Health Monitoring - Jawbone Or Equivalent... Do You?

[Lucycat]

I have got the Jawbone UP as an early Christmas presant. It has surprised me how inactive I am, and has certainly inspired me already to get off my backside more. The weather here is pretty rubbish at the moment but even going up and downstairs 'just for the hell of it' is all making a difference.

 

[Recovery4Me]

Great news!!! Another team member!!! :hug::)

 

[Lady of Longbourn]

Bought a fitbit thanks to this thread. :tup::whistling:

 

[nursenurse]

Facilities are limited due to where I work, but I will give it a go.

 

[Recovery4Me]

@Ayesha Congrats!!! What a great thing to do for you!:woot:

:hug:'s if you are in the mood and accept

 

[Lady of Longbourn]

It annoys me that somehow my Fitbit can figure out my weight on it's own. I'm not sure how it's doing this and so far I can't turn it off. I set it to manual but still it tracks my weight. Still weight is always changing and I don't think always knowing my weight is helpful; this is annoying.

What is helpful is knowing my weight maybe once a week to see if I made any progress. Otherwise I just feel frustrated even though I know weight doesn't change that fast.

 

[Recovery4Me]

@Ayesha beautiful pix. I am just offering not challenging that my weight changes during the course of the day in variance of 3 pounds or so. I jump on scales.

Depends on if I drank more water, less water, just ate, put on a a sweater or heavy sweats, 2-3 pound sneakers, just worked out, ate a meal or visited the john.

So I take the least figure and know I am close to it...the largest figure and sweat it. Lately my Christmas munching is winning the bigger number.

I am kinda jealous...wish mine would do that!

 

[Lady of Longbourn]

beautiful pix

It's the German band Glasperlenspiel. One of my favorites.

Mixed blessing honestly. You really shouldn't be weighing yourself everyday has been my impression.

 

[Deleted member 1860]

Woohoo! I just got the new Fitbit Charge HR! I had a few gift cards to a store that I'm not particularly fond of, and they have the new Fitbit for sale, so I went ahead and jumped on it. I've been wanting one for awhile now, so I'm glad I jumped on it! I'm trying to lose weight and know I need to be more active. I think it will also help me monitor my symptoms as I'll be able to watch my heart rate and sleep activity over time. So excited!!!

 

[Deleted member 1860]

My FitBit arrived today.....they sent me the WRONG size, and since it was a limited pre-release, they are now out of stock and can't send me the right size. I put it on eBay to see if I can make a decent profit, LOL. If it doesn't sell, I just return it to the store and get my money back. I shouldn't be surprised as every time I deal with this particular store I have issues.

I've been reading the reviews again and now that I have to wait for either the new FitBit or Jawbone to be released sometime in 2015, I'm tempted to go with the new Jawbone.