We’re excited to let you be among the first to learn about our newest product—the Fitbit Aria Wi-Fi Smart Scale. Aria will accurately track your weight, body fat percentage, and BMI over time, and sync your weight data to your Fitbit.com account through your wireless network. Online charts and graphs will track your weight and body...
You can now log as you go with the new Fitbit iPhone app! Fitbitters have been talking about the power of logging food and activities when achieving and setting goals. With the new Fitbit iPhone app, the power of logging your activities and food can be carried around with you wherever you go — even when you are offline. With the ability to...
When Chris, an entrepreneur who who started a home security company, noticed his busy lifestyle was taking a toll on his health and fitness, he knew he needed to make a lifestyle change.”My health and fitness had reached an all-time low,” says Chris. “I had moved to start FrontPoint Security, and the business was doing...
“I was shocked, absolutely shocked, when I saw that I was only hitting 3,000 steps a day,” says Tyler. “It was a wake-up call. I knew the heart healthy number was 10,000, and here I was, only doing a third.” Tyler played college basketball and always prided himself for being an athlete. But life got a little busy. He became...
When you join Fitbit, the default goal we set for each member is the magical number of 10,000 steps a day (you can also choose to customize your goal). And while this may not be the first time you’ve heard that goal, it might be more meaningful, and motivating, to understand its origins. The Japanese first started using the 10,000 steps a...
Turns out, losing weight more quickly—and having a better chance of keeping it off—can be as simple as keeping daily food journal. Research published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, shows keeping a food log on a regular and consistent basis is a key factor in weight loss. Keeping track of your food choices, healthy or...