Fitbit Activity Monitor | Review and Giveaway
May 23, 2011 by admin - Jennifer
Filed under Featured, Giveaways
Company: Fitbit Inc.
Item Reviewed: Fitbit Activity Monitor
Item Given Away: Fitbit Activity Monitor
Start Date: May 23
End Date: June 6
The Fitbit accurately tracks your calories burned, steps taken, distance traveled and sleep quality. The Fitbit contains a 3D motion sensor like the one found in the Nintendo Wii. The Fitbit tracks your motion in three dimensions and converts this into useful information about your daily activities.
You can wear the Fitbit on your waist, in your pocket or on undergarments. At night, you can wear the Fitbit clipped to the included wristband in order to track your sleep. Anytime you walk by the included wireless base station, data from your Fitbit is silently uploaded in the background to Fitbit.com.
My Thoughts
I never have been interested in seeing the stats of my activity, or sometimes, my inactivity. But once I got my hands on Fitbit I was hooked. The first day I wore it to track all my activity I didn’t do much so there was not a lot of activity to track. However, I changed that the next day by wearing it on my waistband to Universal Studios and boy did I get a work out. I ended up walking just under 6 miles, and Fitbit told me when I was still, when I was lightly active, fairly active and when I really moved. I love that it synced with my computer right when I got home and loved seeing that it tracked my calories burned, steps taken and so much more.
Screenshot from my Fitbit Dashboard
The Fitbit dashboard is amazing. I can log added activity, my food intake and track my weight. You can even wear Fitbit while you sleep so you can track how restless you are. And when you are out and about and want to add your food or activity you can use the Fitbit Mobile for Android and iPad/iPhone. That is super convenient for me seeing as I am always forgetting to add things when I get home.
I will have to say that now that I have Fitbit I am more compelled to more, I have even competed with myself to see if I can do more than I did the day before. My sleep patterns are all over the place, but that is expected between my insomnia and going to bed late and getting up early. All in all I love the Fitbit and I can say that it has been the motivation that I need to get my booty moving! There is just something about a gadget that can tell you what you have been doing. I recommend it to everyone!!!
I have the opportunity for one lucky Dirty t Shirt reader to win their own Fitbit. Please see the rules below to enter to win today!
Rules
- MAIN RULE – Tell me in comments what your favorite form of exercise is. (remember if this rule is not followed then no others will count)
- 1 Extra Entry – Subscribe to my RSS feed or by email (or let me know if you already are) in a separate comment.
- 1 Extra Entry – Follow me on Twitter (button in header) and let me know your Twitter name in a separate comment.
- 1 Extra Entry – Tweet this giveaway. Copy and paste – @Jentifa is giving away a Fitbit Activity Monitor! Check it out here http://bit.ly/jhO6ex. Then come back and leave the direct link to your tweet (go to your twitter account, click on the words when your tweet was sent (ie. 5 seconds ago) and copy and paste that link in comments.
- 1 Extra Entry – Friend me on Google Friend Connect on sidebar and leave a separate comment that you did.
- 2 Extra Entries – Write a post on your blog linking to my blog.
This giveaway will run through midnight on June 6, with winner being announced the morning of June 7. Winner will be chosen using Random.org from all valid entries and notified via email. Winner will have 48 hours to contact me before another winner is chosen. Giveaway is open to U.S. residents only.
Wow! I would love to win this! I’m always envying the “Body Bug” they use on Biggest Loser. The Fitbit sounds even better!
My favorite form of exercise would be a toss up between running and yoga.
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My favorite exercise is bike riding – outside or during spin class.
This is a great tool. I like to play the dance video games with my kids.
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Swimming is my fav
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My favorite is power walking and hiking. Thanks.
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My favorite form of exercise would be walking.
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My favorite form of exercise is working out with workout dvd’s. I prefer Jillian!
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My favorite form of exercise is swimming
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I walk on the treadmill as it PUSHES me more than I would push myself. I would love to win this.
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my favorite is badminton with the kids……but really exercise I would have to say crunches on my big ball as that really makes my back feel better
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I like doing water aerobics.
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I am a runner
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Walking is my main source of exercise
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My fave form of exercising is dancing.
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i like yoga
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My favorite form of exercise is crossfit.
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I love to Jazzercise but have been unable to because I broke my toe.
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Ohhh this looks cool! Maybe a gadget like this would help motivate me to get off my butt more often. My favorite way to exercise is actually these Walk At Home Exercise DVDs I have.
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My favorite is bike riding on cool days and times
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I like to Power Walk.. treadmill in the winter time.
nice way to keep an eye on what I do every moment of the day. I like that you can clip on your bra, so no little hands like to grab it..having it clipped on will give me little reminders that I am being watched so that I will have a little more motivation to get more active.
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I love taking Zumba
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Jogging is my favorite form of exercise. altern147 [at] yahoo [dot] com
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My favorite forms of exercise are walking and swimming.
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I love interval training DVDs!
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I like low-impact exercises like walking & yoga
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