If anyone else is using fitbit and myfitnesspal, I am

[GreenPartyVoter]

basically living over there now: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/CoachJen71

Still wearing my fitbit all the time. Have lost 13lbs since mid-July, but have a long way to go. (At least 100lbs)

I rarely come on DU anymore because I find worrying about all the stuff going on in the world revs up my anxiety, and I really need to take care of myself right now.

[hlthe2b]

1. Which fitbit are you using?... I wish they'd release the new improved force (since recall)...

It really had the features I wanted....

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. I've got a flex band. I like it. I kinda wish it had a readout of some sort other than flashing

lights, but I do enjoy the vibration telling me I made my goal.

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. I've been using a Force since December - no reaction to the band. Love it...

helping me maintain my 60 lb loss - love tracking the steps/distances!

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. That's awesome!

[Thor_MN]

3. Ignored the recall and wear my Force except for showers and swimming.

Helped me to 15+ lb loss since January. Also have the Aria scale which says that my loss has all been fat. Currently trying to break through a plateau to get to 20 lbs down, but would like to lose another 20 as well.

[GreenPartyVoter]

6. This is great! I still can't figure out how a scale can know what your make-up is just

from you standing on it, though.

[Thor_MN]

7. By the conductivity of your body through your feet.

Muscle conducts electricity better (more water) than fat does. The scale sends a small, unnoticeable current into one foot, it travels up your leg, across to the other leg and back through that foot to the scale. It uses that and age, gender, weight, height to calculate a number. The method is not horribly accurate, so it is better used as a relative, rather than absolute indication. You should weigh yourself at the same time of the day, having as much the same (hydration, food intake, skin dryness) as possible.

What I do is to weigh myself in the morning right before taking a shower, (having taken care of other needs first). That should be my lowest weight of the day and I feel that skin dryness will be more the same before showering. Some scales recommend after showering, but some mornings, I'm more prone to lingering in the shower...

[GreenPartyVoter]

8. That's pretty cool! :^)

[hlthe2b]

9. Just bought a fitbit One and signed up both places... I agree with you GPV

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Time to focus on ourselves a bit more and realize we can only do so much on an individual level.

I lost more than 30 pounds a year ago walking and keeping carbs <70 grams... Stress,a bad ankle and cold cold weather piled 20 pounds of it back on, so the next purchase will be a heart rate monitor so that I can better track indoor exercise.

I don't do facebook so not sure whether that is needed to communicate with others on fitbit or myfitnesspartner, but I'll be rooting you on as well!

[GreenPartyVoter]

10. Nope, no Facebook needed. I am

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/CoachJen71 at MFP and https://www.fitbit.com/user/2TQS4K at fitbit. You can find an add friend type button on both, I think, if you would like to do so.

I've thought about getting a heart rate monitor too, but funds are tight right now, so it's low on the priority list for now.