Funny Fitbit story

SkinnyScientist
on 7/21/15 5:04 am

I was gifted a fitbit.  I was concerned that I wasnt going to make all my steps. Then I had to go skating. I was TRYING to do a camel spin (i.e. a spin where they turn with their feet and legs in the spiral/arabesque position) and I caught myself on both hands since I started to fall forward.  All of a sudden, the watch starts freaking out and I was so scared I broke it somehow!

And it said, "Congrats!  You reached Goal!  10,000!" (or something like that. I was sort of in shock).

It was almost like the watch was congratulating me for falling on my face!

So far, this watch has turned me into a total numbers watcher but in a fun way.  

 

:)

RNY Surgery: 12/31/2013; 

Current weight (2/27/2015) 139lbs, ~14% body fat

Three pounds below Goal!!! Yay !  

Laura in Texas
on 7/21/15 5:27 am

Good for you!! I love my fitbit, too. My whole family has them now. I am watching my brother's kids this week and the competition between the cousins has been amusing. My daughter always has over 20,000 steps a day, but she is a maniac. We all know we will never have as many steps as her. I like to average 12,000. I think it helps me so much mentally. I feel much calmer since I started getting my steps in.

Laura in Texas

53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)

RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis

brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco

"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."

Poodlemac
on 7/21/15 5:32 am
RNY on 09/26/14

Ha!  The first time mine "congratulated" me, I was soooooo close, it was late and no one was out. I wasn't going to settle for 9100 steps so I grabbed a dog and we went around the block. It was so quiet and kind of eerie. Of course I was beside a long row of bushes when the celebration started. Scared the heck out of me!!!  For a brief second I thought someone was coming up on me!  Fitbits are awesome, especially when I remember to wear it. =-o

    
Deedles
on 7/21/15 5:44 am - Highlands, TX

I'm another Fitbit fan. I can't say I always get to 10K steps but I average 5000 to 7500 regularly. One thing that freaks mine out is overpasses. I ride my Harley most of the time now and those overpasses are counted as steps! So it's not uncommon to get congratulations on 200 flights of stairs on a long day!

Dee ..... ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸¸><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸¸><((((º>
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Includes 61lbs lost before surgery


SkinnyScientist
on 7/21/15 5:48 am

Haha!  I would have been screaming bloody murder in the night!  :)

RNY Surgery: 12/31/2013; 

Current weight (2/27/2015) 139lbs, ~14% body fat

Three pounds below Goal!!! Yay !  

phibbmom
on 7/21/15 9:03 am

I am addicted to my fitbit too!  I haven't been doing as well the past few weeks, but prior to that I aimed for !2,000 a day.  I always announce to my family when I have a party on my wrist! 

Enjoy your healthy addiction!

    

High: 295  Pre-surgery: 267  Current: 142   RNY: 10/7/14

AmyDee123
on 7/21/15 10:25 am - Lutz, FL
RNY on 06/12/15

Totally snarfed my shake on that one!  Thanks!  LOL  Hope you are ok.

LapBand Weight 460 (2006) | Panni Removal Weight 200 (2008) | 3rd kid (2009)
Revision to RNY Weight 355 (June 2015)

    

jeterway
on 7/21/15 11:14 am

I've found myself walking around my house at 11:30pm trying to get in my last 500 steps.  Then I wonder why I can't sleep.

teach2
on 7/21/15 12:02 pm
RNY on 12/23/14

Thanks for the laugh!!!

I will add my name to the FitBit Lovers' Coalition. I find myself parking way back in a parking lot or going up the stairs one more time just to make those numbers go higher.

 

RNY on December 23, 2014 with Dr. Michael Greene

Start Weight- 225 Surgery Weight- 218 2 wk- 208 6 wk- 198 10 wk- 181 14wk-179 18 wk-172 21 wk- 168 25 wk- 162. 29 wk- 158. Mo 8 - 155

Mo 9- 150 Mo 10-148. Mo 12-145  CW 140

Missella20
on 7/21/15 1:51 pm
RNY on 07/11/13

Me too! Love it!!

 

HW 264    SW 234    CW 149    5'4" 

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