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hi everyone

I got a fit bit for Christmas and just wanted to share my experience of it, I got it to encourage me to get fitter and lose a bit of weight but have found a few other benefits as well.

it measures your heart rate and overnight recovery and works out how much you should do the next day.

and i always ignore it and find myself getting a flare up as I notice my heart rate slowly goes up for a few days and my sleep pattern not so good.

So next time I’m not ignoring it 🤪🤪🤪, I think it could be a useful addition to all the ways to predict how well your asthma is doing.

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Dogsbody2all

That sound interesting. I'd love something like that but I have issues with nickel which, unfortunately, they all seem to use in the bits that contact the skin

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Helloeveryone_ in reply to Dogsbody2all

oh that’s a shame have you looked at any other companies?

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Dogsbody2all in reply to Helloeveryone_

I've looked at a number of them. None of them seem able to guarantee no nickel. A bit like you'll see something like "this product does not contain nuts but was made in a factory where nuts are used" kinda thing. I think there was one that said they only use a very tiny % of nickel. Not willing to take the chance.

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Helloeveryone_ in reply to Dogsbody2all

Yes not worth it, sorry it’s no help to you.

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Ts777 in reply to Dogsbody2all

I'm allergic to nickel, but have no problems with my Fitbit.

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Interesting. I went to a respiratory physio.

She divided my breathlessness attacks into, Ilo attacks, to be solved by breathing exercises, asthma attacks to be handled by my trusty fostair 100 mart, and a third category of, you did way too much exercise yesterday, so of course you are knackered and breathless.

That third category might be solved with the help of your fitbit.

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Helloeveryone_

Worth a try. Although as said before some people can react to the metals in them.

I found alot of benefits to it even some mornings thinking why do I feel tired when I slept a long time but then check my heart rate variability and find it’s low or my deep sleep was low. It’s now a case of following it’s advice a bit more and maybe I’ll avoid some flare ups.

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peege

You probably have a more recent Fitbit than I. I'd been wearing the Charge 2 from early 2018, quite sufficient to measure daily steps, sleep, calories used, pulse/heart rate. Last xmas I progressed to the Charge 4 (which is still sufficient for my needs & tells me my O2 is low at night). Being a stone overweight I find myself nipping the dog out before bed to get in two or three thousand steps just to ensure hitting my 10,000 steps in before midnight - I get a sense of achievement and the dog's happy 😃 win/win (not to mention walking off a few calories!

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Helloeveryone_ in reply to peege

It can be an incentive can’t it, I find it useful at the moment as I log my water intake to make sure I’m drinking enough.

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steaknchips

Mine is plastic. No metal I can seeNot a fit bit brand but same functionality. An Amazon purchase.

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Dogsbody2all in reply to steaknchips

OOh. May I ask which one (as long as it's not against Ts & Cs)

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