I just ordered the Ultra FitBit, does anyone have any advice or tips on it?

Thanks!!!

I've had mine for a couple of weeks. It's very cool. Not only does it track your movement and download it via wifi, but it tracks your sleep. Fascinating. You turn on the 'stop watch' when you go to bed and turn it off when you get up... when it downloads, it tells you how long it took to fall asleep, how many times you woke up and how long you were asleep. I don't know how, but it is so cool.

It synchs up with myfitnesspal.com, so you can log in your food each day, and it will tell you if you've moved enough to earn more calories. You can 'friend' people, and help motivate each other.

I'm still getting used to it, so I've not done the friend thing yet, so I don't know how that works.

Enjoy!

I've had mine for a couple of weeks. It's very cool. Not only does it track your movement and download it via wifi, but it tracks your sleep. Fascinating. You turn on the 'stop watch' when you go to bed and turn it off when you get up... when it downloads, it tells you how long it took to fall asleep, how many times you woke up and how long you were asleep. I don't know how, but it is so cool.

It synchs up with myfitnesspal.com, so you can log in your food each day, and it will tell you if you've moved enough to earn more calories. You can 'friend' people, and help motivate each other.

I'm still getting used to it, so I've not done the friend thing yet, so I don't know how that works.

Enjoy!

I was JUST looking at that gadget and wondering about it. Does it measure how many calories you're burning based on your actual metabolic rate (body temp, etc.), or is it just measuring movement and applying some kind of formula for estimated calories burned? I think the Body Bug actually goes by your body temp, perspiration, etc. But I'd like to get this and sync it with MFP.

I have no idea how it works. It does seem to know when you are walking stairs or elevation, but it is not right against your skin, necessarily, so I don't know how it would determine temperature. You do log your data into the fitbit website, so perhaps it considers that you've burned more calories than someone at a lower weight. I'm happy to let it be a mystery.

I don't have this, but I will be getting it. I want the Nike Fuel band, but not gonna pay $200 for something like that, and since I don't like wearing a watch, I wonder if I'd like wearing that, so I keep coming back to the fitbit.

You may want to get a pedometer lanyard to secure it additionally to your clothing. I have lost one fitbit and learned my lesson quickly. Also, make sure you take it off your clothing. I lost another fitbit in the wash. I love my fitbit!

So are you happy with the fit bit. I guess I should have asked before I ordered it. Any tips.

I ordered mine this weekend. Should be here tomorrow!! Squee!

I have the apple Nike gadget that goes in Nike shoes and syncs up to ur apple phone it tracks ur exercise and stuff. Logs it to Nike.com. Pretty cool gadget. I too am looking into getting the fit bit

I just want to put in a plug for Fit Bit here! I bought mine in April and have worn it every single day since. Somehow, about 2 weeks ago, it decided to stop displaying my information. I contacted the company and they gave me good directions for how to reset my Fit Bit, but it never recovered. I waited until I came back from vacation to contact them again, thinking that it just needed time to recover. It didn't recover, so I emailed them and, after asking for a little information including my proof of purchase, they are sending me a brand new Fit Bit! I got the shipping confirmation today.

I'm THRILLEd with their customer service and would highly recommend the Fit Bit to anyone who is considering the purchase!

I have one and love it. So happy to hear about their customer service.

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I love mine too, glad to know they have good customer service.

I first ordered my fitbit before the first orders of the original fitbit were shipped out and since day 1 the customer service has been A+++++++. I would recommend buying a fitbit to anyone. I absolutely loved my fitbit and even love my fitbit ultra more, thanks to the awesome fitbit customer service.

How long does the charge stay up on the FitBit Ultra? My iPhone 4s runs down quickly, and I am hoping the FitBit stays charged throughout the day so I don't have to take the FitBit charger to work.

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My fitbit stays charged for days, it definitely has better battery life than your phone, don't worry about that. I've never had to take my charger to work

Excellent. This is my first day back to work so it is good to hear I won't need to worry about this!