You know you're a Fitbit addict when...

[V1CK1]

• You pace the house to get to a particular figure before going to bed
• You sit down when recharging as you don't want to 'waste' any steps
• You park further away from the shops to gain extra steps

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[Vodka01]

Hey that is eye wàteering your feet must of been blistered to bits fantastic amazing steps well done

[Doug]

Kdag,

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@Kdag wrote:

Then sometime in the night or next day my fitbit turned up missing!  I was in the mountains so it never synced...:-(  ... Does this mean I have to do it again next summer?  Ahhhrrgghh...!!!  

Did you lose it in the mountains, or it just didnt' sync because you didn't have a cell connection and you lost it after getting back home?

The answer is important because if you can find it before the battery dies, you can still sync and get credit.  Fitbits hold up to 7 days worth of detailed data (minute by minute statistics) then switch to daily summaries for up to 30 days.  So you can actually go up to 30 days without a sync and still get the credit.  However, unless using a model like the Zip that can go months on its internal battery, you are more likely to have it run out of battery and lose statistics.

For example, if you go on a 10-day cruise without internet, just take along your charger and keep the device charged.  Sync when you return home and you'll have the full detail for the most recent 7 days, and daily totals for the days prior to that.

So if you have lost it at / near home, do your best to find it.  What I recommend is using an app on a smartphone which can display all Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) devices that are in range.  Then you wander around the house or car or retrace your steps waiting for your Fitbit to show up as in range of the phone.  Then you move around watching the signal strength to the fitibit change and play a sort of hot-vs-cold game until you have found the maximum signal strength.  The fitbit should be hding within reach at that point.  (I've used this method several times to find it in the laundry or fallen inside a coach or whatever.)

There are many BLE scanners in the app stores, many free.  Plus at least one geared specifically for finding lost Fitbits, though I think that one is a paid app.  I like LightBlue and BLE Scanner myself.

PS: Congrats on the steps!  I've only got past 50K once myself, and that too was to get my lifetime highest step badge.  I was going for 100K, but got a bad enough blister after 93K that I called it quits...

[Kdag]

The day I lost it could be within a 75 mile range with 5 stops. Backtracked as much as I could but was heading home to Alaska in the afternoon. Had friends look for it but they weren't as desalt ate to find it. It was four months ago so I'm sure the data is long gone. A good reason to get in shape and do it again. 100k!!! That is a lofty goal! I can't imagine.. I was completely exhausted.

[HelenaFitbit]

I believe I am now an addict, I am getting a treadmill for Christmas! 

[Vodka01]

Haha sounds very familiar I have my phone on treadmill when I go on to actually see steps going up lol

[Vodka01]

I know I'm an addict as I check my steps every few minutes just too see if their counting so I can reach my challenges

[CherylMD]

I have read some comments that the steps do not add up when on a treadmill ? My husband goes on a treadmill twice a week and was wondering where to put his fitbit to make the steps count, I suggested maybe his pocket but if it works on his wrist all the better. do you wear yours on your wrist while on the treadmill  Vodka01

[Vodka01]

I have mine in pocket and works fine , iv counted I my head and then looks on Fitbit and both add up same i also keep my phone with fitbit app on treadmill so i can see steps add up.😁

[CherylMD]

that is good I will tell him that. Cheers

[Rich_Laue]

While it is somewhat to loosely use your hands to help balance on a treadmill, grabbing the bars can reduce calorie burn, throw the back out of alignment, cause reparative use injury to the knows and ankles it can also prevent the body from l learning to find time the balance, making it easier to get injured while doing a free rim outside.

[CherylMD]

that is interesting info. but my husband needs to do the treadmill with while attached to oxygen  at the hospital due to COPD, it would be against the hospital rules .

[Rich_Laue]

Like they say there are always exceptions, not knowing the circumstances of your husband's case, a hospital was never mentioned, I was giving info based on current and past studies.

[EmersonFitbit]

I've also put the Charge in my pocket whilst on the treadmill, as mentioned by @Vodka01 (nice username, by the way). I need all the steps I can get in the challenges, and my phone is always on the treadmill tray for when I need to check those stats. I always like to see the steps gained in increments after 20 minute without syncing. 

[SolangeE]

Hey hey everybody!  When you plan with your friends going to climb a volcano instead of going to a party, to get the Rainbow badge. Another thing I also do is matching my tracker with my outfit. 

[SantiR]

When you rather prefer going to a mountain trip instead of a party! 

[Rich_Laue]

When you leave your Fitbit home, and your arm feels as naked as you would feel as if your only in underwear.

[EmersonFitbit]

This is super real @Rich_Laue. I took a shower this morning, and charged my Fitbit devices at the same time. I looked at my wrist, and it felt so weird. 

[DavideFitbit]

LOL @Rich_Laue, that happened to me today, I forgot my Charge HR at home today .