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I received a Fitbit for Christmas two years ago. It was a Fitbit Ultra and I loved it - I wore it everywhere. I set my baseline goal at 7,000 steps per day, as a way to ease myself up to the generally recommended 10,000 steps per day.
When my Fitbit Ultra broke within the warranty period, the team over at Fitbit replaced it with a Fitbit One since the Ultra was phased out. The One was way better than the Ultra - it held a charge for much longer (I used to have to charge every day) and synced wirelessly with my phone over Bluetooth. No more plugging in every morning while I took a shower!
As you can see from above, I'm a big fan of the Fitbit. But I'm not using it to achieve my goals. That's the point, folks - to use the tools we are given to achieve our goals. The fact that I have a Fitbit does not make me walk more; the fact that I want to walk more makes me walk more, and the Fitbit helps give me a tracking device to measure my success.
The important part about creating goals is to be sure that you craft them to be quantifiable. A goal to "eat better" is less likely to be achieved than a goal to "eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables per day." I've been passively wearing my Fitbit and have only on a handful of occasions looked at the step counter and decided to go for a quick walk before bedtime to get in my steps for the day.
Goal One: walk 7,000 steps or more per day for fourteen days straight, then increase by 500 steps every two weeks after that until I'm averaging 10,000 steps per day.
Another tool I use off-and-on is my LoseIt! app. I'd like to be more aware of what I'm eating and putting into my body. The LoseIt! app is nice because it's not just for losing weight - it tracks macro nutrients as well. I'm able to add recipes, new items, and more. What's great is that it also has a bar code scanner that will auto-load the data of a ton of products from the grocery store!
Goal Two: record all items consumed in LoseIt! app for fourteen days straight. I hope that this will get me in the habit of recording.
What's your quantifiable goal?
When my Fitbit Ultra broke within the warranty period, the team over at Fitbit replaced it with a Fitbit One since the Ultra was phased out. The One was way better than the Ultra - it held a charge for much longer (I used to have to charge every day) and synced wirelessly with my phone over Bluetooth. No more plugging in every morning while I took a shower!
As you can see from above, I'm a big fan of the Fitbit. But I'm not using it to achieve my goals. That's the point, folks - to use the tools we are given to achieve our goals. The fact that I have a Fitbit does not make me walk more; the fact that I want to walk more makes me walk more, and the Fitbit helps give me a tracking device to measure my success.
The important part about creating goals is to be sure that you craft them to be quantifiable. A goal to "eat better" is less likely to be achieved than a goal to "eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables per day." I've been passively wearing my Fitbit and have only on a handful of occasions looked at the step counter and decided to go for a quick walk before bedtime to get in my steps for the day.
Goal One: walk 7,000 steps or more per day for fourteen days straight, then increase by 500 steps every two weeks after that until I'm averaging 10,000 steps per day.
Another tool I use off-and-on is my LoseIt! app. I'd like to be more aware of what I'm eating and putting into my body. The LoseIt! app is nice because it's not just for losing weight - it tracks macro nutrients as well. I'm able to add recipes, new items, and more. What's great is that it also has a bar code scanner that will auto-load the data of a ton of products from the grocery store!
Goal Two: record all items consumed in LoseIt! app for fourteen days straight. I hope that this will get me in the habit of recording.
What's your quantifiable goal?