Weight watchers

[spags]

i use Weight Watchers on line.  is there any way to sync the food i log onthe WW mobile app to my Fitbit?

[WendyB]

Sorry there is no way to do that.

I do not log my food here. It got to be to much to log both places

[emweesarah]

I find that logging my food in Weight Watchers like normal and my activity keeps me on track and I use my Fitbit as a challenge and something to work towards throughout the day to get all my stats "green". Unfortunately they don't sync because WW has there own device, an "Active Link"

[Sammyjoe]

Great info about WW.  I just bought the aria and was hoping to leave WW because of the expense but now I'm wondering if I should overlap the two Fitbit and WW for a month or two?

[emweesarah]

I would recommend that. I'm a big believer of ww. They have the science of weight loss down to an art. Fit bit is an amazing motivator too. They work well hand in hand.

[jenniewren410]

I too would love if there was a way to send my WW food data to fitbit.  I agree it is too much to do it in both places. there should be a way to link them!  

[WendyB]

They just got the Fitbit to sync 2 weeks ago and its been a diaster so far as it no longer Syncs. They cant even giove a date as to when it will be fixed. They should make sure things work before releasing them . But they never do

WW really needs to get a good IT dept. As they are way outdated as far as thier website.

[spags]

I too have had problems with my fitbit -- I've had 3 in the last three months! But they've been pretty good replacing it. It's very motivating. Good luck.

[SunsetRunner]

I (and my wife) have used WW in the past but both of us now use My Fitness Pal instead.  MFP syncs seamlessly with Fitbit, Digifit and a number of other Apps/programs.  It is also free.  But most importantly for me is that is simply provides me with more of the information that I am interested in knowing.  WW works and has a very supportive community but so does MFP.  The MFP phone app is quite good and has a barcode scanner feature that you can scan the barcodes of many (I'd guess about 95% of whatever packaged we buy) foods.  WW may do that now as well - I don't know since I have not used WW in about a year.

[melina]

Day 3 of Fitbit, but aged WW member.  I, like most of you, don't log my food in two different places. I got fitbit to help me decipher how hard I was working out at the gym, how much exercise I get outside of the gym and how my sleep is.  I'm hoping it helps me achieve my fitness and weight loss goals easier. 

[SunsetRunner]

Did WW ever get fixed with the sync? I want to join again and have things sync up to my account. TIA

[spags]

I don't think so. I let my subscription lapse and then rejoined about a month ago and haven't done a thing except eat! Their app and website are horrible

[justmar10]

This is just what I was hoping the fit bit would do for me too. I want to escalate my workouts but maintain my ww points. I have been successful with 50lbs of weight loss doing that but know that I can't get an accurate account for activity points for the variety of workouts that I do weekly.

[JosieB519]

That was my question too! Have you been able to figure anything else out?

[Nestory]

I'm also having problems with syncing fitbit to WW.  For now I just manually enter how many steps I take.  I had no problem syncing my fitbit to Lose It which is what I'll use when I finish this round of WW.  

If you are interested in weight loss games Skinny City is going to do another beta test at the end of January.  I'm going to participate because I like that kind of motivation.   http://www.skinnycity.me/index.rsc 

[jmckerr]

I just set up the sync tonight and it worked.  Good luck! 

[mrb2563]

Sparkpeople.com will work with Fitbit. It's like Weight Watchers, with keeping track of food and exercise, but free. 🙂

[Noir]

The WW tacker also costs $5 a month 

[WendyB]

But the others are free. Go figure

[Nestory]

I've given up on syncing fitbit to ww and just input my steps manually.  The website is quirky and I often cant access the forums.  This angers me because ww is expensive.  On the positive side, I love the great bank of recipes and the recipe genie in particular.  I also really like the meetings at work and the group of people who attend.  

They gave us "free" trackers when this sequence began.  I didn't activate mine because of the monthly fee.  It did come with a wonderful strap for putting the tracker on my ankle.  It's ingenious and works very well with the fitbit!  

I'm double tracking with my fitness pal and saving ww recipes to my fitness pal with the intention of quiting ww in the spring.  

There is an atmosphere difference between ww and fitbit/my fitness pal.  ww just seems more stodgy and the others more energetic and positive.