I need a way to keep track of the calories I am burning doing my Couch to 5k and just being active. Is the Fitbit worth buying for this purpose? For those who have Fitbit's do you like them? How do they work?

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Have had my fitbit for almost a year. LOVE it. I dont think I would be as successful without it. (I'm a numbers person)

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Love my Fitbit!!

I have a fitbit and I love it.

However, there are a few things to keep in mind.

1) it does not sync with every phone. You can check the fitbit website and it tells you what phones it has trouble with.

2) it is not always accurate. When on a road trip from MA to OH, where I was hardly did much walking, my fitbit recorded that I walked 10 miles, and did 25 flights of stairs. This made it obvious that while in the car it's calculating steps you are not taking.

Other than that I really like the motivation I get to take the extra steps, or the stairs instead of the elevator. Plus it has challenges so you can challenge your friends to take more steps too.

Are fitbit really worth the money

I love mine I have been challenging friends and I have gotten up to 10000 step in a day

I have a fitbit charge hr i love it & the app !!!

Anyone have tips for the Fitbit plus shopping? My SIL gave me a Flex, I wear it on my wrist. But it basically doesn't count steps when I am pushing a shopping cart. I have checked, and after 5-10 steps holding the handle it stops counting. So a trip through costco might clock in at 200-300 steps. It is frustrating that a weekend day running errands I log so few steps when my feet are killing me. (I'm still pre op.) tips?

Jess, mom to Ysabel, 6 and Maggie, 3

I have a FitBit flex and have no complaints. For me it not only serves as a personal accountability/activity tool, but a way for an insurance discount. With your insurance if you have a BMI > 30 you pay a higher premium unless you do the FitBit tracking for 10k steps 3x wkly.

I had a fitbit One that I wore religiously for 2.5 years and for Christmas I was spoiled and got the Fitbit Surge!

I love it!!!

I can't live without my fitbit!

Edited January 20, 201610 yr by heather5565

I absolutely love my fitbit. My husband and I got each other the Fitbit Charge HR for Christmas. I like that it takes my heart rate continuously throughout the day, giving me a more accurate count of calories burned. I can also specifically target a time for a workout, which will tell me how many calories I burned during that specific time. It has also helped me better track my sleep patterns, and correlate my resting heartrate to different events (e.g. hydration, stress, even seeing the directly correlation to a night having a couple drinks and how that effects my sleep...). It took me a couple days to get used to wearing it, as it is somewhat "bulky" but after a few days I didn't even realize it was there anymore. I also have to make sure I charge it every 3-4 days (nothing more frustrating than not getting an accurate picture of your day because the battery died at 10am!!).

I also use my fitness pal and love that I can sync the two. This allows me to see what my true calorie deficit is during the day, and helps me taylor my diet.

I feel like the fitbit has really helped me hone in on a few key areas and helped me better my health and fittness. I would highly recommend it! We got ours on sale for $119, and it is very much worth the price!!

Twice I've tried a FitBit Zip & returned it because it so under-reported the steps I take. No adjusting of stride length made any difference. I've counted the steps on my usual walking route (in segments) several times so I know how many steps I really take. For now I use my iPhone 6s & an UP Move tracker. Both of them also under-report but not as badly as the FitBit. The UP is worse that the iPhone. The iPhone generally is 3-5% low, the UP is often 10% or more short of actual steps.

Does anyone know of an accurate step tracker? Specifically one that runs within 1-2% of steps actually taken.