This is my favorite bracelet. You could argue that it’s not that stylish but I never leave home without it on my arm.
I’ve been using a Fitbit Flex
The Fitbit Flex is my coach, cheerleader and fan. It keeps track of the steps I take every day.
My goal is to walk at least 5 miles a day which is between 10,000 and 11,000 steps. When I reach 10,000 steps it day, it lights up with a buzz on my wrist.
It’s amazing how addictive it can become to “get the buzz.”
Travel can be tough on exercise routines, as can working in a home office. The Fitbit made me realize how inactive I was on some days when I spent too much time at my desk or on a plane.
It’s easy to keep track of my steps throughout the day on an iPhone. The data is also accessible through a desktop application.
The data is tracked in steps, miles and active minutes. You can also see the calories you burn. I find it fun to look back at the steps made during travels. The screenshot (above) was from a very active day while in Quebec City during a port day on a Canada and New England cruise that we took in late June/early July.
If I outside of the U.S. or onboard a cruise ship, I update the Fitbit app whenever I have Wi-Fi access for my iPhone rather than using cellular data.
I find that I need to charge my Fitbit about every 4-5 days, which is easy to do with a computer or a wall plug with the charging device that comes with the Fitbit. I’m on my third device. I wore out the first one after two years, and I lost one, along with my collection of bands in many colors. For now, I stick to a lime green band or the basic black one.
The Fitbit seems to be made for travel lovers. Many of the badges that you get track geographical places, such as the “India” badge when you walk more than 1.997 miles, which is the length of the country.
The desktop tracking system keeps track of all of your steps over time, which you can download if you choose to do so. It was fun to look back and see my “best” day for most steps, which was on January 18, 2014, when we happened to be in Hawaii, walking all over Honolulu in search of a dim sum place that we’d read about. (We found it, and it was worth the miles and miles of walking.)
Are you a Fitbit fan? How do you use your device when you travel?
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