailed you a free replacement.

I know they will! They have replaced mine and my mothers plus they can help you get it working again if possible.

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I have been convinced also just placed my order