Come say hi & introduce yourself (2019)

[FitbitCommunity]

Welcome to the Fitbit family!

Whether you've just got your Fitbit or have been with us for years, share a little about yourself with the wider Fitbit fam. You might find someone with the same interests or even the same health goals as you. You can say hi any way you like but if you're stuck, kick it off with: 

1. Where in the world are you?
2. What is your current health/fitness goal?
3. How do you like to stay fit?
4. What motivates you?
5. Favorite guilty pleasure

Looking forward to getting to know you all.

[laura.redersdor]

Welcome to the Fitbit family!

Whether you've just got your Fitbit or have been with us for years, share a little about yourself with the wider Fitbit fam. You might find someone with the same interests or even the same health goals as you. You can say hi any way you like but if you're stuck, kick it off with: 

1. Where in the world are you?  Cambridge the UK
2. What is your current health/fitness goal? - Get Fitter and lose some Lockdown pounds
3. How do you like to stay fit? Workout daily and walking
4. What motivates you? Me
5. Favorite guilty pleasure - Pizza

Looking forward to getting to know you all.

[TrevorCooper]

1. Where in the world are you? I live in janesville WI, but my family and I are currently staying in Saint Petersburg Florida, and man, the heat alone is enough to shed some pounds.
2. What is your current health/fitness goal? i would like to get my weight down to at least 240, but my ideal stopping point is 220
3. How do you like to stay fit? i am currently walking, and introducing myself to basic calisthenics
4. What motivates you? being alive and healthy for my children and wife.
5. Favorite guilty pleasure, Gaming, lol i love the game Path Of Exile

i am here on the forumns to find support and motivation, or at minimum accountability.

[SunsetRunner]

Hi. I am relatively new to fitbit. I’ve lost 50lbs want to lose another 50lbs, but seems I’m at plateau and need to get going again.im new to being obese and it’s driving me crazy so I’m motivated. Extreme weight gain is due to high dose long term prednisone. I’m replying to your post because I see you’re into gaming. I use oculus quest VR and it’s fun with some good exercise. If you have this headset we could do some multiplayer games to get some exercise.

Sent from my iPad

[NS-Girl]

So sorry I dont have that and since the Covid stuff started back in March...I dont really do my Fitbit stuff...I havent had time. Thanks anyway & good luck


Sherri Phillips

[CheriRN]

Hi everyone! My name is Cheri. I am a mother of 6, ages 2 to 23. I am a Registered Nurse for over 12 years now. 

1. Where in the world are you? Chicago, Illinois 

2. What is your current health/fitness goal?  To monitor sleep stages as I am a diagnosed narcoleptic. I was just diagnosed, but have had symptoms since 5 years of age. Also, my heart rate is always really high, so I want to bring that down a bit. I am usually in the high 90's or 100's

3.How do you like to stay fit? Playing with the kids, hiking, and swimming

4.What motivates you? Caffeine. LOL Mainly my children

5.Favorite guilty pleasure?  chocolate, caffeine, coffee

Am interested in any other narcoleptics using the fitbit to monitor sleep stages. I have very fragmented sleep, go into REM right away, and wake up in REM. That sometimes causes me to have sleep inertia and sleep drunkenness, which is kinda scary at times.

Feel free to message me about anything, and I will do my best to answer.  

[DenDZ]

Hi everyone, I have just got a Fitbit Inspire 2
Where in the world am I? I live in the UK in leafy Surrey. Lucky to have green spaces near home for exercise and relaxation.

My current health/fitness goals are to lose 14 pounds and be more active. I used to walk 3 miles each way between the train station and my office but I changed jobs and now drive to visit clients. It’s been more difficult to fit exercise into my day.

How do I like to stay fit? Walking and dancing modern jive and salsa. During lockdown I discovered dance classes online I do in my kitchen. 

What motivates me? Doing things with friends. Some of my friends have a Fitbit and are very competitive so I thought I’d join the fun.

My favourite guilty pleasure is cheesecake.

[arizonagal59]

1. Where in the world are you? Tucson AZ
2. What is your current health/fitness goal? to lose the 10-15lb I have gained since COVID started
3. How do you like to stay fit? I love walking and hiking
4. What motivates you? right now, not much
5. Favorite guilty pleasure  sweets

I would love to figure out how to add people. I used to use Fitbit and they have made adding friends so much more difficult. Thanks

[VeRa-D]

Okay, Hi there, 

1. Where am I? 

NYC --- social worker, (essential worker in remote location) and in dire need of exercise and stress monitoring 

2. Current fitness/health goal? 

Understand the profile of my stress, implement interventions, create relaxation, and exercise regimen --built up to 30 min/day in elliptical.

3. How do you stay Fit?   

(feeling very guilty right now) Walking in the summer.  Want to initiate elliptical in winter. 

4. MOTIVATION?   

Gradual increase of lung capacity, stay healthy, improve quality of life.  Creative and advocacy work motivate me.. 

5. Guilty pleasure?   

Reading, writing, making stuff, binge watching... I need an app that will make me feel guiltier about activities that have me sitting.

[SoozieE]

Hello Fitbitters:

I bought an Inspire (the original one) earlier this year and loved it so much I upgraded to the Sense last week!

Where in the world are you? I live in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch country in Kutztown, PA.  Yes, it is the home of the Kutztown Folk Festival and a university's  - but not much else.

What is your current health/fitness goal? As background, 13 years ago I was diagnosed with transverse myelitis, which left me with a drop left foot and a serious hitch in my get-a-long.  As a result, my fitness goal is to strengthen my core, hamstrings, glutes, etc. so I can walk farther, faster and straighter.  I have lost 14 lbs and want to lose a couple more so my weight starts with a "13", i.e., so I could make women's boxing LIGHTWEIGHT class.

How do you like to stay fit? For years, I ran distance races (up to 16 miles); now I stay closer to home and take short hikes, use the treadmill and elliptical and visit my physical therapist twice a week.

What motivates you? Aside from an innate inner drive, other motivations include: my physical therapist, my fitbit, my closet full of beautiful size 6 clothes and the endorphin highs from working out.

Favorite guilty pleasure:  dry martinis with olive stuffed with blue cheese, peanut butter, peanut butter ice cream, Reese's peanut butter cups, etc.  (add peanut butter to it, and its my "pleasure").

Looking forward to getting to know you all. -- Susan E.

[ATSW]

Hello, Im new to this and Im trying to set my Fitbit up and connect with my phone to receive notifications from my android. However, all settings are correctly set to notify both on phone and fitbit app. however it  is still not notifying. i went to my bluetooth setting and I saw the fitbit listed however its not connected so when I clicked on it to connect it said a app is need to use this device. I have the app and its downloaded on my phone. Therefore I am lost. Could someone help me to complete my set up

[nogrok]

Does anyone know where there's maybe a chart showing the various options available (eg "Bike") and how to transition among them?

[acarrera]

1. I am located in San Diego
2. What is your current health/fitness goal? Get fit, I am currently working on losing body fat
3. How do you like to stay fit? I like doing HIIT workouts and walk/run
4. What motivates you? My kids, my clients, and mostly the way I fill when I am at my goal weight and body fat percent goal.
5. Favorite guilty pleasure. Cheese and chocolate 🙂

[fschutte]

I live in MN and have used my Ionic for 3+ years now.  My family keeps pushing me to the apple watch they all 5 of them have, but as long as my Ionic works, I'll stick with it.  My main reason for joining this forum is this:  I get no less than 2 emails a week enticing me to upgrade to a new Fitbit device.  Here's a thought, why not offer a trade in program to get users to upgrade?  When this Ionic dies (and let's face it, it will), I will be tempted to switch to the apple product like me family.

Thoughts?????????

[WendyGold]

Im Wendy, I live on Gold Coast, Australia. Ive not long had my fitbit and love it.  However, since the rest of Australia went into daylight savings 2 weeks ago my sleep tracker has gone heywire.

I have reset the time to eastern standard as Qld does not have daylight savings. Ive used my computer and my phone to do this.  However, it seems to miss a day and I have to log it manually, even then it doesnt update properly.  I do night shift so I am awake sometimes and it doesnt register my daytime sleep as the same day.  I might be asleep 3 times in a 24 hr period.  Can anyone help me.  Thank you

[VicLive]

1. Where in the world are you? I'm based in New Jersey
2. What is your current health/fitness goal? My current goal is to get my blood pressure down. 
3. How do you like to stay fit? Walking! I really do walk everywhere and get my steps in. I do a higher intensity cardio a couple times a week whether it's 20 mins on an elliptical or a boxing class.
4. What motivates you? To stay healthy for as long as possible so I can be active when I'm older and recover more quickly from illnesses.
5. Favorite guilty pleasure?  Certain types of foods.

[TMS_Fit]

1. Where in the world are you? Syracuse, NY
2. What is your current health/fitness goal? Maintain the fitness level of an active 28-year old...even though I am 48.
3. How do you like to stay fit? CrossFit, referee high school and college hockey
4. What motivates you? Motivation is fleeting.  I prefer to call it discipline.
5. Favorite guilty pleasure?  I love a good Oreo cookie 🙂

[DncBev]

1. I live in central Pennsylvania. Used to travel frequently before Covid. Retired and loving it.

2. This is my third Fitbit. I have a Charge 2 and 3. Purchased the Source because of its ECG capability. I have an arrhythmia and my cardiologist suggested an apple product but I have an Android phone. I hope I will be happy with this device since it was very expensive.

3. I stay fit by dancing Tap, ballet, ballroom,

weight lifting, biking and walking. I exercise 6 days a week. I'm 68 soon to be 69. I'm a mother of triplet daughters and 1 son.

4. I'm motivated by my friends and my desire to stay healthy, loose weight and lower my BP. I have genetic issues that come into play.

5. My guilty pleasures are binge watching netflix and family ancestry research. Bev M

[Chelle19]

Hi!  I am Michelle; who wants to be healthy but a bit on the LAZY side in the name of busyness. Since March I had started gardening as my active movement but now I feel I need to put a bit more effort into health.  

1. Where in the world are you? I'm based in Los Angeles, CA
2. What is your current health/fitness goal? Just dusted off my old HR Alta from my dresser. walked 3.2K steps today; want to be consistently 10K+ before end of year.
3. How do you like to stay fit?  any way that is fun. I just took a one mile walk to reboot my steps
4. What motivates you? health reasons; diabetes;  and be an example to my kids
5. Favorite guilty pleasure? entire carton of pringles chips

[Chelle19]

I feel the same way. Been away from the for some time and much had changed. I am just starting up also; perhaps we can motivate each other for accountability! I don't have a weight goal but 10-15 lbs sounds like a good plan for me too!

[Hadden8176]

for steps try Taekwondo. I get so many steps in my 40 min class and I get a lot of cardio. Most Taekwondo classes will start you off slow and build you up.!!! I highly recommend taekwondo