jelloshots4all
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Post by jelloshots4all on Mar 16, 2015 22:30:23 GMT -5
So a few on my Exec management team bought these and I broke down on Friday and purchased one as well. I need to exercise more and lose some lbs. Over the weekend I found myself "marching" while making breakfast. My teen/preteen are using it to their advantage to make me run all over the house to earn my steps and be their servants. Anyone use one? Good advice or Apps?
I am more cognizant and have parked in the last stall at the grocery store. Also paced our parking lot on a business call today, so it is holding me accountable.
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Post by msventoux on Mar 16, 2015 22:45:09 GMT -5
I've had one for a couple of months. It's confirmed that I have sloth-like tendencies and sleep like crap. I've only recently started trying to exercise more since it's still light when I get off work and can go for a walk when I get home. I've never been a fan of going to a gym to exercise. I don't know how accurate it is, but it's a cool idea. My stair count is always a bit wonky...it will say I've climbed 7 flights of stairs and I climbed 2...or vice versa. I think it tracks arm movements so if you're like me and carry stuff in your left hand while you're walking or use your left hand to push a cart then your steps may not register. Driving sometimes seems to do weird things to it too. Mine also said I walked 2,648 miles on Saturday. It fixed itself later, but I briefly had some nice achievement badges because of that.
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Post by CarolinaKat on Mar 17, 2015 8:58:36 GMT -5
I've had one for a couple of months. It's confirmed that I have sloth-like tendencies and sleep like crap. I've only recently started trying to exercise more since it's still light when I get off work and can go for a walk when I get home. I've never been a fan of going to a gym to exercise. I don't know how accurate it is, but it's a cool idea. My stair count is always a bit wonky...it will say I've climbed 7 flights of stairs and I climbed 2...or vice versa. I think it tracks arm movements so if you're like me and carry stuff in your left hand while you're walking or use your left hand to push a cart then your steps may not register. Driving sometimes seems to do weird things to it too. Mine also said I walked 2,648 miles on Saturday. It fixed itself later, but I briefly had some nice achievement badges because of that. BIL and SIL have them. For SIL, getting in/out of the Suburban counts as climbing a flight of stairs. From what I can tell, she mostly spends her time trying to figure out where the thing is so she can wear it
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2015 9:01:11 GMT -5
DH and I used FitBit Zips on my last job as part of the wellness program. In addition to racking up points that got us substantial discounts on health insurance, we were also able to redeem the points for merchandise. (Just before resigning I converted my points to $430 in Amazon.com credits. )
Yes, they're great motivators. In my case, they were preaching to the choir because I go to the gym every day anyway, but I did find myself taking the stairs more. It wasn't as reliable for bicycling; it greatly underestimated the miles I'd gone, and bicycling is my preferred exercise.
We don't use them anymore; I realized a few months after I retired that they were just sitting on our nightstands. Fortunately there's a great market for them on e-Bay. The silly little dongle that lets you upload from the Zip to the computer was going for $15-20 and I had 5 of them. (Every time we replaced a lost or dead Zip the new package included all the accessories we already had.) I had fun selling everything off.
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Post by MJ2.0 on Mar 17, 2015 9:12:40 GMT -5
my company got them as the new pedometer for the health program this year. I didn't appreciate the fact that I had to buy a new battery for it after owning it for a month and a half, but it does a good job of tracking stuff. I do hate how it's so tiny. I'm surprised I haven't lost it yet.
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Post by Angel! on Mar 17, 2015 13:53:27 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2015 15:10:50 GMT -5
I have the Flex. Nothing motivates me more than having all my cousins and aunts on my account knowing how active or lazy I am. I'm always trying to beat them. My mother I gave up on trying to beat. She's always at about 175K steps a week...she'll get older and slow down eventually.
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Post by Artemis Windsong on Mar 17, 2015 16:22:48 GMT -5
My neighbor's iPhone6 tracks his steps. He didn't say what else it tracks.
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Post by jelloshots4all on Mar 17, 2015 18:59:05 GMT -5
I'm competing a bit against the "boys" in my office, which motivates me as the only Exec female. My VP of Ops whom is ex Navy and works out all the time inspired me. Now I want to beat him on daily steps
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Post by sarcasticgirl on Mar 17, 2015 19:04:15 GMT -5
I have one and enjoy it. It is motivating for me. It has made me realize I sleep like crap. I just keep hoping one day I will wake up and have 6 hours of sleep... But that never happens. Apparently I spend at least half the night being restless.
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Post by jelloshots4all on Mar 17, 2015 19:08:32 GMT -5
Sarcastic I agree, I need my sleep tracked as well. So I think it will be cool to use? I am a restless sleeper as well (too much stress)
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2015 8:48:50 GMT -5
I must sleep like a rock. When I first got the fitbit I was tracking it every night but the most I ever had was 5 minutes of restless. Usually it was one or two. After about two weeks of that I figured it was pointless and quit tracking.
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