How to Use an Activity Tracker to Stay on Top of It in the Middle of the Year
It turns out a bunch of you did get Fitbits last year – or more back, and have managed to keep using them ever since. Here’s your best advice.
Use all the possibilities
Gamberkul, who lost £ 40 this year using Fitbit, writes that it helped to use and customize all of the app’s features. In addition to seeing your steps taken, you can ask Fitbit to adjust your calorie targets to match your weight loss goal and track what you eat and how much you burn. Gumbercule recommends tracking in MyFitnessPal, which can communicate with Fitbit as it has a better food database than Fitbit.
However, think carefully before asking your app to adjust calories for exercise. This helps some people, but it can also be a trap that causes you to consume more calories than you should.
However, you don’t have to use every feature every day. Bluesnow writes that constantly keeping a diet journal was stressful. “Don’t overdo it with the food tracker. … I do use it from time to time – just to get a good idea of my daily calorie intake, to see if I’m in the health zone – but doing it every day drives me crazy. “
Don’t expect him to do all the work for you.
Watching your step count will not magically induce you to take more steps. This is probably why I threw mine in the drawer – I didn’t have a solid plan of what to do with this data when I received it. Shaffy writes that they bought Fitbit after two years of regular training. Kan265 writes : “As ANY tool for gathering information, it is useless if you do not use this information to plan.”
By the way, research backs this up: fitness trackers are the best way to stick to a plan you’ve already made.
Rope in your friends
While you don’t want to get caught up in unhealthy comparisons to others, Envador found motivation to connect with friends on the Fitbit app. “You get periodic emails showing how much more you walk and how much more active than your opponent. Or see how lazy you were last week, which can be just as helpful 🙂 “
Set smart goals for yourself
Ray reminds us how important it is to set your own goals and not rely solely on factory settings. “I have a friend who insists on taking 10,000 steps a day, although it is very harmful to her health as she has leg problems.”
Since the goal of a fitness tracker is to help you achieve your goals, make sure you don’t substitute what you really want and need in your life for the health image of some Fitbit executives.