HGV driver.

[ukstatik]

Hi there. I'm an HGV driver and have noticed that while traveling along a road my surge is recording hundreds of steps I am not taking and 50 flights of stairs I haven't climbed. I have it set to my dominant wrist, and I'm trying so hard to achieve accurate readings and measurements so I can plan my diet according to the stats my Fitbit provides. Does anyone have experience of this and a solution to the problem?
Many thanks in advance for any replies...

[MakMak · Accepted solution]

You can create the manual activity "driving" to overwrite steps, calories, etc for the time period you are driving. If you're doing it on a regular basis, you might want to look into something like the 3rd party app "DriveBit," which you can activate while you're driving and will create that activity automatically for you. Best of luck!

[HeliosJim]

That sounds like a great solution, but how do we manually create a new activity?

I drive 2 hours per day and want to avoid the problem the OP raised.

[MakMak]

Here's a link to steps to manually logging an activity from each method (app, dashboard, PC, etc).

[Julia_G · Accepted solution]

Hi, @HeliosJim and @ukstatik , here's the direct link with instructions for how to delete data by manually logging driving: https://help.fitbit.com/articles/en_US/Help_article/Can-I-delete-data .  It's quite important to follow the instructions carefully, and in particular make sure that you search for and find the built in "driving" from the database, and NOT create a custom activity.  Only the built in "driving" will delete the data.

[ukstatik]

Wow thank you guys for all your responses it worked perfectly!
So now, I can finally rely on the stats I'm getting. I'm chuffed to bits 😃

[HeliosJim]

DriveBit looks like a great answer, thank you!