My new toy

It's here!

My new Fitbit Force. 

I'm so excited!  I decided to buy myself one of these with the bonus I received from my 10 year anniversary with FC.  I couldn't find one in a store locally so I had to order it from fitbit.com and it was a couple weeks back ordered, but it's finally here.

Now I can track my daily activity, calories burned, and sleep patterns (do you think it really knows when a person is asleep?).

It's only 7:30 in the morning and I've already walked 1,857 steps which is almost 1/5th of my daily goal of 10,000 steps.  (Don't worry, I won't be posting daily updates from my Fitbit.) 

This is going to be so helpful in making sure I get enough activity every day.

If anyone has any helpful hints about using the Fitbit most effectively, I'd love to hear them.

Comments

Dana of Oz said…
Hey Mom, GMA did a story on the Force causing rashes. If you're allergic to nickel, it may cause a rash.

I wear my fitbit everyday - it's alot of fun to see how much you walk on a really busy day!
January 22, 2014 at 12:47 PM
Yogi♪♪♪ said…
My bosses boss gave me a $50 gift card for Christmas so I bought the kind of fitbit that clips to your clothes and loved it for a month then I lost it during a run last Wednesday night. So I got on Amazon and bought a lots cheaper electronic step counter that is not near as cool as the fitbit but I guess gets the job done but no auto update or anything like that.

And today I notice that the Turkey Mountain executive director said on facebook that somebody found a fit bit so I messaged him and described mine and apparently it is mine, or one identical so maybe I'll be back on fitbit.

Just in case you wondered why I hadn't responded to your fitbit friend request.

So, I'm looking forward to rejoining the fitbit fraternity (sorority) again.

My other electronic gizmo says that I have 16,142 steps today. But that includes running about 5 miles which is about 10,000 steps.

January 22, 2014 at 8:51 PM
Emily said…
I have the Force too! Love it!
January 23, 2014 at 8:57 PM
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