Brand New Member Today

[rubygirl]

Hi! I'm new to this program today. Are these forums helpful?

[Kubsgirl]

Hi Tracy,
You will be surprised, how quickly 10,000 adds up. Put it on in the morning and wear it all day. Also try to split time up 2,500 and 2,500. N. Good walking

[AliciaM001]

To Tracy,

I wear my FB on my non-dominant hand and have it set as non-dominant. And I
think of my exercise as a lifestyle change, so there is no rush to get to
10K steps and beyond. Take your time; increase your step goal slowly, so
that you can do it daily, not once a week. You don't want to injure
yourself.

Alicia M

[DeniseJH]

I'm relatively new to the online community of FitBit. I've been using my Fitbit One on and off since last year and finally decided to get serious about tracking my activity. I was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy which lead to heart failure in February, so it has limited some of my abilities to "get those numbers up". Despite my diagnosis, I am not here to lose weight, rather to maintain the health I have left and heal my heart from damage. I enjoy networking with others and sharing my story of how someone who appears perfectly healthy can have a near brush with death at a young age; I like to educate people about some of the stigmas surrounding cardiac patients, we aren't all the same!

[Gandhi]

DeniseJH

HI

You sound like a motivated person Great

Feel free to add me 

Im a 36 yr old Haematologist - Blood doctor- Not vampire.:)

[Jabrat]

Early steps before desk job !! Will post !!

[VeganTemptress]

First day with the fitbit! Pumped to be here and feeling motivated. Should I be starting with a goal of 10,000 steps a day? 

[SLMoore4]

So just poped my flex out of the package. This I have so many friends who has his device that I had to give it a shot. 

[susanlamb76]

Hi, I just got my fitbit flex about a hour ago, so today is my first day!  Looking forward to getting my fitness back on track.

[tracyolivia]

Thank you, that's great advice!

I think I'll try changing the setting back to Non-Dominant and see how that affects the way it counts steps.

My goal for steps right now is to hit at least 5,000 per day. I walk up and down the hall at work - I have a desk job, eek! - and even anound the house.  So far so good!

[QueenM]

Yes the community is very helpful, when I having problem with my flex, the Community helped a lot.  Welcome to Fitbit community Rubygirl

[Jabrat]

Let's rock n roll this Wednesday morning folks - getting 20,000 or close to it - hopefully - will post 

[Jabrat]

11000 down !!

[Jabrat]

20,000 before desk job - early birding it !  

[Karla48]

Ruby Hi, and I'm new too. I received mine two days ago, and still figureing it out. Lol.

[Jabrat]

About 4:45 am getting ready to get stepping here before the desk job !!

[Jabrat]

5:18 a.m. - here we go again before the desk job - early birds - let's GO - will post in the next few hours !  I will get there - I am commited to getting my "early bird" steps ! 

[Jabrat]

11000 so far

[Jabrat]

At 15000 ready to post soon

[Jabrat]

Friday, July 25, 2014 - 20,000 before desk job - early birding it !  

[wrongway]

Hi Vegan, try just monitoring how many steps you do without trying.  Once that is extablished you can increase (I like to increase by 1000 steps,if that easy increase another 1k) Just don't make it so that you feel pressured-it should be enjoyable, Hope this helps and keep on walking.