FITBIT? Has this been discussed?

[Khiori]

Are you kidding! LOL!! And here I've been taking my FitBit OFF! LOL!

 

[OceanAnnie]

I set up the fitbit to access the my fitness pal website. Now if I can find my bluetooth I can get them to sync on the phone.

I'm liking it so far! I got 2 badges already!

ETA: It automatically synced to the phone when I linked the accounts. Yea! I'm not tech savvy at all. But I did read somewhere that a bluetooth was needed. Glad it wasn't. I can't find that thing.

 

[DVC Daisy]

Are you kidding! LOL!! And here I've been taking my FitBit OFF! LOL!

 

[DVC Daisy]

Finally!

Went to the gym last & I got my 10,000 step badge That is really had to do. I cannot even imagine how I will be able to get so many steps in a day. It took an hour gym trip to finish.

So loving my Fitbit I would have never done it without the extra push to get that badge.

 

[Hrhpd]

Finally!

Went to the gym last & I got my 10,000 step badge That is really had to do. I cannot even imagine how I will be able to get so many steps in a day. It took an hour gym trip to finish.

So loving my Fitbit I would have never done it without the extra push to get that badge.

Just realized that the Girl Scouts are now giving you the cookies immediately - no waiting.

That means there will be 10 boxes of thin mints in our house tomorrow.

Wonder how many steps are needed for each thin mint!

 

[alexandmaddie]

Just ordered the Fitbit One from Amazon!!

 

[phorsenuf]

I had to lower my step goal to 5,000. There is no way I can do 10,000 right off the bat. I also knocked the stair goal out completely because we don't have any. I don't want to see that 0%.

 

[OceanAnnie]

I love the my fitness pal food tracker! I put in wal-mart salad and it found the exact one. I put in carbmaster yogurt, found that too. Very user friendly. I'm using my fitness pal more now that I have the fitbit. I don't want to see bad choices on my meals or the high calories. It's helping to track!

 

[jentifred]

My new Aria scale came today! Woohoo!

Unfortunately I had quite the shock when it told me what my body fat percentage is. YIKES!

 

[DVC Daisy]

My new Aria scale came today! Woohoo!

Unfortunately I had quite the shock when it told me what my body fat percentage is. YIKES!

Oh - I went to get one today and ended up leaving without one I could not find my $50 Brookstone Gift Card & did not want to get without using the GC as I never really shop there anyway.

So - big question, how accurate do you think the scale is compared to what you normally use? I had DH step on it (I sure was not going to ) & it weighed him 4 lbs more the first time, then about the same minus the 4 lbs each time after that. Of course he said he has no idea if it was his "real" weight . Men. Geez.

So, do you recommend it as far a weight accuracy goes?

 

[jentifred]

Oh - I went to get one today and ended up leaving without one I could not find my $50 Brookstone Gift Card & did not want to get without using the GC as I never really shop there anyway.

So - big question, how accurate do you think the scale is compared to what you normally use? I had DH step on it (I sure was not going to ) & it weighed him 4 lbs more the first time, then about the same minus the 4 lbs each time after that. Of course he said he has no idea if it was his "real" weight . Men. Geez.

So, do you recommend it as far a weight accuracy goes?

It pegged my weight right in the same range as my old scale, so yeah, it seems accurate. I don't know how accurate the body composition measurement was for me (I've never had any body comp analysis done), but from what I read before buying it, it's pretty close. Nothing is as accurate as the water displacement method, apparently, but the Aria does okay--it uses the electric current method.

 

[mamabear0222]

Love my fitbit and cannot live without it. I wear it 24/7. Once you get used to it its awesome

Sent from my Samsung S3 using DISBoards

 

[DVC Daisy]

It pegged my weight right in the same range as my old scale, so yeah, it seems accurate. I don't know how accurate the body composition measurement was for me (I've never had any body comp analysis done), but from what I read before buying it, it's pretty close. Nothing is as accurate as the water displacement method, apparently, but the Aria does okay--it uses the electric current method.

Thank you! Perfect. Exactly what I wanted to know.

Now I just need to find my Gift Card

 

[DVC Daisy]

I went ahead and created a Fitbit group on the Fitbit site.

It is called DIS Friends.

Here is the link:

http://www.fitbit.com/group/22CL6G

For those who did not see this post - Hrhpd was kind enough to set up a Fitbit group for us DIS people - come join us!

 

[lovetoscrap]

I had to lower my step goal to 5,000. There is no way I can do 10,000 right off the bat. I also knocked the stair goal out completely because we don't have any. I don't want to see that 0%.

Phorse, I immediately set my steps, distance and stairs lower because I knew I wouldn't be able to do their goals.


I don't do stairs very often, usually just down in the morning and back up at night so I reset my goal because I only occasionally have to go upstairs at work-- and even then I usually have a big cart with me so I have to take the elevator. I thought about putting the cart in the elevator and then taking the stairs to meet it up there but don't think they would like that!

But today I got a lot of stairs in-- DH was painting in our only downstairs bathroom so I had to go up to the master bath every time I needed to go! About 15 mins ago I saw that I had 9 trips up the stairs and decided I was going to get my 10 for the day finally!! So up I went, then turned around and came back down. Do you know the darn thing didn't count it???!!!!! Maybe there is some requirement to stay "up" for a certainly amount of time?? So I had to go BACK up and walked around my room until it counted it. So I finally got my badge for 10 in a day. But really it is 11. . . .

I love the my fitness pal food tracker! I put in wal-mart salad and it found the exact one. I put in carbmaster yogurt, found that too. Very user friendly. I'm using my fitness pal more now that I have the fitbit. I don't want to see bad choices on my meals or the high calories. It's helping to track!

Me too!

So - big question, how accurate do you think the scale is compared to what you normally use? I had DH step on it (I sure was not going to ) & it weighed him 4 lbs more the first time, then about the same minus the 4 lbs each time after that. Of course he said he has no idea if it was his "real" weight . Men. Geez.

So, do you recommend it as far a weight accuracy goes?

Any home scale is going to have differences from others. The actual weight it shows isn't as important as the direction that it moves. I know we want to see the same number as the one we have been using (or a lower number!) but it is the overall trend you want to see and as long as it is consistent then don't worry about the first number you see. Just get over the shock and use it as motivation to move on! And remember in a store there are other factors like clothes and shoes, how much food and drink you have had, the surface it is sitting on, and how much use and abuse and calibration it has had.

 

[phorsenuf]

Well, I have found it has definitely motivated me, although it could be the newness of it. I figured out a way to increase my steps as well. Night time is always tv watching time so once that hits I go pretty much immobile. So last night on when a commercial break hit I got up and ran in place. When the commercials were done I stopped. I didn't do it for all the breaks, but I think it's something I think I may start doing on a regular basis.

 

[WDWBarb]

My FitBit has been acting weird. Last Saturday, I went up and down the stairs once in the morning and it recorded 10 flights. Hmmm. Thought it was an anomaly and let it go. Then yesterday, I went shopping early in the am like I do every Saturday. I went to 4 stores, walked up and down every aisle and parked in the rear of the lot. This normally nets me about 4,500 - 5,000 steps. Yesterday it gave me 2,500. Hmmm. So I go to make up the difference on the treadmill and it gives me 1,500 MORE steps than usual (I've figured out how many steps I get on average in 10 minutes at 3.5 speed) in the first 10 min. Ugh. I did buy the service plan so I might be getting a replacement.

 

[OceanAnnie]

My FitBit has been acting weird. Last Saturday, I went up and down the stairs once in the morning and it recorded 10 flights. Hmmm. Thought it was an anomaly and let it go. Then yesterday, I went shopping early in the am like I do every Saturday. I went to 4 stores, walked up and down every aisle and parked in the rear of the lot. This normally nets me about 4,500 - 5,000 steps. Yesterday it gave me 2,500. Hmmm. So I go to make up the difference on the treadmill and it gives me 1,500 MORE steps than usual (I've figured out how many steps I get on average in 10 minutes at 3.5 speed) in the first 10 min. Ugh. I did buy the service plan so I might be getting a replacement.

That does sound off. I plan to use my pedometer with the fitbit to see if the results are similar.

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I measured my cereal and milk the morning. My cereal bowl looks seriously skimpy. I usually eat only cereal, but about twice the amount. Now, I'll need to add something to it. Some kind of protein. Doesn't look like enough food!

 

[lovetoscrap]

That does sound off. I plan to use my pedometer with the fitbit to see if the results are similar.

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I measured my cereal and milk the morning. My cereal bowl looks seriously skimpy. I usually eat only cereal, but about twice the amount. Now, I'll need to add something to it. Some kind of protein. Doesn't look like enough food!

It is amazing to realize just what one serving of some things are. I used to always look at the picture on the box of a bowl of cereal, side of toast and fruit or other things and think "how can you eat all of that?". But then you see that a serving is really on about 3/4 cup and usually we eat 2 or more cups at a time-- . So have some yogurt and fruit or a side of turkey bacon/sausage. I used to have these great small bowls (no idea why I got rid of them) that were great for cereal because they only held about a cup. Switching to a smaller bowl will make your cereal seem like a bigger serving. I now have little pyrex bowls in 2 sizes. The smaller ones are great for ice cream or other treats and the bigger ones are good for cereal.

 

[OceanAnnie]

It is amazing to realize just what one serving of some things are. I used to always look at the picture on the box of a bowl of cereal, side of toast and fruit or other things and think "how can you eat all of that?". But then you see that a serving is really on about 3/4 cup and usually we eat 2 or more cups at a time-- . So have some yogurt and fruit or a side of turkey bacon/sausage. I used to have these great small bowls (no idea why I got rid of them) that were great for cereal because they only held about a cup. Switching to a smaller bowl will make your cereal seem like a bigger serving. I now have little pyrex bowls in 2 sizes. The smaller ones are great for ice cream or other treats and the bigger ones are good for cereal.

Exactly. That little 3/4 a cup with 1/2 cup of milk looked pitiful compared to what I usually eat! That is going to be a habit I'm going to get into, sticking to suggested portion sizes. That will probably be my biggest challenge. Old habits die hard!

I'm going to have some carbmaster yogurt w/ some walnuts.