jazgold Member

Fitbit flex. Want to get their new one one that tracks heart rate. Or better yet something that will work while in the pool (water aerobics/ calisthenics).

BTW, I have a Polar FT 7. I cannot get it to work when I swim. I even put the watch in a baggie so it would not get wet, but that did not work, either.

I am trying to use my HRM more regularly. After exercising for 40 min. I 'adjust' the time I record in MFP so that it is recording that same number of calories. Unfortunately, that 40 min. is recorded as 10 or 15. Depressing, but hopefully I am getting the calories right, so I don't overeat thinking I had burned more.

I have the polar working, most of the time. Still does not always work in the water. It's tells me burned 38 calories in 45 min. of swimming! Ah, well, it does't really matter what I put in the logs, as long as I don't think I can eat extra for calories not really burned.

As many mentioned, I have been going with the lower of the two. I have a heart rate monitor, Polar, but it keeps losing my pulse. I think I need to work on how tight the strap is.

I am at just one hundred lbs, so add me on. I am trying to get to the gym a few times a week.