Activity Trackers

[bigrich4]

Morning all.

Over the past few weeks I've made some big lifestyle changes; gave up smoking, change of diet and have just started the Couch to 5k running plan. As a bit of a gadget nerd I like the sound of these activity/calorie counters that you wear on your wrist such as the Nike FuelBand and the Fitbit Flex, but are they any good? Do any of you guys own one and what do you think?

Thanks in advance,

Rich

[bigrich4]

Thanks for the replies chaps. I used MyFitnessPal a couple of years ago when I was on another health kick and it was pretty useful. I already have a HRM on my Garmin 610 watch which I use for running but I found the band was really uncomfortable to wear as it seemed to slip down unless I had it mega tight.

[bigrich4]

Hoofy said:

I'd be questioning why I stopped... er... kicking. Think long-term.

I started slipping back into bad habits. Thinking to myself "nah, I'll do my run tomorrow instead" and "oh, one fag/pint/chocolate bar won't hurt". This then over the months turned into no running, 8 pints if I went out and the ability to scoff a whole large Domino's pizza without feeling shame.