FITBIT? Has this been discussed?

[Janepod]

I rarely use the sleep tracker.

I also have the Fitbit scale. Synchs wirelessly via my wifi - pretty cool!

 

[lucigo]

Is the FITBIT one worth the extra money for the sleep tracker? I'm trying to decide which one to buy.

I got the ultra for the sleep tracker. It's interesting to see how long it takes to fall asleep, how many hours I'm getting, the patterns, etc. will it help? I don't know yet, but it's pretty cool.

 

[jentifred]

I've had my fitbit for nearly 2 years and I love it! Actually, I'm on my 3rd: first one got upgraded to an Ultra (gave the old one to my husband) and the 2nd died inexplicably and the fitbit people replaced it for me for free.

I love looking at my graphs, especially on days that I work (I substitute teach in the ASD cluster class at my kids' school). On a typical work day I log 4 miles just running around the school, but I've done as many as 7.

I had it with me on our Disneyland trip in 2011. Each day was about 9 miles.

Totally coveting the scale.

 

[scbelleatheart]

How do you wear it when you sleep? I bought the cheaper ones for all my adult boys but I got the ones with the sleep thing for me and DH. The boys were so excited to get them!
So tell me how you wear it in bed while you sleep? Arm band? Do I have to buy more stuff?

 

[zurgswife]

I got the sleeper one and can't wait to keep track of everything.

 

[Hrhpd]

Is the FITBIT one worth the extra money for the sleep tracker? I'm trying to decide which one to buy.

It does track calories burned during non-sleep activities (reading, etc- get your minds out of the gutter ), even when it is already on the wrist and set to 'sleep.' So if you want credit for calories burned at night, it may be worth the extra money.

 

[WDWBarb]

I finally picked one up this morning (and since I had the same goal as hundreds of other people this New Year's Day, I got the last one!).

It's very accurate. It knows exactly how many times I've been up and down the stairs in my house. It's easy to wear (clip it on your bra!). It sets up and syncs easily with an iPhone (4S or later).

What I'm not crazy about is the food tracker. It's very limited in foods pre-loaded into the database. You can load your own but it's a bit of a pain. I know the data from your device will sync to other apps but some of them appear to charge extra.

I had read that it would mistakenly count steps if you wore it in the car but I found that not to be true. I had to run an errand and it didn't count a single step during the drive. Maybe on a bumpier road.

I like it! DD has worn hers constantly since Christmas and loves it. Worth the $99, I'd say.

 

[sookie]

I started a thread on this last week so I am excited about this thread. I am leaning toward the fitbit. I was stuck between the fitbit and the lark.


I will get the Ultra because I want the sleep tracker.

 

[lucigo]

I am on "vacation" at my daughter's in Orlando so its been an interesting first week with the FitBit for me. Today we moved her office downstairs and swapped it with her bedroom, now upstairs. It recorded 30 times up the stairs. Now if only it would give me credit for going up the stairs carrying a mattress!!

 

[Bonniec]

I love mine! I use the iphone app and just manually add in calories for whatever I eat. That part is a bit of a pain, but it will save things so once I enter them, they are there. Then it calculates how much more I can eat for the day and still lose. I find if I sit on the couch all day for a lazy day, I'm lucky if it will even give me 900 calories. But if we spend all day at the parks and walk a good 15 miles, I can eat almost 3,000 calories, lol. Basically, if I want to eat, I have to move my butt!

So DH and I walk a lot in the parks on weekeds and enjoy a bit more indulgence with food, but eat lighter during the week when our steps aren't as high.

We've both lost about 35 pounds each since October. It's a pricey little pedometer, but if you log in the food and let it track how many calorie syou have left for the day, it's awesome!


To the poster asking about the sleep tracker. It kind of sucks, imo. I used it a lot at first but gave up. It basically tracks how much you move. So if you are a restless sleeper, it will show a lot. But I have sleep apnea and it doesn't track any of that. Only when I flip over.

 

[melanie18]

I just bought the fitbit zip yesterday and love it! It's on sale at Verizon Wireless for $49.99.

 

[CollieMom]

I have the Ultra - I can't wait to take it on a WDw trip to see how many miles I'm walking!

 

[mickeysgal]

I just bought the fitbit zip yesterday and love it! It's on sale at Verizon Wireless for $49.99.

I'm only seeing it for 59.99

 

[melanie18]

I bought it in-store at Verizon Wireless. Maybe it's not on sale on the website or the sale ended yesterday?

 

[mickeysgal]

I bought it in-store at Verizon Wireless. Maybe it's not on sale on the website or the sale ended yesterday?

Amazon has it at $59 also. Bought one...

 

[Hrhpd]

I finally picked one up this morning (and since I had the same goal as hundreds of other people this New Year's Day, I got the last one!).

It's very accurate. It knows exactly how many times I've been up and down the stairs in my house. It's easy to wear (clip it on your bra!). It sets up and syncs easily with an iPhone (4S or later).

What I'm not crazy about is the food tracker. It's very limited in foods pre-loaded into the database. You can load your own but it's a bit of a pain. I know the data from your device will sync to other apps but some of them appear to charge extra.

I had read that it would mistakenly count steps if you wore it in the car but I found that not to be true. I had to run an errand and it didn't count a single step during the drive. Maybe on a bumpier road.

I like it! DD has worn hers constantly since Christmas and loves it. Worth the $99, I'd say.

I have mine linked to my account at Sparkpeople.com. Their food database is HUGE and you can enter your own foods in for your own use. Just enter the nutrition info on the label.

It has a button to then send your foods over to fitbit.com to keep track of the calories you can eat.

 

[Hrhpd]

I am on "vacation" at my daughter's in Orlando so its been an interesting first week with the FitBit for me. Today we moved her office downstairs and swapped it with her bedroom, now upstairs. It recorded 30 times up the stairs. Now if only it would give me credit for going up the stairs carrying a mattress!!

It can. I was browsing through the activities logs when I came across this and thought about this post.

Go to your fitbit.com account. Click on "log activities", then click on "browse," then click on "home activities" in the left box.

In the box on the right, click on
"Moving household items upstairs, carrying boxes or furniture"

You can then log how many hours, minutes and seconds you spent lugging stuff up the stairs to get additional calories burned. Make sure you have gone back to the day it happened.

 

[zurgswife]

Ahhhh my was back ordered until December 27...now it says Jan 4...I think I should find it somewhere else...maybe amazon on the verizon store I guess.

 

[mickeysgal]

Ahhhh my was back ordered until December 27...now it says Jan 4...I think I should find it somewhere else...maybe amazon on the verizon store I guess.

Some of the ones on Amazon - certain colors - are back ordered as well. Jan 7 is the date I was given for mine.

 

[lucigo]

It can. I was browsing through the activities logs when I came across this and thought about this post.

Go to your fitbit.com account. Click on "log activities", then click on "browse," then click on "home activities" in the left box.

In the box on the right, click on
"Moving household items upstairs, carrying boxes or furniture"

You can then log how many hours, minutes and seconds you spent lugging stuff up the stairs to get additional calories burned. Make sure you have gone back to the day it happened.

Oh cool thanks! Btw...on the treadmill now lol