Went grocery shopping and walked around our large store holding onto cart my fitbit did not register that I was walking why is this. Thanks for reaching out to us, Fran. Our Fitbit trackers use a 3-axis accelerometer to understand your motions. To learn more about Fitbit tracker accuracy, take a look at this help article.
En joying Fitbit received on 90th birthday. How do I set the time. Mine is off about 25 minutes. Check out this Fitbit help article for instructions on setting the correct time. If you can help reply. Good question. This should do the trick. Let us know if you need more help! I ate one grilled chicken breast and a 3 cups of salad.
I just want to munch. This is where I get into trouble. I started 2 days ago, walking 45 min. I was walking on my treadmill every few days, but it was tough getting to 25 min 3. Hi, please visit this article to learn how we count steps while driving. I am a Y-O Brit male 80 in Jan. I have devised my own trayning program not a spelling mistake.
Among my everyday and I mean everyday activities I include many stairs. My current average is per day. Is this healthy?
I am a mail carrier. So on average I walk about steps per day. But I just gained 20 lbs in 2 months. I just had abdominal surgery so need to sort of start over on the steps. Not sure what to set as my starting goal. I use my Charge 2 with 1 lb. I use Elliptical setting for my walking method. Check out this article for step info. My wife got me the fitbit Blaze for Christmas and I love it I am 70 years young and have been walking for ten years daily.
I have a family history of heart problems but have continued to have good check ups annually. I find the fitbit counting steps fun and look forward to advancing. I am now at 10k steps daily. Thank you Fitbit. Is it recording leg movement in bed as steps taken , or is something wrong with my new Fitbit? We think this article might help! I received the Fitbit as a Christmas gift and have been wearing it ever since along with my pedometer.
I continue to see huge differences in step counts between the two devices. I might show 11, on my pedometer but the Fitbit will only display 3, What could be the reason for these differences? Are there any specific instructions for Fitbit Step-count instructions and where can I find them? Read this article to find out more! My fitbit is not working properly, sometimes it takes steps off!
I check every now and then by doing a steps and it only registers around 17 steps?? It does this often. Is it a defective fitbit or have others noticed big inconsistencies?
Please restart your tracker to ensure accuracy. There is no doubt that reaching 10, steps daily provides important health benefits. Weight loss is only the most obvious result. I am a middle aged man in good health who has received added inspiration from my fitbit. I have always loved exexcise.
Now I look forward to my daily summary and improving my numbers. Any chance on updating so Fitbit recognizes it? Hi, feel free to make a suggestion on our community. Obviously there is a large difference between a 20 yr old and one of us old farts fighting with Good question, Linda! Check out this Fitbit help article to change your step goal.
I have owned a Fitbit Blaze for a short time. Setting goals and seeing the daily an weekly information is becoming addictive. I am a 76 year old man in good health. I have a goal of steps per day and have achieved this every day for a few months now. Should age effect ones steps goal? Not arm movement. Is there any way I can do that with the fit bit charge 2. Thanks for your question, Marilyn! Our wrist-based Fitbit trackers use a 3-axis accelerometer to understand your motions.
This is the only was we are able to calculate steps you walk. To learn more about Fitbit trackers and accuracy, check out: How accurate are Fitbit trackers? Hope this sheds some light on how we calculate steps!
I am a new fitbit user and looking forward to using it to recover from a hip replacement operation from February this year. At present doing steps daily to try and retain muscle as bad hip leg side has suffered muscle wastage over last 6 months!
Any ideas on ways I can use fitbit as part of my physio recuperation following my operation? I have poor mobility and walk slowly with the aid of a walking stick; in fact I am unable, due to certain nureulogical health problems. I walk the dog daily, usually once around a cricket field and usually spend some time on my allotment!
My heart rate often rises to bpm. I intend beginning cycling sessions using my tricycle with electric motor assistance, once again over the next week or so. Given this basic information, can I really be achieving steps per day, as my ChargeHR shows and how else can I get my HR high enough to make a positive difference to my long term health?
And is my ChargeHR step count accurate? My Fit Bit keeps me focused regularly. Has become part of my daily goals of keeping track along with my work love it. My Fit Bit keeps me focused on my daily activity. Staying healthy keeps me alive. Great Christmas gift from my children. Thanks Bit Bit. Hi, I have just got a Fitbit as a present, could you tell me how I get the steps back to the beginning as it says I have done or more steps first thing in the morning before I have done any.
Our apologies for the delay, Diane. There is no way to reset your steps. Please try restarting your tracker. Additionally, Fitbit trackers have a finely tuned algorithm for step counting. The algorithm is designed to look for intensity and motion patterns that are most indicative of people walking and running.
Already lost 25lbs. Lost more lbs. Let you all know later! Hi how do I reset the steps to 0 every day in order to see how many steps I walked each day. Please help, thank you! Hi Aga! However, your Fitbit tracker will reset everyday at midnight.
As long as you sync your Fitbit tracker daily , you can use the app or web dashboard to view your daily stats. When I wear a pedometer on my pants I can only get on my busiest day. Please explain that one? Maybe I should wear my Fitbit on my ankle! My son gave a Fitbit for Cristmas. Not only does it count steps, it acts interested in me. I love it! I am a 48 year old surgeon from India.. I am 75 almost 76 years old and a retired elem.
I started exercising after I retired. Now I am trying to start to exercise enough to get back a little energy and strength. I really have no ides what my steps goal should be. Are you able to give me a few ideas. I have an Alta. Just trying to stay healthy. Hi, I am new to the Challenges Fitbit has to offer an awesome way to motivate us to stay active, after suffering a heart attack in , and after completing a 1 year cardiac rehab, I still get a bit dizzy, but I manage to keep active, on my not soo well felling days, I can manage to do 6 steps, but after I joined the fitbit challenges with my friends, that step count has increased!!!!
Very grateful for the opportunity to workout with my friends!!!! My goal is to average an additional steps daily each week. Who would have guessed such motivation could come in such a wonderful little package! Loving my Fitbit!! Still figuring out settings. I do love trying to beat 10, Steps. I work out every day.
I feel so much better. Eighteen lbs down. Struggle for Five more. I am 66 and presently undergoing radiation for breast cancer. Radiation is causing fatigue, but my goal of 6, steps a day is very manageable and I want to go to 10, but my radiation oncologist is telling me to take it easy. As soon as this treatment is done I am bumping it up! I think it is really helping the fatigue problem.
I found that after my bad knee was replaced and it been 3 years. It really hurts if walk too long so I have been increaseing steps slowly. I hope to get to 10, some day. I love walking. In the past I walked 10, — 15, steps per day, on average. However, I developed collapsed metatarsals and bursitis in my right foot. It was recommended that I stop walking.
I have gained 18 lbs in less than 1 year. I am miserable. I cant swim because of the difficulty getting to a pool nearby and I live in a wintery climate. I have orthotics and try to walk steps per day, but, that is not enough. I have a disease osteonecrosis and my joints and leg bones are dying.
I am told to walk as much as possible use it or lose it and yet am told that when it hurts everyday all day to stay off my legs and feet. Am not supposed to do any weight bearing exercise. I still try to walk every day but many days I hardly walk at all and some days only what is absolutely necessary due to pain. I have been raised to always be physically active so what recommendations are there for people like me who will never be able to do 10K a day?
It helps to have a goal for me personally. Just not sure how to set a realistic goal. When I look at my fitbit, I feel like a failure many days. Thank God for low impace water aerobics. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. I bought a blaze in early June, and have never looked back.
I love it. In combination with weight watchers, I have lost 45 lbs. Trying to figure out how to maintain, especially in rainy, windy, cold weather, when it is hard to walk outdoors, and my weekly step count is 50, instead of , Anybody have advice and encouragement?
I am recovering from my 4th surgery on my left arm in 18 months. I had a rod and pin revision with bone grafting on December 27th of I would like to try rehabbing in water this time or at least adding it to my rehab schedule and want to know if I can wear my water fit Fit bit 2 in the pool.
I ordered the waterproof on especially for this purpose however the site says splash proof but the insert says waterproof. Water fit no longer has a supported Web address. As a new comers I put my limit with steps per day. In a week I could achieve approximately three days with steps and one day with steps and another three days I failed to achieve my target. However, I know my limit and for sure I can do it more in the future for my sake! Hi i do a day just at work.
Does this count if i want to lose weight? Ive been told that the regular stuff you do doesnt count. Would i need to be doing just to lose weight? What kind of bullshit is this? I do 10, steps a day which amounts to 90 minutes of working out — and it utterly kills me!!! If I had a full time job there is no chance in hell that I would be able to come close to that figure, and there is no way the majority of the public even do half of that, especially if you work at an office of with computers.
My name is Carolyn 64 yrs and have been walking everyday with my husband who retired 6 years ago. We walk even if the temperature is degrees. It is easy for us as we enjoy walking. My husband received a fitbit as a present from our son. We finally got the app working since November. Our average daily steps are 22, Our morning walk is miles , may take 2 other walks each day. After 6 years our total is over 11, miles of walking once we get out of our house.
We come across an 85 yr old woman frequently. She walks miles every day. If you enjoy an exercise and have good partner just do it and enjoy the great outdoors. Some very motivational comments here. It syncs with a laptop.
I do 10, steps a day, sometimes more. The only problem is my wrist; looks like its burned. I think I might be allergic to the fitbit. That would be terrible because I love it. Hi I am 60 years and female and am finding the 10, steps quite a challenge. I am walking for at least an hour most days 5 a week and still struggle to meet the challenge. My heart rate resting is 62 beats but my exercise is around to beats so feel I am doing the hard yards. I eat real food as in, mostly 1 ingredient etc and still am struggling to loose weight.
Any suggestions as to what I do next. Have tried to do strength exercises as well but not a lot of change. How can I correct it? I walk on a treadmill holding the side hand rails. This takes away my,swing arms,so how can Fitbit do accurate measuring. Currently I tie the HR between the laces of my shoes. Will y This be accurate? How many steps per day should I aim for? What do you recommend? Is the calorie count accurate in are the calories of the charger 2 accurate?
I feel like is giving me more calories burned than it supposed to. Sometimes at the gym, I walk for 30 minutes and only burn calories but my fitbit will marks thousands. This is my 4th week into fitbit.
Not that I have any disability or surgery, but simply because I am lazy. As a result of that I m obese. To start, I set my fitbit to 6k. I usually go to the treadmill at pm and do everything until complete it, few what a motivation. Thank you fitbit team. I know that for sure I will accomplish my goal. I m planning to add 1, every month til I get to my 10, Recently I was fitted with a pacemaker and the fitbit has made exercise really easy to monitor. Many thanks.
Finding it challenging to do every day so I am now breaking it down into two separate walks during the day of 45 minutes each to see if that will help. Will using a walker because of knee problems to do steps be just as good as walking on my own. I noticed my Fitbit does not count my walker steps. I think you would be wise to not push your body beyond comfortable.
I am 86 yrs. The Tracker usually shows only around steps, but this must be suffient, as my weight remains constant. Hello, great blog! Am I reading correctly that a healthy person ought to do this in 30 min? I have knee and back issue plus I am over pounds but I am up to without a lot wheezing next week Could use some cheers. Good job Sain! It is hard work! Difficult when you are where you are. You can do it. A little bit at a time. My step count dorsnt seem to be moving and also i think the calories are incorrect what im.
I really enjoy my fitbit my goal was to lose 9 pounds and lost 4 pounds in a week I love it thanks. It came in bubble wrap in an envelope. I was going to register the replacement but when I tried to do this my records showed I had already registered it. Are the steps based on the length of your stride? My first Fitbit seamed to record more accurately.
Is this defective? I have using the Fitbit since November, weight is going up and down. Making almost impossible to lose weight. But the challenges help make life easier and keep motivated. But if you have any tips on how to destress and lose the weight that would be great. My weight was like that still can be , I found that yoga really helped. It stopped me focusing solely on the weight problem and more on my mental well-being.
It also deals with stress levels. I also found shifting my focus from my fat to my fitness helped. My doctor suggested that I should try and get fit through eating well and exercising regularly and stop worrying about the scale it was stressing me that much. Always remember that muscle weighs more than fat and the scale can fluctuate based on the time of day. Doctors are fantastic people, and I always try to take the non medicated route, but do whats best for you based on your doctors recommendations.
Fitbit also can set sleep targets and reminders, use the bedtime reminder notification as a nudge to turn off all screens and have a chill out hour or even half an hour. I really hope you get to the place where you want to be and that you are happy and well. Stay Motivated. I hope this helps. Weight is a secondary goal…I realized that many years ago and when I first joined a gym, all I wanted for a goal was to get fit. My joining a gym definitely reinforced the importance of exercise and rethinking my food choices.
Life is great for me as I involved myself in reading so much about nutrition, exercises and avoiding medications that possibly could interfere with my goals that I can claim that I only take one medication, exercise almost daily and changed my diet to a more natural food intake. My Best Wishes to All of You that are on the correct road to leading the rest of our most important, deserving years left! God Bless! What does my fit bit start at step?
I was wondering if you might be interested in step and fitness goals for disabled people. I can do 10, steps but it causes too much pain as I have a damaged back. I can manage 8, more easily. To get steps and active minutes is challenging. Sometimes I feel as though I have failed when I really should be congratulated for the amount I have accomplished.
I am sure there are other disabled people who may feel the same. I have lost weight and I love the calorie meal counter. Fitbit knows from my profile that I am in Australia so perhaps with some clever programming all this awful advice can be translated to metric kilograms and kilometres. My point is referring to articles from Australia or country on profile would be more relevant.
What you Yanks get up is interesting for a bit but not in keeping with the rest of us. I imagine the rest of the metric world agree.
Putting your health first will […]. Your stride in the FB may be longer than your friends which would make you take less steps to go the same distance. We dance twice a week, but it seems that my fitbit hr does not pick up all of my steps. Is there any way they could be calculated more accurately? As a former amateur race walker, i know that 10, steps will take an Olympic pace of steps per minute to complete in 58 minutes.
Walking at 4mph, or spm will take 71 minutes, walking at 3mph, or spm will take 83 minutes. At spm or 2. How does FitBit calculate 30 minutes a day to do 10, steps? Very puzzled. But do love my new Charge 2, even more than my One tracker. My reference point is in your literature about getting minutes of exercise per week. Hi I am linda got fit bit for Christmas set goal at now up to I am 77 I am proud of my self…. Lara: do you feel 80k steps a day for a week is sustainable over a period of months?
What could be the negative side effects of such effort? I personally doubt anyone is or can do that! Does age play any part in how many steps per day are appropriate? I am 77 and have set my goal at daily. I have Arthritis and have had 2 spinal fusions in the past 15 months. Any advice welcome.
Since I have had mine I have worked it so that I naturally take 10, steps a day before a workout. I plan in little distances. Walk to the gym or the shops, or my all time favorite is getting the bus to work. It sound bizarre but if I walk past the closest bus stop on to the next one just to get the steps.
So if you ever struggle to get that 10,th step, there are always little not too time consuming ways to get those extra few in. Organization is key to success and the Fitbit is a great tool for that.
I set my daily goal at 11, steps. I also recently invested in a desk treadmill for my birthday which helps me meet my goal. I have had my FB for almost 4 years and even with not wearing it sometimes, I have walked over 6, km. I am recovering from recently haging three blood clots. Two in my right leg and one in my right lung. Anyone have a recommendation as to how many steps I should start off with a day?
I am recovering from recently having three blood clots. I did not think the Fitbit would motivate me. I have worked out both cardio and weights all my life. I am 68 years old. I was doing 30 minutes of cardio and about 30 minutes of weight machines days a week. Now with the Fitbit I have increased to 45 minutes a day cardio 6 days a week! I set my daily step goal at 9, Great tool.
I guess we can all improve. If you are new to exercise or in a rut I highly recommend Fitbit! I am eighty six years old and in decent condition. Should I still set my goal as 10, steps, or is a little less ill right? Sometimes on a winters day it not easy to walk far. I am on my 3rd Fitbit HR The same grap happens almost every 6 months. Very disappointed Any one have a suggestion for a different unit not a Fitbit?? Lara, I am a active 90 yr old.
How many steps a day do you recommend for an active lady my age. Love walking for my health. Is there a way of stopping my fitbit cointing steps when im moving my arm and also why does it do this. I have the charge hr. I noticed when I move my arms it will add steps.
I was raking leaves in the front yard and the alarm went off for 10, steps. I noticed a couple of hours later when I was done, I was at 23, steps. I can be sitting in a chair, move my arm up and down and it will add steps. How can this be accurate for miles walked and calories burned? I have had my Flex for 2 years. I used it sporadically. I use Isagenix, eating about calories a day. I started slow in January walking half a mile in 30 minutes.
I was so out of shape!! Every day I went farther and faster. The response was amazing and we started February 28th. Inches are coming off but pounds are not…. I am walking about steps a day in 80 minutes…. Should I be increasing my calories? Try these exercises to help undo the damage Best gifts for people who are obsessed with CrossFit. Yes, the small everyday things you do to move more each day matter. For example, choosing to walk to work, parking farther away or taking the stairs does count towards your activity and it's great that our tech can help us see that.
But are there any real health benefits to getting your 10, steps each day? And does how you get them really matter? What about the other workouts you do that don't give you more steps?
Keep reading to find out what science and the experts have to say. Since everyone is different and has a unique lifestyle, activity level and goals, it makes sense that not everyone will need the same amount of exercise each day to be healthy.
Part of this comes down to each person's individual goals and health concerns. But, for the average person, is 10, steps a day really enough to be considered active and healthy? It can be a great goal and starting place, according to professor Paul Gordon, an exercise physiologist and chair of Baylor University's Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation.
By adding 30 minutes of exercise approximately 3, steps that gets us to around 10, steps," Gordan said. He also added that when it comes to walking, more is better for your health. So what if you aren't just walking for exercise or even tracking your steps at all , how much exercise do you really need?
According to the Department of Health and Human Services you need at least minutes of moderate aerobic activity such as brisk walking or swimming or 75 minutes of vigorous activity such as running or dance cardio class every week. The DHHS also recommends doing strength-training exercise such as lifting weights, or doing exercises that use your own bodyweight twice a week.
Keep in mind if your goal is to lose weight, maintain weight loss or meet other specific fitness goals, you may need to exercise more than the standard minutes to reach your goal. The 10,step recommendation has been mainstream for some time, but have you ever wondered where it originally came from?
Here's what happens to your body when you walk those recommended 10, steps. Show Caption. Hide Caption. Do you really need 10, steps a day to be fit? You've probably heard that you should strive to take 10, steps a day. But you might be surprised how beneficial doing that can really be. What happens if you don't sleep for 24 hours? You're basically drunk. Strawberries and these other foods have the most pesticides. Always keep these foods in your house for healthy eating.
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