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greent

I think a fitbit is going to be one of my Xmas presents - so can I please join in after then?
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Hollyboll

muddywhitechicken wrote: »

Bummer

The fitbit flex is 1/2 price on amazon - when do you get your vouchers?!

OOOOH thank you MWC - that is very very tempting.
I've just had a look and I could even get a further tenner off if I order through the Prime app as on last week's :money: email, and I do already have some vouchers. Still a bit torn, it's not exactly a necessity at the moment.

Had a fitbug before (that you clip onto clothes) but see on the offers I could get either a zip like that kind or a flex for wrist for the same price. So the question to all you challengers / challengees / gurus is which do you have / like / recommend and why? I'm not fussed about it recording my sleep ... when I'm working it's in a corporatey place, do you think it's acceptable to sport one of these on your wrist these days?

Thanks again mwc - both for tip and for reading my diary .... and hope the tooth is all better now?
xx

Pearla*Merle

Greent - be sure to add me too I fully intend to give these ladies a run for their money once I'm properly back on my feet post-Christmas. Consider yourself forewarned, MWC. :rotfl:

Hollyboll - I have a zip. I love how distreet it is (like you, I can't really have something obvious on at work - but I've not experienced the wrist ones so I'm not sure what they're like) but I really wish I'd got one that tracks sleep/stairs climbed. If you're anything like me, once you start tracking things religiously you end up wanting to track everything. :rotfl:

apple_muncher

I have a fitbit one and a colleague has a wrist one. I can press a button on mine to check steps, floors, calories, miles, time and the number of leaves on the active flower. My colleague has to tap her wristy thingy and it'll flash to tell her her steps within a 2000 bracket. Plus, she cannot wear it out to posh frock dos (of which she does many and I do none). She has to sync it with the app on her phone for the details. I much prefer mine!

greent

Waaaah! I'm confused now! I was looking at a fitbit charge HR one - but ideally don't want a wrist one (not sure I'd be allowed to wear it when invigilating for starters, as I'm sure we wouldn't allow students to wear anything similar) I like the discretion of clip on ones (I often wear clothes without pockets) but want it to tell me lots of info and the one I looked at didn't


More research is clearly needed here....... argh!!!


firstworldproblems..... x

gallygirl

greent wrote: »

I think a fitbit is going to be one of my Xmas presents - so can I please join in after then?
x

Depends on how lazy you are - if you are then yes, if you love exercising then no :rotfl:.

I have the fitbit one, it lives on my bra and I'm happy with what it records (though am sure I do 10,000 more steps every day than it shows ).

greent

gallygirl wrote: »

Depends on how lazy you are - if you are then yes, if you love exercising then no :rotfl:.

I have the fitbit one, it lives on my bra and I'm happy with what it records (though am sure I do 10,000 more steps every day than it shows ).

Even if I did love exercising (I think the whole house has wet themselves laughing at that idea!:D) I have a dodgy hip and on/off plantar fasciitis in both feet - I don't think I'll be much competition!!:rotfl::rotfl:


Will look into fitbit ones - although I tend to lose my mobile in my bra at times so a little gadget stands no chance! :rotfl:

muddywhitechicken

greent wrote: »

Even if I did love exercising (I think the whole house has wet themselves laughing at that idea!:D) I have a dodgy hip and on/off plantar fasciitis in both feet - I don't think I'll be much competition!!:rotfl::rotfl:

You're in!!!

Hollyboll

greent wrote: »

Waaaah! I'm confused now! I was looking at a fitbit charge HR one - but ideally don't want a wrist one (not sure I'd be allowed to wear it when invigilating for starters, as I'm sure we wouldn't allow students to wear anything similar) I like the discretion of clip on ones (I often wear clothes without pockets) but want it to tell me lots of info and the one I looked at didn't


More research is clearly needed here....... argh!!!


firstworldproblems..... x

Greent - having spent some time doing serious research this afternoon (I say 'serious research to be clear I wasn't just procrastinating, honest!), I think part of my confusion was around 'one' … there is a One and lots of other ones. IF I've understood it right (which I may well not have) there are 2 fitbits which don't go on your wrist - the One (which records more and is more snazzy) and the Zip (which records less and is cheaper).

But I may well be wrong.

(oooo and sorry to hear about the pf, very sore!)

gallygirl wrote: »

(though am sure I do 10,000 more steps every day than it shows ).

You are absolutely right GG. You are onto us. There has been an elaborate plot to fix your fitbit so that others stand a chance. :rotfl::rotfl:

Hollyboll

Pearla*Merle wrote: »

Hollyboll - I have a zip. I love how distreet it is (like you, I can't really have something obvious on at work - but I've not experienced the wrist ones so I'm not sure what they're like) but I really wish I'd got one that tracks sleep/stairs climbed. If you're anything like me, once you start tracking things religiously you end up wanting to track everything. :rotfl:

Thanks PM. I think I will go for the zip. I'm not fussed (or convinced) by sleep tracking, and although I'd quite like stairs / floors, I am not sure atm I can justify paying more for that - I've got plenty counting going on as it is

apple_muncher wrote: »

. Plus, she cannot wear it out to posh frock dos (of which she does many and I do none). She has to sync it with the app on her phone for the details. I much prefer mine!

Thanks Apple. I too do not have a posh frock problem, but on reflection I'm going to think positive and think I may get a job eventually - and in the meantime I'm not sure it's the best look for interviews Given I managed to lose one already I think I'd be better with something I can put on in the morning and forget about.

PLUS if I've read the reviews right, the Zip counts by smiley faces getting more smiley. That must be a good thing ….